Senior Director Perioperative Services

Join WellSpan Health as our Senior Director of Perioperative Services at WellSpan York Hospital and be a part of a transformative journey in healthcare. Located in the vibrant city of York, PA, this role offers a unique blend of heritage and cutting-edge innovation. WellSpan York Hospital is the region's leader in advanced specialty care.

Our 593-bed community teaching hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center and Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center that employs more than 5,000 people and serves a population of more than 520,000 in south central Pennsylvania. The hospital offers services and programs that feature highly skilled clinical staff, life-saving technology and state-of-the-art facilities to address some of the most complex medical, surgical and behavioral health conditions. The Senior Director of Perioperative Services provides strategic and operational oversight for WellSpan York Hospital (WYH) Perioperative Services to include, Operating Rooms, PACU, Central Sterile Processing, GI labs, Pain Management, Robotics and Pre-operative.

Opportunity Highlights:

Tower Expansion: The WellSpan York Hospital Surgical & Critical Care Tower expansion project is one of the most significant healthcare projects our regional community has seen. This $427 million investment is designed to meet the growing healthcare needs of our region, and we're thrilled to bring this level of advanced, specialty care to central Pennsylvania. The project which is currently underway includes 21 state-of-the-art, larger surgical suites, and four hybrid ORs for complex vascular, neuro, and cardiac procedures.

• Opportunity to operationalize state of the art operating rooms and interventional procedural area within the operating room suite, and a new pre-operative and PACU recovery unit.
• Integration of the Advanced Procedural Unit.
• Oversight of Central Sterilization Department
• Oversight of the Gastrointestinal Unit
• Oversight of pre-admission testing unit (PHAUS)

Innovative Surgical Services Program: Oversee and advance a market-leading surgical services program equipped with the latest technology, and advanced equipment. Ensure compliance with contracts for equipment, service, and maintenance, maintaining our position as a leader in surgical care.

Progressive and Innovative Leadership Team and Surgical Specialty Teams: Join a forward-thinking multidisciplinary leadership team dedicated to advancing healthcare through collaboration and innovation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides administrative and operational support for strategic growth plans related to Peri-operative Services.
• Oversees programmatic components listed in general summary and ensures adherence to accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Prepares annual capital and operating budgets and monitors variable costs
• Engaged in the design/build of a new Surgical and Critical Care Tower
• Active participant in the WSH and WYH Surgical Governance Committees.
• Monitors departmental activities and reports on quality statistical data,
• Assists in and collaborates with marketing to develop and implement marketing plans.
• Ensure compliance with contracts including equipment, service, and maintenance
• Enhances the professional growth and development of the Peri-op team
• Demonstrates knowledge in the Lean Management System and drives progress towards achieving High-Reliability performance.
• Service orientation, fosters teamwork and fosters improvements and innovation
• Works within a matrixed organization to ensure longitudinal care of the surgical patient population
• Recommends staffing levels, selects and assigns staff, evaluates performance, evaluates/tests competencies (as applicable), provides orientation, training and continuing education of staff, and initiates or makes recommendations for personnel actions.
• Develops, establishes and implements goals, objectives, and policies and procedures for department/service line/entity operation, and which guide and support the provision of the department/service line/entity's services.
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings, and workshops.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• Masters Degree Required

Work Experience:

• 3 years Peri-operative experience. Required and
• 3 years Leadership experience in an acute care hospital. Required
• Leadership experience in a Level 1 Trauma Center with a minimum of fifteen operating rooms preferred.

Licenses:

• Licensed Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required or
• Registered Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required