Job Description

Associate Director, Perioperative Nursing - Preop / PACU Main Units

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Build Relationships
  
  
  • Initiate, develop, and manage relationships and networks.
  • Show sincere interest in others and their concerns.
• Professionalism
  
  
  • Demonstrate commitment to collaborative professional relationships with physicians and all members of the healthcare team.
  • Exhibit a high level of responsibility and ethical practice.
  • Commit to excellence, such as proper handwashing practices.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development.
• Medical Knowledge
  
  
  • Demonstrate a high level of medical knowledge.

• Specialty Certification and Standards
  
  
  • Maintain ANCC-approved specialty certification.
  • Exhibit expertise in PACU duties, including those of Clinical Development Specialists and Lead PSC roles.
  • Possess current knowledge of ASPAN Standards, including patient rights, nursing processes, environment of care, staffing, research, and clinical inquiry.
• Operational Management
  
  
  • Display expert knowledge of operational costs and engage in cost-saving strategies.
  • Avoid waste of supplies and resources.
  • Provide support to nurse managers in resolving scheduling conflicts and managing emergencies.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Team Building
  
  
  • Identify stakeholders in perioperative/nursing services and their interactions with the PACU Associate Director role.
  • Build strong relationships with physicians, vendors, and other departments supporting the operating room.
  • Mentor and support staff, fostering professional growth and succession planning.
• Supervision and Quality Assurance
  
  
  • Supervise and validate safe clinical practices, adhering to all standards, guidelines, policies, and procedures.
  • Serve as a resource for appropriate clinical actions.
  • Validate the knowledge, skills, and conduct of direct reports.
• Quality and Safety Initiatives
  
  
  • Support and lead departmental initiatives related to quality, patient safety, and operational efficiency.
  • Represent the PACU in institutional committees and projects.
  • Monitor PACU quality metrics and promote performance improvement initiatives.
  • Attend institutional daily safety briefs.
  • Review PACU safety intelligence reports and escalate issues as needed.
  • Participate in RCAs and implement action plans to enhance PACU safety practices.
• Project Participation
  
  
  • Contribute to expansion and design projects as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

Education
Required: Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Preferred: Master's Level Degree

Experience Required: Six years of nursing experience. Two years of management experience in the management of direct patient care activities. Successful completion of the LEADing Self Accelerate program may substitute for one year of required supervisory or management experience.
Preferred: Ten years of progressive management experience.

Onsite Presence: Is Required, has hybrid opportunity

Certification
Required: Current State of Texas professional nursing license (RN). Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
Preferred: ANCC specialty certification and/or Administration. American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification as required by patient care area.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 172584
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Work Week: Day/Evening, Days, Evening/Night, Evenings
• Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 128,000
• Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 160,000
• Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 192,000
• FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
• Fund Type: Hard
• Work Location: Onsite
• Pivotal Position: Yes
• Referral Bonus Available?: Yes
• Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes
• Science Jobs: No

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Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Relocation package, Night shift, Afternoon shift,

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