RN Director of Perioperative Services

• Location:
  
  Ithaca, NY (Finger Lakes region of NYS)
• Direct Hire
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time
• Compensation: $,000
• Level: System Director

• Location:
  
  Ithaca, NY (Finger Lakes region of NYS)
• Direct Hire
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time
• Compensation: $,000
• Excellent Benefits Package
• Level: System Director

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Director of Perioperative Services to provide system-level operational, financial, clinical, and administrative leadership across its perioperative services.

The Director will oversee a broad surgical and procedural portfolio, including operating rooms, preoperative and postoperative care, preadmission testing, surgery scheduling, endoscopy, and sterile processing.

This is a highly visible leadership position focused on improving patient safety, patient satisfaction, operational efficiency, throughput, quality, workforce performance, and financial results across multiple perioperative locations.

• Provide system-level leadership for perioperative services.
• Direct the overall daily operations of perioperative departments.
• Oversee operating room, preoperative and postoperative care, preadmission testing, OR scheduling, endoscopy, and sterile processing functions.
• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission, local, state, and federal regulations and accreditation requirements.
• Establish and implement short- and long-term operational goals, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor operational effectiveness and implement improvements as needed.
• Develop an organizational structure and staffing model capable of meeting operational and clinical objectives.
• Provide administrative leadership and solutions to surgical-services and executive leadership teams.
• Foster strong collaboration between clinical departments and medical staff leadership.
• Coordinate resources across the organization to achieve operational and financial objectives.
• Improve access, throughput, efficiency, patient experience, and financial performance.
• Establish performance targets and metrics for efficiency, patient satisfaction, service levels, and quality.
• Develop management reports analyzing capacity, staffing ratios, utilization, quality, coding, scheduling, and other critical operational data.
• Develop and implement policies and standardized workflows.
• Partner with nursing, finance, information services, and other departments to optimize centralized services and information flow.
• Maintain 24/7 accountability for clinical and building services.
• Lead recruitment, retention, performance management, and professional development.
• Coach and mentor managers and emerging leaders.
• Monitor quality outcomes and develop performance‑improvement plans.
• Participate in development and management of annual operating and capital budgets.
• Conduct cost and productivity analyses and make fiscally responsible recommendations.
• Serve as a leadership representative during regulatory reviews.
• Identify and implement best practices to improve efficiency, throughput, quality, and patient outcomes.
• Re‑engineer processes and develop strategies to improve surgical operations.
• Build consensus across a complex, matrixed healthcare organization.
• Support strategic growth and operational initiatives for perioperative services.

• BSN required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 5+ years of healthcare experience with a focus on surgical services.
• 3+ years of surgical-services leadership experience.
• Current RN license.
• Demonstrated knowledge of operating-room and perioperative clinical standards.
• Strong understanding of surgical operations and healthcare business processes.
• Strong fiscal‑management and analytical capabilities.
• Experience with budgeting, cost control,…