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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

At Saint Alphonsus Health System, we are looking for people who are living out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to work, and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest quality of care.

We are seeking a **Director of Surgical Services** to provide organizational management and oversight to our Surgical Services department. We are the region's most advanced Trauma Center and proudly serve our communities from Southwest Idaho to Southeast Oregon by delivering surgical excellence to our communities using the most advanced technology.

This is a great opportunity to influence change and champion for excellence in a leadership position! The **Director of Surgical Services** serves as a professional role model by mentoring, coaching, and developing our colleagues.

Our ideal candidate will have experience working in a complex hospital surgical department and have demonstrated team, analysis, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

GENERAL SUMMARY AND PURPOSE:

+ Directs the organizational management of Surgical Services across Saint Alphonsus Health Systems (SAHS).

+ Functions as the Clinical and/or Operational leader within the scope of all surgical services departments.

+ Coordinates provision of care for Perioperative Services andEndoscopy across the SAHS surgical services to include Boise, Nampa, Ontario, Baker City.

+ Further inclusive of all education resources, Operating Rooms, Endoscopy, Central Sterile and Reprocessing, Pre-op, and Post-Anesthesiapersonnel.

+ Ensures compliance with all medical functions andmaintains all requirements of The Joint Commission and other applicable Federal, State, and local regulatory and/or accrediting agencies.

+ Builds internal systems to support those that deliver patient care.

+ Develops and maintains collaborative medical and administrative staff relationships to support system goals and objectives.

+ Determines and sets future goals for assigned areas, builds, coaches and facilitates leadership team development to meet all customer requirements for high quality, cost effective care.

+ Develops a safe and positive environment for internal and external customers to deliver and receive high quality, cost effective care.

**SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE** :

+ Colleague must have an RN license in the primary work state prior to hire date and dual licensure in Idaho and Oregon within six months of hire or within six months of July 1, 2019 if hired prior to July 1, 2019.

+ Colleague will ensure the he/she does not perform nursing care in the secondary state until the secondary state license is received.

+ CNOR required or attained within 1 yr. of employment in position.

+ Work requires the knowledge of theories, principles and concepts normally acquired through completion of a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Master’s Degree in Nursing or related health field preferred.

+ Requires five (5) yearsdemonstrated clinical experience in surgical services and seven (7) years of nursing management experience.

+ Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers certification from either AHA, ARC or the Military Training Network is required at hire in all units, unless currently certified in ACLS and/or PALS as defined in the SAHS Certification Crosswalk.

+ Experience working in a complex hospital surgical servicesdepartment and have demonstrated team, analysis, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

+ Requiredregular travelto all hospital facilities within the Saint Alphonsus Health System region.

Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.

Visit www.saintalphonsus.org/careers (https://www.saintalphonsus.org/careers/search-openings/details?j=00137722\_Speech%20Therapist%20PRN) to learn more about the benefits, culture, and career development opportunities available to you at Saint Alphonsus Health System.

Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran