Locations: Mobile, Alabama
Categories: Leadership
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Hours Per Week: 40
Req ID: 22735
USA Health is Transforming Medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.
In coordination with the surgical committees, leads efficient administrative and day-to-day operational aspects of all perioperative and sterile processing department programs and activities.
Assists in the development of a governance model, leadership structure, staffing levels for the perioperative programs at Children's & Women's Hospital.
Coordinates and communicates operational policies and procedures with all perioperative team members and across clinical practice sites at Children's & Women's Hospital.
Leads perioperative integration projects across Children's & Women's Hospital including setting and meeting goals, capital planning for facilities and technology, and applicable reporting.
Coordinates within areas of accountability quality management programs and other regulatory requirements to ensure the provision of the highest quality patient care.
Responsible for leading and developing a culturally diverse staff, developing performance improvement indicators with variance explanatio11s and implementation plans for needed improvements.
Ensures evidence based approach in surgical care and sterile processing department processes.
This role monitors statistical data and develops tracking mechanisms for productivity standards for optimal support while creating an organizational climate built on mutual trust and transparency that encourages diversity of thought and teamwork.
Collaborates with and builds strong, effective partnerships with physician stakeholders and the academic training areas for USA Health.
Monitors and develops ways to improve throughput and efficient use of resources in the perioperative department at Children's & Women's Hospital.
Collaborates with physicians to create optimal use of OR availability to support growth and patient access.
Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
Regular and prompt attendance
Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
Related duties as assigned
Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.
Bachelor's Degree in nursing and 5 years of supervisory or management experience in perioperative nursing in an acute care hospital setting Required
Master's Degree Preferred
RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) for Alabama Upon Hire Required
BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support within 180 Days Required
Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.
The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.
USA Health is changing how medical care, education and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists and researchers provide the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall wellbeing of our community.
Our network includes USA Health University Hospital, USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital, USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute, USA Physicians Group and the USA College of Medicine. Each year, our team of 180 physicians, 240 residents and fellows, 70 mid-level providers and 800 nurses handle some 185,000 clinic visits and 350,000 outpatient procedures. The USA Health System delivers 2,800 babies a year, more than any other regional hospital, and treats patients through some 60,000 emergency room visits annually.
In addition to advanced and innovative patient care offered at University hospitals and clinics, USA's medical education programs provide first-class training experiences for the next generation of physicians and scientists.
