Perioperative Nurse Manager

Nursing Director, Perioperative Services

Detroit, Michigan, United States
$100,000 - $150,000 + Full Benefits + Paid Relocation + Signing Bonus

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Nursing Director, Perioperative Services to provide comprehensive leadership for our perioperative services in Detroit, Michigan. This pivotal role reports directly to the site Chief Nursing Officer and indirectly to the Administrative Director, Nursing Specialty - Perioperative Services for the market.

As the Nursing Director, you will be instrumental in overseeing all services, functions, and processes within Perioperative Services. You will have significant programmatic responsibilities within Nursing, contributing to and influencing policy and procedure development, equipment standardization, capital planning, standard work measures, and recruitment and retention efforts. Your expertise will also be crucial in driving process improvement initiatives and coordinating the Joint Commission Survey Process.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all services, functions, and processes within Perioperative Services.
• Develop, monitor, and revise functional processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
• Approve procedures and protocols, seeking departmental approvals as appropriate.
• Provide input into the development and revision of the organizational structure for areas of responsibility.
• Approve personnel actions, including hiring, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Ensure the timely completion of performance appraisals for your team.
• Identify needs for policy development and revision, defining policies in collaboration with higher-level management.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and implement current to intermediate goals and measures for your areas of responsibility.
• Measure and assess performance, assisting in long-range goal development as requested.
• Develop and monitor the budget for Perioperative Services, ensuring fiscal responsibility.
• Monitor activities and ensure compliance with all applicable laws, government regulations, Joint Commission requirements, and hospital policies.
• Implement external and internal audit recommendations as directed.
• Ensure departmental objectives for diversity of suppliers are achieved.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Business, Health Care Administration, or a related field. One of the two degrees must be in Nursing.
• Experience: Seven (7) years of progressively more responsible clinical experience, which may include concurrent clinical and/or progressively more responsible management experience.
• Licensure: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Michigan.

Skills Required:

• Analytical Acumen: Proven ability to create solutions for complex administrative, technical, or human resource situations. Capable of anticipating and resolving a broad range of issues, evaluating situations independently, outlining ramifications of multiple solutions, and recommending goals.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective interactions with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to obtain and interpret information based on departmental practices, policies, and regulatory knowledge. Demonstrated discretion, conflict resolution skills, diplomacy, tact, and active listening. Ability to read, interpret, and write technical materials.
• Healthcare Operations Knowledge: Broad technical knowledge of healthcare administration and operations, including human, legal, technological, fiscal, and customer aspects of care delivery.
• Project Management: Strong project management skills, including defining objectives, identifying stakeholders, planning steps, and coordinating human, technological, and fiscal resources to achieve goals efficiently.
• Leadership: Demonstrated willingness to pursue leadership roles with increasing accountability, comfort with decision-making responsibilities, and effective coaching, teaching, and counseling skills. Ability to inspire, build confidence, forge alliances, and garner support.