62100-1, Director of Surgical Services

Essential Functions:

• Attention to Detail
  • Ensures compliance with patient safety standards in perioperative services, sterile processing and specialty clinic in accordance with regulation entities and professional organizations including, but not limited to: CMS, DHHS, CDC, AORN, IAHCSMM, AAMI, and SGNA
  • Ensures appropriate staffing levels, equipment, and supplies are available for perioperative and specialty clinic services.
  • Ensures departmental compliance with organizational policies and procedures and regulatory and accreditation standards.
  • Ensures the nursing process is the foundation of providing an individualized plan of care for patients undergoing operative or other invasive procedures
• Integrity
  • Serves as a role model in professional behavior, leadership skills, problem-solving ability, coaching guidance, and interpersonal skills.
  • Provides guidance, support, and constructive feedback to perioperative and specialty clinic team members as appropriate.
• Cooperation
  • Facilitates or serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative and specialty clinic patient care.
  • Assesses and responds appropriately to organizational culture.
  • Establishes and maintains effective communication and collaboration with hospital departments and medical staff to resolve problems, establish and implement policies, and coordinate activities within assigned department.
• Concern for Others
  • Verifies that educational resources are available for perioperative and specialty clinic personnel and holds accountable for compliance with established standards.
  • Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.
  • Evokes in staff a sense of ownership of and responsibility for, their work, fellow coworkers, and continuous improvement of personnel performance.
• Dependability
  • Knowledge of: AORN, ASPAN, SGNA, IAHCSMM, AAMI standards, CMS regulations, Nurse Practice Act, Patient's Rights, States Consent Law; medical staff by-laws; patient acuity system, hospital fire and safety plan; peri-operative care of surgical patient; specialized equipment; anesthesia agents and their usage and effect on post-operative patients.
  • Pursues professional growth and participates in a professional organization.
  • Seeks additional knowledge and skills appropriate to perioperative and specialty clinic services. by developing and/or participating in educational programs and activities, conferences, workshops, interdisciplinary professional meetings, and self-directed learning.
  • Promotes the mission, vision and values of the organization.
  • Manages operational flow of clinical services, materials management through LEAN principles and sterile processing activities.
• Stress Tolerance
  • Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and functions calmly under stressful situations.
  • Accepts feedback in a positive manner to improve job performance and department operations.
• Self Control
  • Demonstrates effective communication, consultation, negotiation and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative and specialty clinic team and other multidisciplinary stake holders.
• Persistence
  • Exhibits professional, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Social Orientation
  • Maintains a good working relationship and effective communication both within the department and other departments for the benefit of the patient
  • Collaborates and confers with other healthcare providers regarding patient status and treatment needs
• Analytical Thinking
  • Incorporates evidence-based knowledge into decisions for the provision of safe, patient-centered care in perioperative and specialty clinic services.
  • Evaluates practices and creates strategies for further improvement.
  • Coordinates, facilitates, and manages change within perioperative and specialty clinic services and the health care organization.
  • Collects and analyzes data related to quality or performance improvement projects that apply to perioperative and specialty clinic services.
  • Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, collaboration, creativity, optimal productivity, continuous learning, and satisfaction through application of motivation, recognition and accountability principles.
  • Oversees all planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; approving/denying time off; counseling, coaching, commendation, disciplinary actions, and terminations; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
  • Participates in the hospital’s Quality Improvement plan by gathering, and analyzing data associated with continuous improvement of care and services, and monitoring quality control programs.
  • Monitors quality of care and any problems/concerns that would impede quality care by interacting with patients/families and monitoring care provider’s competency on an ongoing basis.
• Compliance
  • Promotes and adheres to the provisions of the compliance program.
  • Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility.
  • Complies with all organizational polices regarding ethical business practices.
  • Promotes and adheres to the TVHS core values and Standards of Behavior.