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Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Vice President of Perioperative Services, the Executive Director of Perioperative Services will act as a liaison between medical staff, patients, administration, nursing staff, and other divisions. The Executive Director is responsible for organizing, planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high-quality, individualized patient care. This position is responsible for the planning, implementation, and operation of system-wide perioperative services. Areas of accountability include human resources management, financial management, quality, safety, physician relations, and business development. He/she will have 24-hour accountability for perioperative services that include Operating Room, Post Anesthesia Unit (PACU), Pre-Admission Surgical Testing (PST), Pre-Operative Services, Endoscopy, Interventional Radiology Nursing, Surgical Short Stay Unit, and Central Sterile Processing. The Perioperative Departments between campuses are a matrix organizational structure under the Executive Director of Perioperative Services.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications:

• Educational Requirements: Bachelor's Degree.

• Minimum Experience: Five (5) to seven (7) years of healthcare management experience in acute or ambulatory surgery required.

• Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred Educational Requirements: Master's Degree.

• Preferred Experience:

• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated aptitude for, and interest in, healthcare administration, including the ability to teach, to communicate, and to work effectively with others

• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, and evaluate activities related to patient care and personnel functions

• Demonstrated critical thinking, influencing, problem solving, and analytical skills required

• Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management, lean thinking, change management, and group process

• Excellent interdependent leadership and strategic thinking skills, and the ability to drive business results by motivating staff

• Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration
  

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Directs, coordinates, and facilitates the overall operation of Perioperative Services; develops policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.

• Ensures that services maintain compliance with the standards of practice for the unit as well as the standards, rules, and regulations of all regulatory agencies.

• Provides strategic direction for perioperative operations. Leads and directs the strategy for the division and attainment of agreed upon goals.

• Ensures accountability and responsibility for quality and safety of patient care delivery in the perioperative clinical areas according to established standards of care.

• Works collaboratively with organizational leadership and medical staff to plan, develop and implement initiatives that support strategic objectives.

• Ensures that processes, policies and workflows are optimally designed to maximize efficiencies and reflect industry best practices.

• Analyzes and interprets complex data sets and reports, like variance analyses, financial and quality information and productivity reports. Uses data to facilitate decisions that address the identified needs of the surgeons, anesthesiologists, staff and patients.

• Develops and promotes professional growth, succession planning, and performance improvement activities.

• Directs, delegates and oversees work efforts to ensure delivery of quality service, quality outcomes and patient satisfaction.

• Projects anticipated volume and demand for resources, conducts cost analyses and analyzes and monitors budget reports and variances.

• Evaluates human and material resource utilization, makes necessary adjustments and collaborates with finance and other business personnel to develop new program initiatives.

• Works collaboratively with medical staff to identify areas for potential growth of services and new programs.

• Maintains 24-hour accountability and authority for decisions regarding patient care, unit operations and personnel management. Provides leadership for areas involving fiscal control, quality service, staff development and physician relations.

• Directs the quality (QUEST for Excellence and QUEST Management System) and process improvement activities and ensures compliance with patient care and medical practice standards. Continuously assesses and improves the performance of the services provided.

• Effectively builds strong relationships and networks to deliver upon organizational and department goals.

• Maintains collaborative working relationships with members of the medical staff.

• Builds community relationships to close healthcare gaps in the communities we serve.
  

Physical Demands

• Weight Lifted: Up to 20 lbs, Frequently 31-65%of time

• Weight Carried: Up to 20 lbs, Frequently 31-65%of time

• Vision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time

• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30%

• Standing/Walking: Occasionally 0-30%

• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30%

• Intensity of Work: Occasionally 0-30%

• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding, Driving

• Hazards as normally found in a typical hospital environment. May include exposure to infectious diseases, chemical agents or radiation. Includes potential for needle sticks, contamination with blood, body excretions/secretions, etc. Mental stress of meeting deadlines and departmental needs. Requires concentration amid interruptions and other activity.

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

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Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.