Director Surgical Services Fort Pierce, FL - First Connect

Director Surgical Services Fort Pierce, FL

ScheduleFull-time No Weekends

Florida Lawnwood Hospital is a 380-bed acute-care hospital. Offering a full range of services. We are home to the most experienced Heart Institute on the Treasure Coast. Lawnwood Hospital provides interventional and therapeutic care, including open-heart surgery. Other hospital services include labor/delivery, pediatrics, orthopedics, oncology, nuclear medicine, adult and pediatric emergency services, and diagnostic services. We also offer inpatient, and outpatient surgical services.

Job Summary

The role of Director of Surgical Services leads the perioperative team by focusing on safe patient care while effectively managing operations. The Director Surgical Services has 24/7 responsibility for their departments.

Job Responsibilities

• You will accurately identify real/potential problems affecting the service and implements solutions with follow through and communication
• You will actively participate in service, departmental and hospital wide committees as assigned, providing ongoing communication to those one represents
• You will advance the customer experience in Surgical Services
• You will coach subordinates through providing feedback, constructive critique of work, facilitates individual development plan, and documents their job performance
• You will effectively communicate departmental, organization and industry information to staff
• You will facilitate evidence based employee engagement practices
• You will effectively build strong relationships and networks to deliver upon organizational and department goals
• You will participate in employee and patient rounding and identify and mentor potential future leaders
• You will enforce standards of care for surgical services and develops processes to measure and ensure consistent compliance
• You will develop, implement, and evaluate an ongoing surgical services program which assures quality patient care consistent with the Hospital mission
• You will monitor compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy, environmental, patient, and personnel safety
• You will oversee a PI program that consistently monitors and evaluates critical aspects of care.
• You will be responsible for departments operational excellence by ensuring delivery of quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards
• You will follow the Hospital Exposure Control Plans/Blood borne and Airborne Pathogens
• You will enforce safe procedural site and patient verification policy
• You will monitor and respond to quality event reporting
• You will support new program strategies and/or program enhancements which would expand patient services
• You will develop, prioritize and defend capital equipment requests
• You will be responsible for the fiscal management of department; assures proper utilization of organizations financial resources

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required
• Master's degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or a related field preferred
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership role preferred or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state in which he or she practices, in accordance with law and regulation required
• Certified Nursing Operating Room (CNOR) preferred
• Certified Surgical Services Manager (CSSM) preferred

Ideal Candidate

1. candidate first
2. Knows Kronos and has involvement or oversees metrics
3. Positive outlook and says yes mentally
4. Problem solver
5. Years of experience 5-10
6. Director level
7. Oversight of 8-10 ORs
8. Looking for professional growth
9. Not an entry level job

NO Surgery Center candidates will be considered....only acute care experience

380 Beds

13 ORs, 2used for open heart, 1 trauma, 1 hybrid - 3 Robots

Level 2trauma, progressing towards Level 1

Jointcommission window 2025

3 managers

Same on casemix, ortho still heavy driven by trauma, followed by open heart, general surgery

2 robots, XI& Monarch (pulmonary robot), working on obtaining a Mako for Ortho

Metrics Eric has done a great job, #2 in Division on metrics (OR KPIs)

Engagement 77% in OR PACU

Physician not done it yet, but growing number of surgeons

EE May2023, 74% engaged, flat to prior survey in Oct 2022, participation rate of ***%

Open heart81% engagement survey

Staffing dont have any travelers in OR right now, 3 on maternity leave

2 GI labs& 2 C-section ORs, roll up to the womens director, but OR Directoroversee processes, etc.

About 30-35cases a day

130-160 trays a day

Ortho is #1, cause of all the trauma, do a lot of neuro,have 1 neuro (do 30-40 cases a month), open heart big, about 400 cases a year,do not have robot there

Wantto expand neuro. Looking to add another neuro, want to expand more general,doing more elective, someone with bariatrics experience, run excellence program

Openheart would be great, want to be at JFKs level

Beach15-20 minutes

2hrs. to Miami & Orlando

Centerof bigger cities and growing