POSITION SUMMARY:The
AVP, Surgical Services works in partnership with hospital, health services, and clinical leaders to enhance the operational, quality, patient-safety, and financial performance of Operating Rooms, procedural areas (including endoscopy, interventional procedural spaces, and sterile processing), and Ambulatory Surgery Centers across the enterprise. This role ensures consistent delivery of high-reliability surgical care, margin growth, and best-practice standardization across all markets. The ideal candidate will have a strong business acumen, clinical background, robust leadership skills, and a passion for operational excellence and innovation in perioperative care.
Responsibilities- Oversees and standardizes workflow optimization for preop, intraop, postop, endoscopy, procedural areas, and sterile processing to drive throughput and access growth.
- Creates and leads systemwide perioperative governance councils for decision-making, policy standardization, and performance monitoring.
- Partners in the enterprise strategy to expand ASC footprint, including feasibility studies, approvals, openings, and operational setup.
- Partners with corporate & region leaders to improve systemwide surgical services financial performance including margin, EBITDA, expense management, productivity, and supply utilization across ORs, procedural areas, and ASCs.
- Partners with CFOs on ASC P&L performance, annual budgeting, forecasting, and performance improvement plans.
- Leads enterprise-wide case-costing strategies and ensures alignment of supply, implant, and device usage to financial targets.
- Partners with supply chain to reduce variation, manage vendor contracts, and drive standardized preference card optimization.
- Works in partnership with clinical leaders to improve quality and safety outcomes across all surgical and procedural settings, including SSI rates, surgical complications, wrong-site surgery prevention, and adherence to national clinical standards.
- Establishes standardized enterprise OR quality dashboards and drives continuous improvement using Lean and High Reliability Organization (HRO) methodologies.
- Partners with facility COO & OR Director to lead initiatives improving on-time starts, turnover times, care variation reduction, and patient experience scores.
- Develops and enforces systemwide OR and ASC governance structures, including scorecards, KPIs, and reporting standards.
- Leads annual capital planning for surgical and procedural services across the enterprise.
QualificationsEducation & Experience:- Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in surgical or perioperative services.
- Experience overseeing multiple facilities or departments within a healthcare system, preferred.
- RN, NP, PA, or other relevant clinical licensure, preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:- Demonstrated success in improving surgical operations, efficiency, and clinical quality.
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and clinical expertise.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Data-driven decision-maker with a strong focus on quality improvement and patient outcomes.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and best practices in surgical services.
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