Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a seasoned leader with the ability to guide complex perioperative services in a community hospital? Do you bring strong clinical, operational, and strategic leadership—balancing quality, physician partnership, staff engagement, and fiscal stewardship in a demanding healthcare environment? This senior leadership opportunity invites your expertise.
The Role
The Director, Perioperative Services oversees and ensures the efficient and effective delivery of surgical services, directing clinical and administrative functions in accordance with Providence Health System and hospital policies. This role ensures an appropriate balance of high‑quality patient care, staff and physician satisfaction, and coordination with other hospital departments.
The Director collaborates closely with executive leadership to develop divisional strategic direction, objectives, and vision.
Scope of accountability includes:
What You’ll Do
Caring & Service Leadership
Create a climate of healing and trust, establishing respectful, empowering relationships across perioperative services.
Establish work teams that promote collaboration and positive interpersonal relationships across departments and service areas.
Support problem‑solving related to administrative, hospital, and surgical services policies to facilitate quality patient care.
Recognize accomplishments of individual staff members and teams.
Develop services based on assessed patient, staff, and operational needs.
Role‑model caring behaviors and coach others in service excellence.
Meet routinely with nurses, physicians, clinical educators, managers, and ancillary leaders to assess needs related to patient care delivery.
Advocacy for Nursing Practice & Quality
Support and promote professional nursing practice and quality patient outcomes.
Advocate for excellence in patient care and surgical nursing practice.
Advocate for care delivery process improvements aligned with patient needs and the Sisters of Providence mission.
Promote ethical decision‑making and patient rights through appropriate consultative resources.
Encourage professional development opportunities for staff and leaders.
Promote collegial communication and collaboration across surgical services and other departments.
Foster a culture where service to patients is the highest priority.
Diagnosis, Monitoring & Strategic Operations
Anticipate and identify necessary interventions based on assessment of patient outcomes, staff performance, and organizational needs.
Plan, direct, and coordinate administrative responsibilities to ensure efficient systems supporting patient care, quality improvement, and work redesign.
Maintain ongoing collaboration with the Chief of Anesthesia and Chief of Surgery to achieve departmental goals and address operational and quality issues.
Develop and participate in policies and procedures that meet regulatory and professional standards, ensuring continuity across surgical services.
Manage utilization of resources, including development and oversight of capital and operating budgets.
Facilitate and manage organizational change effectively.
Administration & Performance Management
Direct programs and processes that drive quality patient outcomes and advance Providence Health System goals.
Lead or contribute to development and implementation of new programs responding to patient and medical staff needs.
Keep Service Area leadership informed regarding operations, policy compliance, budget performance, volume trends, and emerging issues.
Establish annual goals, long‑range strategic plans, and operating plans.
Involve staff in decision‑making through effective communication strategies.
Collaborate with Oregon Region and System‑level perioperative councils to identify and evaluate supply chain opportunities.
Teaching, Coaching & Leadership Development
Coach and mentor staff throughout onboarding and professional development.
Ensure implementation of high‑quality orientation, continuing education, and skills‑training programs.
Mentor leadership teams in project management, data analysis, information technology, and clinical, managerial, and financial practice.
Serve as a clinical and operational resource across departments and service areas.
Quality, Innovation & Accountability
Monitor and ensure quality of care practices, programs, and patient outcomes across surgical services.
Lead quality improvement activities and outcome‑driven initiatives.
Establish and communicate standards, policies, and procedures aligned with regulatory requirements and mission.
Apply quality improvement and redesign principles to improve efficiency and service outcomes.
Identify innovative practice opportunities in collaboration with clinical nurse specialists.
Maintain accountability for patient, staff, and physician satisfaction.
Organizational & Professional Development
Effectively prioritize competing demands while demonstrating ongoing professional growth.
Represent Surgical Services on internal and external committees and task forces.
Maintain current knowledge of clinical trends and apply insights to surgical nursing practice.
Collaborate with clinical development specialists to ensure effective orientation and continuing education programs.
What You’ll Bring
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or other healthcare related field
Master’s Degree in Nursing, Business, or related healthcare field
Experience & Expertise
Five (5) years of Surgical /Perioperative Services management or comparable leadership experience
Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, program development, team leadership, staffing, operations, and budget management
Union/labor experience
Certifications (Preferred)
Specialty certification in Surgical Services
Membership in AORN
Leadership Capabilities
Strong relationship‑building and collaborative leadership skills
Sound judgment and effective problem‑solving abilities
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
Ability to adapt and lead in dynamic, changing environments
Proven ability to delegate, coordinate, motivate, and evaluate staff
Strong facilitation skills within multidisciplinary teams
Ability to think strategically while executing tactically
Why Join Us?
Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?
If you are a collaborative, results‑driven perioperative leader committed to excellence, advocacy, and patient‑centered care, we encourage you to apply. Step into this Director, Surgical Services role and help lead the future of surgical care across Providence’s Oregon Region.
The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits
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From our earliest days, we’ve met new challenges by pioneering new solutions. Today, with 51 hospitals, 829 clinics and a comprehensive range of services, we strive to meet the needs of communities across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington through a diverse family of Catholic, other faith-based and mission-driven secular organizations.
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