Senior Operations Director, Hospital - Perioperative Services

Job Summary:

Manages nursing and care delivery operations and programs within a twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week hospital environment by overseeing teams accountable for ensuring alignment with cost, quality, and clinical and utilization standards. Oversees interdisciplinary hospital teams, planning the long-term strategic direction for training and performance including implementation of emergency preparedness plans. Directs hospital administrative functions to support patient care by anticipating business needs and barriers, and aligning workflow and performance targets across KP.

Partners with internal and external stakeholders to identify areas of improvement and alleviate potential barriers to the implementation cross-functional programs including human resource and labor management initiatives, quality/risk management issues, and departmental budget management. Forecasts and determines the direction of future strategic projects to remediate issues and improve quality, service, affordability, and/or operating efficiency and monitoring performance metrics to evaluate performance.

Oversees the development and implementation of strategies to drive the continuous improvement of clinical practices, services, and operations for patients and staff, and maintaining compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Collaborates with Nursing Clinical Practice to ensure assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.

Essential Responsibilities:

+ Builds organizational capacity and prepares high potentials for growth opportunities and advancement; builds collaborative networks inside and outside the organization for self and others. Provides framework for soliciting and acting on performance feedback; drives collaboration to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to foster performance improvement. Models and drives continuous learning and oversees the recruitment, selection, and development of talent;

stays current with industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; ensures performance management guidelines and expectations to achieve business needs. Acts as a thought leader on industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; shares best practices within and across teams to drive improvement. Motivates and empowers teams; maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning cross-functional resource plans with business objectives.

Provides guidance when difficult decisions need to be made; creates opportunities for expanded scope of decision making and impact across teams.

+ Oversees the operation of multiple units and/or departments by identifying member and operational needs; ensures the management of work assignment allocation and completion; translates business strategy into actionable business requirements; ensures products and/or services meet member requirements and expectations while aligning with organizational strategies. Engages strategic, cross-functional business units to champion and drive support for business plans and priorities; assumes responsibility for decision making;

sets standards, measures progress, and ensures resolution of escalated issues. Sets and communicates goals and objectives; analyzes resources, costs, and forecasts and incorporates them into business plans; obtains and distributes resources. Anticipates and removes obstacles that impact performance; addresses performance gaps and implements contingency plans accordingly; ensures teams accomplish business objectives; serves as a subject-matter expert and trusted source to executive leadership;

provides influence and consultation in the development of the larger organizational or business strategy.

+ Directs hospital administrative functions to support patient care by: anticipating business issues and barriers and providing recommendations while overseeing the development of strategies with stakeholders to identify factors contributing to business value; aligning workflow and performance targets across departments and across KP, and assuming accountability for department performance targets; optimizing and prioritizing operational initiatives and strategies related to departmental or program goals, objectives, and/or outcomes;

partnering with internal and external stakeholders to identify areas of improvement and alleviate potential barriers to the implementation of cross-functional programs including workplace and patient safety, human resources (e.g., recruitment, selection, promoting active recruitment, performance evaluation and management), labor relations, training and development, and risk management issues; forecasting and establishing long-term survey readiness activities including mock rounds and mitigating issues to maintain compliance and regulatory standards, and defining standards for audit documentation, information, and reports;

and ensuring short and long-range…