Director Of Surgical Services

JOIN OUR TEAM!!!

Are you looking to be one of the team? To be part of the family and not just another number? Are you looking for a positive work environment where teamwork and diversity are key?

We value your contributions. Every role in our hospital has an impact on each of our patients. We work hard to make sure our employees love their work here. Many have been with us from the very beginning. Because we're physician-owned, we understand the value of having a well-trained, well-resourced staff. When it comes to procedural healthcare, experience matters.

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital is committed to providing better outcomes for our employees!

• Great Benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO & 401K

• Individually Tailored 6-12 Week Orientation

• Opportunities for Advancement

• Career Ladder for RNs, LVNs, & CSTs

• Consumer discounts through Perks

• Family Atmosphere

• Opportunity for Multi-Unit Training

• Free CEUs through Cornerstone, our online training system

We are looking for a dedicated Director of Surgical Services like you to join our Lubbock Heart team.

What You Will do in this Role:

• Review, revise, and approve the next day's surgery Orders special tissue as needed. Ensure availability of needed specialty items/equipment.

• Work with scheduling clerk to develop next day schedule, checking for accuracy of time schedule, room assignment, and conflict with staff or equipment.

• Coordinate the set-up of surgery suites for cases, turnover, and trouble-shooting problems as they arise.

• Ensure physicians request for equipment and supplies are ordered and received.

• Ensure replacement or repairs of broken equipment.

• Act as liaison between physicians and the staff of OR.

• Coordinate function of OR including supervision of personnel, evaluations, and orientation for new personnel or present personnel to new techniques.

• Coordinate and manages all aspects of department operations for surgical services.

• Foster growth and development of management and leadership skills in surgical services managers and team members.

• Maintain effective communication and coordination of activities between surgical services team members.

• Ensure departmental compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Prepare and monitors and adheres to annual hospital and operational budgets.

• Accurately identify and expeditiously resolve issues affecting the delivery of surgical services.

• Develop standards of care and performance for surgical services and implements a mechanism for the ongoing evaluation and improvement of performance standards.

• Actively promote a positive image of hospital and surgical services with the public and professional community.

• Communicate clearly, openly, and honestly in verbal and written formats.

• Maintain expertise with computer-based programs, and utilizes reports to improve surgical services performance and ensures full utilization of system by staff.

• Assess own performance using insight and constructive feedback to set goals to enrich knowledge and skills required to perform role.

• Maintain a positive work environment for staff and physicians and promotes team efforts.

• Ensure adequate staffing in order to achieve department's function and purpose. Completes and maintains departmental staffing plan and reports negative variance to supervisor.

• Adhere to established departmental operation and salary budgets, and provides explanations of budget variances.

• Ensure that performance evaluations are current and are reviewed by employees during an annual performance improvement interview. Completes initial departmental orientation and competency review for newly hired employees. Ensures that all licensure/credentials certificates for applicable personnel are valid and up to date. Updates and maintains job descriptions for each job classification in accordance with hospital policy and procedures.

• Analyze nursing care provided in the department related to the established standards of care.

• Assign patient care responsibilities based on patient needs and abilities of available staff. Utilizes PRN staff for supplemental staffing and minimization of overtime.

• Ensure monitoring of the Environment of Care is performed on a daily basis as well as daily/monthly Waived Testing checks.

• Knowledgeable of proper handling of narcotics, sign-out and return, according to the hospital policies and DEA guidelines.

• Follow up/investigate all variances in narcotic administration/counting and surgery related incidents.

• Demonstrate continued competence in assessing, treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective

• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position.

• Encourage staff and self to participate in monthly Performance Improvement data collection.

• Communicate patient information to assure confidentiality and continuity of care.

• Document all patient information according to established standards of care, policies and procedures.

• Develop Surgical Services policies and procedures. Assist in hospital-wide policy and procedure development and implementation.

• Interact with all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees in a manner to ensure a positive and professional environment.

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• 5 years of surgical service work experience required.

• Cardiovascular surgery experience strongly desired.

• 3 - 5 years of management experience in surgery desired.

• Accredited School of Nursing; BSN required.

• Licensed as an RN in the state of Texas.

• BCLS required; ACLS preferred.

Your Shift: Full Time

LHSH Incentives

• Flexible Scheduling

• No mandatory overtime

• Career Ladder

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital specializes in the care of cardiac, orthopedic, nephrology, urology, and general medical patients. We are also a highly active inpatient center mainly centered on surgical procedures that include cardiothoracic, orthopedic, urology, and general surgery. We have a 24-hour Emergency Department with 5 fully equipped ED rooms, 4 fully operating OR rooms, 4 cardiac catherization labs with 1 electrophysiology room, 11-day surgery rooms, 58 acute care beds spread over three units, and 16 cardiac critical care rooms. We pride ourselves on giving the best overall care possible to our patients and on our family style atmosphere that includes everyone: patients and their families, physicians, and our employees.

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