Sutter Health · 23 hours ago
Senior Director, Perioperative Services
Sacramento, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$113.77/hr - $182.03/hr
15+ years expSutter Health is a leading healthcare organization committed to delivering high-quality care. They are seeking a Senior Director of Perioperative Services to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for various surgical and procedural services, ensuring the delivery of high-value quality care and achieving organizational goals.
Health CareHospitalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for Perioperative Services, including Main OR, Capital Pavilion OR and GI/Endoscopy, CVOR, Sterile Processing, ACU, PACU, Surgical Annex, Pre-Admission Testing, Pre-Operative Readiness & Evaluation, and Anesthesia
Provides administrative and nursing leadership to embrace and elevate high performing teams
Lead multi-disciplinary leaders managing the delivery of patient care, or to a significant sized nursing team that operates across multiple campuses/affiliates
Participates in system-sponsored nursing and other relevant initiatives, establishing goals and standards to support patient care initiatives and to ensure the delivery of high-value quality care and achievement of common objectives
Develops and fosters a solid partnership with physicians, medical staff and Sutter Health leaders, and employees to facilitate and collaborate on initiatives, to resolve operational challenges and/or to improve processes
Works with senior leadership to develop and establish short- and long-term strategic plans that complement system, operating unit or affiliate goals and initiatives, including business, operations, and/or organizational priorities
Sets priorities to align with business objectives and annual plan
Establishes the direction of policies and procedures, and sets out a structure for providing safe, consistent, and effective patient care
Establishes overall operating and capital budget with input from management team, ensuring financial targets are achieved and variances are addressed in a timely manner
Enhancing access to surgical and procedural care needs and driving growth through close partnership with SMCS and service line leadership
Optimizing throughput, block utilization, asset management, and patient access with a focus on quality and data-driven performance improvement
Supporting Directors in day-to-day operations, staff engagement, and team development, while aligning near-term plans with long-term capital and equipment needs
Establishing clear operational governance and streamlined decision-making to accelerate execution of growth strategies and maintain a competitive edge in the regional marketplace
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's: BSN: Degree in Nursing, Health Administration or related field. or equivalent education/experience
RN-Registered Nurse of California
BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
15 years of recent relevant experience
Demonstrates clinical proficiency and knowledge to effectively plan and coordinate patient care consistent with applicable standards and regulations
Understanding of clinical operations and workflows, and how operational process/workflow impacts other department operations
Working knowledge and thorough understanding of health care laws, licensing and accreditation requirements, and clinical standards of practice with the ability to interpret and implement applicable requirements to ensure operational compliance
Knowledge of emerging trends and regulatory changes, and how it impacts operations
Business acumen, demonstrating ability to establish goals and standards to meet long and short-term objectives and make sound business decisions
Demonstrates credible leadership presence with the ability to respond to questions with logic, clarity, calmness and authority; and the ability to engage others
Demonstrates familiarity with various methods of care delivery and quality improvement concepts
Ability to build and establish effective working relationships with employees, peers and leaders
Demonstrates collaboration skills to facilitate open sharing of information and cooperation with various stakeholders, and to build consensus
Demonstrates problem solving skills with the ability to handle difficult circumstances
Working knowledge of wage and hour laws
Demonstrates commitment to providing exceptional customer service and responding to customer needs/requests in a prompt, courteous manner
Demonstrates verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey concepts and communicate information or issues in a manner that is readily understood by management and employees
Interpersonal and presentation skills to deliver presentations to a variety of audiences
Demonstrates understanding of financial planning, budgeting and the healthcare financial environment
Demonstrates effectiveness in achieving goals through individuals without having direct control of those resources
Demonstrates ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with changing business priorities
Demonstrates ability to work/interact with a diverse population while respecting cultural and linguistic differences and fostering an inclusive work environment
Demonstrates flexibility and is adaptable to change and is able to inspire others to welcome change
Preferred
Master's: MSN Preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Sutter Health
Sutter Health is a non-profit organization operating a network of hospitals and physicians in Northern California.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (19)
2024 (16)
2023 (14)
2022 (21)
2021 (24)
2020 (30)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27.17MKey Investors
Department of Health Care Services
2025-05-19Grant· $23M
2016-11-22Grant· $1.2M
2013-10-09Grant· $2M
Leadership Team
Megan Gillespie
Chief Executive Officer
Warner L. Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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