Director of Surgical Services (RN) | Perioperative Leadership | Lake Havasu City, AZ

Director of Surgical Services (RN)

📍 Lake Havasu City, Arizona (Onsite)
💼 Full-Time | Days | Leadership Opportunity
💰 $146,900 – $198,000 Base Salary
💵 $10,000 Sign-On Bonus
📦 $5,000 Relocation Assistance Available
❌ No Visa Sponsorship Available

Lead a High-Performing Surgical Services Division

An exceptional opportunity is available for an experienced nursing leader to take the helm of a large and dynamic Surgical Services Department within a respected acute care healthcare organization.

This role offers the chance to lead a highly skilled perioperative team responsible for thousands of surgical procedures annually while driving operational excellence, clinical quality, staff engagement, and patient safety.

Reporting directly to executive leadership, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of surgical services, influencing strategic initiatives, and building a culture where clinical excellence and professional growth thrive.

For ambitious surgical leaders looking to make a significant impact while advancing their careers, this is a standout opportunity.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

✅ Executive-facing leadership role reporting directly to the COO

✅ Lead a large, multi-disciplinary surgical services operation

✅ Oversight of 114 FTEs

✅ Manage approximately 9,000 surgical procedures annually

✅ Oversee 2,000 annual endoscopic procedures

✅ Leadership responsibility across 10 active operating rooms

✅ $10,000 Sign-On Bonus

✅ Relocation assistance available

✅ Strong organizational investment in leadership development

✅ Excellent long-term growth and advancement opportunities

Surgical Services Scope

Leadership Responsibility

👥 114 FTEs

Annual Volumes

🔹 9,000 Surgical Cases

🔹 2,000 Endoscopic Procedures

Capacity

🏥 10 Active Operating Rooms

Areas of Oversight

You will provide leadership and operational direction across:

• Main Operating Room

• Ambulatory Surgery Center

• Pre-Operative Services

• Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

• Preadmission Testing

• Anesthesia Services

• Central Sterile Processing Department (CSPD)

Clinical Service Lines

The department supports a broad range of specialties including:

• Orthopedics

• Urology

• OB/GYN

• General Surgery

• Plastic Surgery

• ENT

• Neurosurgery

• Podiatry

What You'll Be Doing

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and mentor a large multidisciplinary surgical team.

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and psychological safety.

• Drive employee engagement, retention, and staff satisfaction.

• Manage recruitment, onboarding, staff development, and succession planning.

• Oversee scheduling, performance management, coaching, and conflict resolution.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure efficient and effective perioperative operations.

• Optimize patient flow and department performance.

• Maintain high standards of quality, safety, and patient outcomes.

• Partner with physicians, anesthesia providers, and clinical leaders to improve service delivery.

Financial & Resource Management

• Develop and manage departmental budgets.

• Monitor productivity, operational costs, and resource utilization.

• Evaluate equipment, technology, and supply needs.

• Oversee vendor relationships and service contracts.

• Ensure appropriate inventory management and equipment readiness.

Clinical Quality & Compliance

• Maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

• Support evidence-based clinical practice initiatives.

• Implement quality improvement programs and operational enhancements.

• Monitor key performance indicators and patient safety metrics.

Required Qualifications

✔ Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

✔ Current Arizona Registered Nurse License

✔ Minimum 5 years of Surgical Nursing experience

✔ Minimum 1 year of leadership experience within a surgical or perioperative environment

✔ Strong understanding of:

• Perioperative operations

• Surgical services leadership

• Budget management

• Regulatory compliance

• Staff development

• Patient safety initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ Master's Degree in Nursing or related field

⭐ Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

⭐ Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

⭐ Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

⭐ Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR)

⭐ Experience leading large surgical departments with multiple service lines

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate is a collaborative surgical leader who excels at balancing operational excellence with people leadership.

You have a proven track record of leading perioperative teams, developing staff, improving operational performance, and fostering a culture where patient safety and clinical excellence remain at the center of everything you do.

You enjoy working across multidisciplinary teams and are comfortable leading a complex department with significant procedural volume and organizational visibility.

Benefits & Perks

🏥 Comprehensive Medical Insurance Options

🦷 Dental Insurance

👓 Vision Insurance

❤️ Life Insurance

💰 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match

🎓 Tuition Assistance & Certification Support

💸 Loan Assistance Programs

🏖 Generous Paid Time Off

👨‍👩‍👧 Paid Family Leave

🩺 Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverage

🏋️ Wellness Programs & Fitness Benefits

💻 Virtual Healthcare Services

📈 Leadership Development & Career Advancement Opportunities

💵 $10,000 Sign-On Bonus

📦 Relocation Assistance Available

Culture & Leadership Environment

This organization has built a reputation for creating a supportive, collaborative clinical culture where patient safety, teamwork, and professional development are prioritized.

The surgical team operates with a strong foundation of mutual trust, respect, and psychological safety, creating an environment where leaders are empowered to innovate, support their teams, and drive meaningful improvements across the department.

Interview Process

Step 1

Recruiter Screening

Step 2

Hiring Manager Interview

Step 3

Surgical Leadership Team Interview

Screening Questions

1.

What has gone particularly well in one of your previous leadership roles?

2.

What has been your greatest leadership challenge, and how did you address it?

3.

How have your previous experiences prepared you to lead a complex surgical services division with responsibility for multiple departments, teams, and specialties?

Ready to Lead at the Next Level?

If you're a surgical nursing leader looking for an opportunity to oversee a large-scale perioperative operation, influence strategic decisions, develop high-performing teams, and make a lasting impact on patient care, this is the kind of career opportunity that doesn't come along often.

Surgical Services Director - Ottumwa, IA - $95,000 - $136,000

Surgical Services Director

Ottumwa, IA

$95,000 - $136,000

Job Description

The Director of Surgical Services is a registered professional nurse who assumes a 24 hour accountability and responsibility for overall Surgical Services operations. Responsible for selection of staff and implementation of the service structure, as well as, maintaining the patient centered culture of the hospital. Responsible for the management of multiple aspects within the patient care environment, monitoring and maintaining clinical standards of care, and is accountable for appropriate staffing resources to provide quality patient care.   Participates in or chairs committees, work groups, and meetings as deemed necessary.  He/she provides organizational leadership in the development, implementation and maintenance of service consistent with the Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan.

SUPERVISOR – Chief Nursing Officer

DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

·        Practices safe work habits, comply with safety rules and regulations, adhere to safety policies, and demonstrates competency in all applicable safety policies and procedure.

·        Demonstrates required competencies related to facility safety, patient safety, infection control. Promotes a safe environment and safe patient care practices. Consistently adheres to employee health, patient safety and facility safety policies and procedures.

·        Promotes sound fiscal operation by implementing an effective budgeting process for their defined service line.

·        Develops annual revenue, personnel, operations, and capital expense budgets for surgical services by using valid rationale, justification and recommendations for the budget requests.

·        Participates in budget preparation/monitoring and identification of workload variability to predict and plan for appropriate staffing to enhance productivity/efficiency and maintain quality care.

·        Continually evaluates with others, core processes for redesign and reengineering to improve operations, reduce cost, reduce cycle time, enhance service, and improve performance.

·        Effectively and efficiently uses manpower, material, and financial resources in accordance with hospital policies, and within established budget constraints. Applies current cost containment concepts.

·        Evaluates and maintains management information systems that provide integrated data needed to monitor and explain variances from established parameters.

·        Assures effective leadership and management of human resources within defined service line.

·        Ensure educational resources are available for members of the perioperative services department and hold staff members accountable for attendance.

·        Serves as a role model in professional behavior, leadership skills, problem-solving ability, coaching guidance, risk-tasking behavior, and interpersonal skills.

·        Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, collaboration, creativity, optimal productivity, continuous learning, and satisfaction through application of motivation, recognition and accountability principles.

·        Oversees all planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; approving/denying time off; counseling, coaching, commendation, disciplinary actions, and terminations; addressing complaints and resolving problems

·        Assures that job descriptions within defined service line clarify and delineate position expectations according to existing laws, regulations, industry standards and organizational requirements.

·        Participates in recruitment and retention; interviewing, selection and promotion for surgical services positions.

·        Facilitates orientation, in-services, on-the-job training and continuing education programming to meet identified staff development needs.

·        Participates in and ensures timely completion of annual performance appraisals.

·        Facilitates positive medical staff relationships with defined service line.

·        Facilitates regular communication strategies with physicians and physician clinics.

·        Demonstrates collaboration with physician co-chair and facilitates active physician and staff participation for Surgical Service Committee to achieve strategic goals.

·        Engages medical staff in staff development initiatives.

·        Works with manager and team leaders in ongoing analysis and evaluation of patient care delivery to provide high quality patient care in a cost-effective manner

·        Solicits medical staff ideas and concerns for the promotion of patient safety initiatives and clinical policy/procedure development.

·        Facilitates the delivery of quality patient care to patients and families within defined service line.

·        Facilitates the planning and monitoring of quality, risk management and safety activities insuring corrective action.

·        Facilitates positive clinical outcomes through effective supervision and evaluation of care.

·        Assures compliance with laws, regulations and accreditation standards.

·        Establishes methods for accurate and timely information dissemination vertically and horizontally.

·        Integrates the department/service into the primary functions of the organization and achieves, or exceeds, customer satisfaction goals.

·        Diligently maintains compliance with Joint Commission and other regulatory compliance requirements

·        Develops and implements policies, procedures, accreditation standards, governmental regulations, and professional standards of care that guide and support the provision of services.

·        Achieves improved patient care outcomes/processes by continuously assessing and improving the departments’ performance through organized process improvement efforts.

·        Demonstrates ability to meet and exceed internal and external customer expectations. Promotes effective intra/inter department and organization relationships.

·        Creates a climate of effective communication and contributes to an environment of mutual respect and understanding.

·        Fosters a non-discriminatory climate in which care is delivered in a manner sensitive to sociocultural diversity.

·        Demonstrates understanding of and promotes ethical principles in clinical practice.

·        Facilitates conflict resolution.

·        Insures patient, family and visitor satisfaction with services.

·        Works collaboratively with students and educational institutions to promote positive learning experiences.

·        Promotes strategic service line development through growth and recognition.

·        Seeks additional knowledge and skills appropriate to identified surgical services by developing and/or participating in educational programs and activities, conferences, workshops, interdisciplinary professional meetings, and self-directed learning.

·        Speaks to hospital and community groups.

·        Facilitates appropriate marketing plan development in collaboration with marketing department and Surgical Service Committee.

·        Networks with peers in state/region to share ideas and conduct mutual problems solving.

·        Represents hospital in community and regional activities.

·        Identifies data needs and conducts appropriate analysis to develop appropriate business plan(s) addressing new service or growth opportunities.

·        Demonstrates initiatives in professional development.

·        Seeks constructive feedback and participates in peer review as appropriates.

·        Facilitates development and application of competency-based professional development models.

·        Participates in, and seeks out, opportunities and activities that provide for continuing education skills development and self-improvement. Assists subordinates to make good decisions regarding their career development.

·        Remains current on management principles and patient care trends/models through continuing education, seminars, professional reading.

·        Seeks experiences to expand and maintain skills and knowledge base.

·        Gains appropriate formal education and/or certification for career path.

·        In collaboration with administration, peers, nursing personnel and members of other disciplines, engages in the following activities:

·        Establishes and maintains effective communication and collaboration with hospital departments and medical staff to resolve problems, establish and implement policies, and coordinate activities within assigned department.

·        Monitors quality of care and any problems/concerns that would impede quality care by interacting with patients/families and monitoring care provider’s competency on an ongoing basis.

·        Evokes in staff a sense of ownership of and responsibility for, their work, their coworkers, and continuous improvement of their performance.

·        Accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients.

·        Coordinates nursing services with the services of other health care disciplines.

·        Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES 

·        Knowledgeable in the care and handling of patient populations served.

·        Demonstrates ability in planning for the provision of care (eg, policy/procedure development, competency requirements/staff development plans, etc.) for patients in all age groups including, but not limited to, consideration of the special needs and behavior of each respective group.

·        Process good communication skills, strong leadership, and interpersonal relation skills.

·        Thrive on a fast paced environment.

·        Make decisions quickly and clearly enunciate the basis on which the decision was made.

EDUCATION

·        Minimum of associate’s degree of nursing

·        Baccalaureate degree in nursing preferred

EXPERIENCE

·        5 years experience in related clinical practice

·        2 years in clinical leadership role preferred

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE

·        Current RN license in the state of Iowa.

·        CNOR certification preferred

·        BLS, ACLS, PALS

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