Director of Surgical Services

TOP Cardiovascular hospital in the nation! | Beautiful, vacation-like community! | Excellent benefits

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Sherwin Souzankari
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Salary: $130,000 - $180,000 per year

A bit about us:

We're a nationwide healthcare provider with over 50 hospitals and 50,000 employees. We focus on revitalizing hospitals that have the potential to serve their communities more than they currently do.

Why join us?

• Growing company
• Great benefits
• Competitive compensation
• Strong Leadership

Job Details

The Director of Surgical Services (OR) provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and clinical direction for the full perioperative continuum. This role is accountable for safety, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, patient experience, and the efficient management of people, resources, and workflows across Ambulatory Surgery, PACU, Robotic Surgery, and Cardiovascular Surgery, as well as inpatient/outpatient ORs, pre-op/post-op, sterile processing, and ancillary surgical services.

Partnering closely with surgeons, anesthesia, nursing leaders, and executive leadership, the Director drives performance improvement, growth initiatives, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and clinical leadership for perioperative services, including inpatient/outpatient ORs, pre-op, PACU, sterile processing, and ancillary surgical areas.
• Set direction for surgical services strategy, building and executing initiatives that improve throughput, efficiency, and patient outcomes while supporting service-line growth (including robotics and cardiovascular surgery).
• Ensure safe, efficient daily operations through effective staffing models, schedules, room utilization, and resource allocation.
• Own departmental budgeting and financial stewardship, including labor management, productivity, supply cost controls, and variance management.
• Maintain full compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and safety requirements (e.g., The Joint Commission, CMS, OSHA) and ensure readiness for audits/surveys.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, nursing teams, and operational partners to develop, implement, and monitor clinical pathways, policies, and standard work.
• Lead quality and performance improvement efforts by tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), patient outcomes, safety events, and patient experience metrics; translate data into action plans.
• Drive a culture of teamwork, accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement across all surgical departments.
• Recruit, develop, and retain high-performing teams; lead onboarding, training, competency validation, and professional development for perioperative staff and leaders.
• Evaluate workflows and capacity constraints; implement solutions that improve case start times, turnover times, PACU flow, and overall surgical throughput.
• Serve as a liaison between Surgical Services and executive leadership, providing updates, operational recommendations, and strategic planning support.
• Manage capital planning for surgical equipment and technology investments, including business cases, vendor coordination, implementation planning, and lifecycle replacement.
• Promote patient-centered care and safety across the surgical continuum, ensuring consistent clinical excellence and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted, and valid California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• BLS (AHA) upon hire and maintained current.
• ACLS (AHA) upon hire and maintained current.
• PALS (AHA) upon hire and maintained current.
• 2+ years of supervisory/management experience (perioperative or closely related acute care setting).
• 2+ years of surgical nursing experience (OR/perioperative preferred).

Preferred

• CNOR (AORN) upon hire (preferred).
• BSN (preferred).

Helpful to be successful (not required, but strongly valued)

• Demonstrated experience leading perioperative operations across multiple units (e.g., OR, pre-op, PACU, SPD).
• Working knowledge of perioperative quality/safety standards, survey readiness, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong performance improvement skillset, including KPI dashboards, action planning, and sustaining change.
• Proven ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and influence physician partners toward shared clinical and operational goals.

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