Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

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Job Title

Assistant Director – Surgical Services

Location

Weston

Facility

Florida Weston Hospital

Department

Job Code

000587

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pmJoin Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston Hospital and experience healthcare at its best. Weston Hospital is proud to be recognized as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor for excellence in professional nursing practice. Here, you'll provide exceptional patient care, work with advanced technology, and build a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations.

As the Assistant Director of Nursing – Surgical Services, you will help lead the delivery of high-quality patient care across surgical, procedural, and perianesthesia services. In this leadership role, you will oversee daily operations, drive quality and performance improvement initiatives, ensure regulatory readiness, support shared governance, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote exceptional clinical and operational outcomes.

This position provides leadership for perioperative and perianesthesia at Weston Hospital and Coral Springs Ambulatory Surgery Center. Weston Hospital offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient surgical specialties, while Coral Springs Ambulatory Surgery Center is a multi-specialty outpatient surgery center that delivers high-quality surgical and procedural care, including an outpatient joint replacement program and endoscopy.

Caregivers in this salaried, exempt position primarily work Monday through Friday on the day shift. Occasional schedule flexibility may be required based on departmental and operational needs.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist with direction, coordination and management of all nursing areas.

• Provide supervision and act as a resource to nurse managers, educators, clinical specialists, and staff.

• Collaborate with leadership team regarding budget review, personnel management, monitoring of productivity and staff development.

• Ensure communication, cooperation and understanding among staff.

• Monitor adherence to CC and Nursing Institute policies and procedures.

• Promote ongoing professional development of staff at all levels.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• BSN

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

• Four years of recent clinical experience

• One year of health care management experience

• Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Clinical experience in perioperative, procedural, and/or perianesthesia nursing.

• Specialty certification in OR, pre/post, or procedural nursing.

Physical Requirements:

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.