Director - Surgery

Description

St. Croix Health is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director of Surgical Services to join our team.

The Director of Surgical Services is responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating the systems, operations, and resources for the Operating Room, Same Day Surgery, and Sterile Processing functions of the organization in accordance with established strategic objectives.

• Monitor and identify the evolving factors that affect current/future needs of functional service lines, and recommend strategies/initiatives/programs/projects to prepare for future growth of service lines and program areas in alignment with overall organizational strategy (provision of new services, standardization of policies/practices across the organization, increasing market share, maximizing revenues, cross‑selling services, improving efficacy/cost‑effectiveness of clinical services provided, enhancing patient outcomes/satisfaction and others of similar complexity and consequence).
• Develop formal strategic/tactical plans, to include both short‑ and long‑term business planning, with full accountability for achieving plan objectives.

• Plan, direct, and evaluate the programs, systems, operations, and resources of the department, to assure the safe and appropriate delivery of best‑practice procedures and patient care, achievement of strategic objectives within scope of responsibility, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures in accordance with industry standards; assess and assure staff compliance and competence.
• Collaborate with other leadership to standardize and integrate practices; participate and contribute to organization‑wide evaluation of effectiveness of implemented programs and procedures.
• Evaluate effectiveness of patient care and promote continuous quality improvement.

• Plan, direct, and evaluate work of direct reports and facilitate planning, direction, and evaluation of direct report subordinate staff.
• Ensure adequate staffing levels and coverage based on acuity and need with budgetary and operational objectives.
• Ensure staff are appropriately trained and competent in performance of assigned duties; assess competencies of staff on a regular basis.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff to promote skill development and leadership capacity.

• Continuously monitor and assess systems and programs to ensure compliance and achieve quality and performance objectives.
• Establish appropriate performance measures for programs and staff; analyze appropriate data to assess progress and recommend/implement adjustments as appropriate to maintain progress towards established strategic objectives.
• Evaluate existing systems/program/priorities, analyze future potential to make recommendations for growth, expansion, new services and solvency of existing services based on market demographics and volume projection; develop and present comprehensive recommendations regarding the viability of specific systems/projects.
• In coordination with Quality program stakeholders, plan and direct quality process improvement initiatives/projects to ensure achievement of business objectives.

• Determine financial resources necessary to achieve established strategic performance objectives; develop recommendations in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Identify, align, and optimize resources to maintain financial stability of programs and service lines.
• Exercise effective cost control measures, adjust resources as needed to maintain budget.
• Identify negative variances and develop and implement action plans/recommendations to address issues in a timely manner; keep Executive leader apprised of all issues with potential for budgetary impact.
• Oversee the preparation of complete and accurate financial, budget, activity and productivity information, including variance reports, financial projections and other statistical reports for programs and service lines.

• Ensure all functional…