Lead Surgical Services: Elevate Patient Care in Westwood!

What you will be doing: Director of Nursing Surgical Services
• A professional Registered Nurse with twenty-four-hour responsibility for assigned departments within established standards to achieve the mission and vision of BSA.
• The Nursing Director is responsible for the overall administrative, financial, and clinical activities of the department.
• Directing and coordinating all nursing care for patients based on established clinical nursing practice standards.
• Collaborating with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
• Contributing to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care.

Must-have profile:
• Strong perioperative leadership experience (OR required)
• Proven ability to lead teams through growth, change, and increased volume
• Comfortable working in a KPI-driven environment (block utilization, turnover times, etc.)
• Hands-on, visible leader who can engage frontline staff and rebuild morale
• Able to balance clinical quality, operational efficiency, and physician relationships

Experience level:
• Ideal: ~5–7 years of leadership experience in surgical services
• Open to high-potential candidates with 2–3 years of leadership if they have strong OR depth
• Not targeting very junior or late-career candidates

Team & Structure
• Oversees ~47 FTEs (currently includes a heavy traveler mix)
• Direct reports include charge nurses and departmental leads across perioperative services
• Will play a key role in right-sizing staffing and reducing premium labor reliance

Operational Environment
• Historically limited hours (7 AM – 3 PM), now expanding significantly
• Current model includes extended room utilization into evening hours
• Goal is to reduce call burden by improving daytime throughput and scheduling

What Success Looks Like
• Consistently running all 6 ORs at target utilization
• Increased daily case volume and surgeon satisfaction
• Improved staff engagement and reduced turnover/travel dependency
• Strong performance against perioperative KPIs
• A more efficient, scalable surgical services operation

Strong perioperative leadership experience (OR required)