Director Surgical Services

Director Surgical Services

Executives thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a Director Surgical Services for our HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball team where excellence creates excellence.

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include : comprehensive medical coverage, additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more. Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing, 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, employee stock purchase plan, family support, consumer discounts, education assistance, colleague recognition program, time away from work program, employee health assistance fund and more.

HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years. Do you want to be an influencer in healthcare? Apply for our Director Surgical Services role today!

Job Summary And Qualifications

The role of Director of Surgical Services leads the perioperative team by focusing on safe patient care while effectively managing operations. The Director Surgical Services has 24 / 7 responsibility for their departments. What you will do in this role :

• Accurately identify real / potential problems affecting the service and implements solutions with follow through and communication
• Actively participate in service, departmental and hospital wide committees as assigned, providing ongoing communication to those one represents
• Advance the customer experience in Surgical Services
• Coach subordinates through providing feedback, constructive critique of work, facilitates individual development plan, and documents their job performance
• Adhere to all Human Resource policies
• Effectively communicate departmental, organization and industry information to staff
• Facilitate evidence based employee engagement practices
• Effectively build strong relationships and networks to deliver upon organizational and department goals
• Participate in employee and patient rounding and identify and mentor potential future leaders
• Enforce standards of care for surgical services and develops processes to measure and ensure consistent compliance
• Develop, implement, and evaluate an ongoing surgical services program which assures quality patient care consistent with the Hospital mission
• Monitor compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy, environmental, patient, and personnel safety
• Oversee a PI program that consistently monitors and evaluates critical aspects of care
• Be responsible for department's operational excellence by ensuring delivery of quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards
• Follow the Hospital Exposure Control Plans / Blood borne and Airborne Pathogens
• Enforce safe procedural site and patient verification policy
• Monitor and respond to quality event reporting
• Support new program strategies and / or program enhancements which would expand patient services
• Develop, prioritize and defend capital equipment requests
• Be responsible for the fiscal management of department; assures proper utilization of organization's financial resources
• Advance the growth agenda for Surgical Services
• Strives to become the OR of Choice for physicians, patients, staff, and payers in the community they serve
• Demonstrate a poised and confident demeanor that reassures others and commands respect within the organization and the community
• Develop and build strategic internal and external networks
• Promote consistent positive patient interactions that advance the agenda of unparalleled patient service
• Practice and adhere to the "Code of Conduct" philosophy and "Mission and Value Statement"
• Perform other duties as assigned

What qualifications you will need :

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball has provided quality healthcare to Tomball, Magnolia and Northwest Houston communities since 1948. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, our 350+ bed hospital is on a 150-acre campus that features designated specialty centers : The Orthopedic Center, The Women's Center, the Heart and Vascular Center and the Texas Sports Medicine Center. Our services include a Level III Trauma Center, advanced robotic surgery program with 24 / 7 service, Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, comprehensive Women's Services and Labor & Delivery unit with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), orthopedic care including joint replacement, and much more.

We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you're looking for a leadership opportunity that provides both personal satisfaction and professional growth, apply to join HCA Healthcare as a Director Surgical Services. Unlock your leadership potential with HCA Healthcare. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.