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Surgical & Clinical Director

Western Vascular Institute
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/2/2025

Western Vascular Institute seeks a Surgical & Clinical Director to join our busy Vascular Clinic!

As a Surgical and Clinical Director, you will oversee our surgical and clinical department(s), including managing staff, ensuring patient safety, and maintaining quality standards to deliver optimal patient care. You will also support doctors and patients through various patient care management, organization, and communication tasks. The target is to promptly complete all activities accurately and with high quality.

The ideal candidate is someone who can be assertive and confident. You must possess great decision-making skills, excellent time management, and the ability to communicate with multiple Physicians and colleagues effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Leading and supervising a team of surgical staff, including surgeons, nurses, surgical technologists, and additional support personnel, while also managing the surgery schedulers.
  • Hiring, training, and evaluating staff performance while keeping current with staff competencies.
  • Managing daily surgical schedules, optimizing patient flow, and allocating staff resources effectively while monitoring timecards and time off requests.
  • Monitoring surgical suite utilization and ensuring proper equipment maintenance while facilitating repairs.
  • Overseeing pre-operative, intraoperative, and post-operative patient care.
  • Implementing and monitoring quality improvement initiatives to minimize surgical complications and errors.
  • Adhering to strict infection control protocols and maintaining a sterile environment.
  • Reviewing surgical outcomes and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Ensuring adherence to all relevant healthcare regulations, accreditation standards for The Joint Commission, and licensing requirements.
  • Ensuring compliance with the Joint Commission by keeping binders up to date and reviewing all updates via the JCAHO website.
  • Ensuring all logs and books are up to date for CLIA, and ensuring staff is competent on the ISTAT.
  • Ensuring all staff is current with BLS and ACLS and scheduling training for all departments when staff come due to stay compliant.
  • Handling all OSHA-related issues, such as needlesticks and fluid exposures.
  • Facilitating staff flu vaccines and declinations, Hep B Vaccination series, and TB testing.
  • Clinical & Surgical decision making.
  • Creating and maintaining a positive work environment.
  • Performing additional duties and services as directed.

Skills

  • Advanced degree in nursing (MSN) or a healthcare administration degree.
  • Extensive experience as a registered nurse in the operating room.
  • Proven leadership and management skills.
  • In-depth knowledge of surgical procedures, sterile techniques, and patient safety protocols.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse healthcare teams.
  • Knowledgeable in sterilization procedures and protocols.
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills.
  • NextGen / EMR knowledge.
  • Compensation will depend on experience and should be discussed during the interview process.

    We are willing to train a candidate with the most dynamic personality and willingness to learn. We are looking for a long-term employee who is a true team player and wants to work and be a part of our exceptional team.

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