Responsible for executive leadership, management, supervision, and development of leaders and staff in all operative settings, including sterile processing, procedural services, imaging services, centralized scheduling, pre-authorization, and related business operations. The role will collaborate with faculty, physician, nursing, and administrative leadership, plans, develops, and directs patient care programs and related capital projects for the area.
Ensures the quality and safety of patient care by assessing, implementing, and evaluating services in accordance with organizational, professional, and regulatory standards. Accountable for the integrated strategy, growth, access, operational performance, financial sustainability, patient-family experience, and workforce effectiveness of perioperative, procedural, and imaging services across the system of care.
Focused on continuous performance improvement, develops and ensures compliance with clinical standards and staff competency, and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice with twenty-four-hour line management responsibility for personnel, fiscal, and material resources. Establishes enterprise performance measures and transparently communicates progress, risks, and corrective actions to executive leadership.
Provides strategic and operational leadership for system-wide perioperative, procedural, and imaging services, including Operating Rooms (hospital based and ambulatory Surgery centers), Procedural Labs, Anesthesia and Pain Services, Sterile Processing, Imaging/Radiology operations, and associated access, scheduling, authorization, revenue cycle, analytics, and business functions.
The Vice President reports directly to the SVP/Chief Operations Officer and SVP/Surgeon-in-Chief and indirectly to the SVP/Chief Nurse Officer. Works closely with departmental chairs, medical directors, and medical staff. The role builds aligned physician-administrative-nursing partnerships, advises senior leadership on the operational implications of strategic decisions, and serves as executive sponsor for major service-line initiatives. Actively engages in initiatives that support a workforce and patient population with varied backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.
Required Education and Experience
Master's Degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Public Health or Healthcare Administration
Ten years of progressively responsible leadership experience in perioperative, procedural, imaging, or complex healthcare operations, including senior leadership accountability for large-scale, multi-site clinical operations. Demonstrated experience leading strategy, growth, operational transformation, physician partnerships, financial performance, quality, safety, patient access, and workforce outcomes is required.
Degree documentation or transcripts must be on record with Human Resources upon hire. If the qualifying master's degree is in process, documentation of the bachelor's degree and expected master's completion date must be on file upon hire.
Required Credentials
Preferred
Doctorate Degree in Nursing or related field.
American Heart Association BLS.
National certification in a clinical specialty area or leadership
Salary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors
Benefits Information
Seattle Children's offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.
