Director, Perioperative Nursing Services

University of Iowa Health Care—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.^®

Accountable for leadership and management of the performance of the Main Operating Room, Perioperative Nursing Services Division for patient care services in the Department of Nursing Services and Patient Care within Iowa Healthcare by the initiation, promotion and maintenance of clinical, research, financial and administrative principals. The Director is accountable to enhance the organization’s capacity to perform by addressing the patient and family centered care management, strategic leadership, change management, quality management, relationship management, information knowledge management, resource management and personal/professional development objectives that follow.

The following are the direct reports to this key position:

• Intraoperative Nurse Manager
• Post Anesthesia Care Unit Nurse Manager
• Day of Surgery Admissions Nurse Manager
• Nurse Practice Leaders

The Director is accountable to enhance the organization’s capacity to perform by addressing the patient and family centered care management, strategic leadership, change management, quality management, relationship management, information knowledge management, resource management and personal/professional development objectives that follow.

Key Areas of Responsibility and Specific Job Tasks

Human Resources Management:

• Work across multiple nursing functions and with medical and hospital leaders to create a consistent approach to HR management. Hold unit leaders within a department accountable for high performance and high engagement by articulating expectations, monitoring performance and providing feedback consistently across areas of responsibility. Approve resource allocations and staffing models. Develop and retain qualified nursing leadership staff and build an effective leadership team.

Financial and Data Management and Analysis:

• Develop strategy for budget priorities for multiple nursing education and research functions and negotiate among them to address resource issues. Hold nurse managers and other leaders accountable for managing respective budgets. Work with own leaders within and external to area to innovatively address and resolve budget issues. Establish reliable revenue cycle processes, including working with nurse managers, staff nurses and physicians on documentation to support billed charges.

Operations, Standards of Care, Regulatory Compliance, Quality and Patient Satisfaction:

• Work across multiple nursing functions to develop, monitor and enhance quality and service indicators and business processes. Oversee patient satisfaction and quality indicators. Assure that clinical services, educational programs, and research activities are in compliance with all applicable internal and external requirements, including Joint Commission.

Patient Care/Services Delivery:

• Work across multiple nursing functions and with nurse managers and associate directors to implement best care practices and new models of care/service. Address implementation issues across nursing functions and with other departments. Incorporate the principles of Service Leadership to ensure positive patient/customer relations

Planning and Goal Management:

• Develop departmental strategic plan and integrate it with other functions; guide nurse managers and associate directors in developing action plans for implementation; monitor progress to goal completion. Assure integration of goals across functions.

Communication/Collaboration:

• Serve as liaison between staff, medical staff, and nursing and healthcare leadership. Engage and collaborate with physicians to identify opportunities for improvement, program development and capital budgeting. Communicate with external agencies and constituencies to address issues and answer questions. Serve as liaison among multiple clinical functions, research, and education units to support collaboration in identifying opportunities for improvement and program development.

Education Programs:

• Administer nursing education programs. Develop effective orientation and staff development programs. Maintain a climate of learning that promotes collaborative experiences for students in the University Health Science Colleges and other health care programs. Participate in and present educational programs to staff and University colleges and programs. Develop and support efficient systems for patient education.

Research Administration:

• Collaborate with other leaders to identify evidence-based practice and research opportunities. Assure access to nursing research and healthcare information. Benchmark best practices with comparable settings.

Working Title: Director, Main Campus, Main Operating Room, Perioperative Nursing Services
Pay Grade: 8A Professional and Scientific Pay Structures | University Human Resources - The University of Iowa (uiowa.edu)
Percent of Time: 100%