Director of Perioperative Services

Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Director of Perioperative Services of Nursing in Westwood, NJ.

Why Join Us? 

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
• Learn more about the?benefits offered?for this job. 

Get to Know Your Team:

• Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.

Responsibilities

• Directs and supervises and delegates to Nurse Managers, Advance Practice Nurses, Clinical Instructors and supervisors in planning, implementing monitoring and evaluating patient care according to the established standards.
• Ensures that the Standards of Care and the Standards of Professional Performance as developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) are the framework for all decision-making and program development for the Department of Patient Care.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, language, hearing and / or visually impaired, etc.)  This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational level, literacy, etc.
• Adheres to and is in compliance with safety risk management standards, licensing boards, regulatory & accrediting agencies.
• Develops, allocates, administers and evaluates the budget process ensuring accuracy, compliance & appropriate revenue.
• Chairs and/or participates at meeting committees, councils, task forces for the purpose of accomplishing the departmental and organizational goals and objectives.
• Develops, or assists in the development of evidence-based nursing protocols to assure standardization of nursing practice and quality patient outcomes.
• Develops or assists in the development of policies and procedures to guide nursing practice.  Assures the policy manuals in his/her area of responsibility are current and revised as needed.
• Participates in the development of the annual Performance Improvement plan based on     organizational priorities, high risk care issues, or on identified patient care concerns.  Elicits staff input into the Performance Improvement Plan.  Developed targeted, measurable goals and monitors in accordance with the documented plan.  Provides reports as needed.
• In collaboration with the Nurse Manager is accountable for ongoing CQI monitoring, including data analysis & plans for improvement.
• Determines scheduling and staffing patterns in collaboration with Nurse Manager(s)/supervisors.  Assures that the Nurse Manager monitors staff productivity and make appropriate changes based on data.
• Acts as a “Retention Officer” to ensure that high quality staff are recruited and retained and engaged.
• Ensures staff attends appropriate orientation programs and ongoing education to meet performance expectations.
• Maintains positive working relationships with physicians' surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other members of the healthcare team through positive working relationships and collaborative change management including operating room scheduling policies.