DIRECTOR, SURGICAL SERVICES **RELOCATION OFFERED**

Job Description

Responsibilities

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a -bed acute care hospital offering services including /7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

What we at Sierra Medical Center value:
• Compassion : We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy : We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork : We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality : We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics : We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect : We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence : We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation : We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care

Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

**RELOCATION OFFERED**

This Director of Surgical Services opportunity is full time at hours per week, offers full benefits and a convenient day shift schedule. We are looking for a dynamic individual who is responsible for direction of patient care in the Operating Room, PACU, DSU, & SPD. Manages all staff members. Consults with staff, physicians and Nurse Executive on nursing problems and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met. Maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in CQI activities. Assists in formulating budget. Director has /7 operational responsibility for the department.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Directs actions toward supervision of nursing care given to neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients within the Operating Room, DSU, PACU and SPD, according to nursing principles.
• Supervises and oversees sterilization process.
• Supervises clinical aspects of Central Service Department.
• Supervises care of Pain Center and OR suite and equipment to ensure cleanliness, sterility and operational ability of all items.
• Assists surgeons in operations through provision of qualified staff; formulates schedule which provides staff available for all procedures.

Benefits for full and part time employees:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• (K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its + Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services:

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, baccalaureate degree or current enrollment in a program.
• Registered Nurse Licensure.
• Three (3) or more years of previous experience in all aspects of nursing and a minimum of two (2) years supervisory experience.
• Current BLS, PALS and ACLS certification.