Job Details

In PeriOp South at Children's South Hoover

Work schedule will be Full-time on the Day Shift, 0530 - 1400.

Summary:

The Assistant Director of Perioperative Services (South Campus) provides strategic leadership and clinical oversight to ensure the highest standards of nursing practice within the Operating Room (OR), Preoperative (Preop/Postop), and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) environments. Working in close collaboration with the Director, this role oversees the supervision, development, and performance evaluation of unit-level leaders, charge nurses, and staff. The Assistant Director ensures strict compliance with regulatory standards, manages fiscal resources and capital budgets, and assumes full operational command of the department in the absence of the Director.

Other information:

Position Requirements

Education

• Essential: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
• Non-Essential: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or related healthcare administration degree.

Credentials & Licensure

• Essential: Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Alabama (Single-State or Compact/NLC Multi-State equivalent).
• Essential: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Essential: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.

Experience

• Essential Clinical Experience: 3 to 5 years of dedicated Surgical Services experience (spanning Preop, OR, or PACU environments).
• Essential Leadership Experience: 2 to 3 years of progressive nursing leadership experience (e.g., Team Leader, Charge Nurse, Clinical Educator, Assistant Director, or Director).
• Non-Essential Experience: Hands-on Operating Room experience as a Scrub or Circulating Nurse.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel between the South Campus and Main Campus as operationally required.

Credentials with Equivalent Qualifications:
Essential:
* Registered Nurse AL Single State
* Basic Life Support
* Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Education with Equivalent Qualifications:
Essential:
* Bachelor of Science Nursing in Nursing
Nonessential:
* Masters of Science Nursing in Nursing

Experience with Equivalent Qualifications:
Essential:
* 3 Years Staff Level
* 2 Years Supervisor Level

Children's South Surgery is an ambulatory surgical clinic with 6 ORs that provides comprehensive outpatient surgical services to the pediatric population. We strive to provide excellent customer service and are uniquely equipped to guide the pediatric patient and their families through the pre-operative, operative procedure, recovery and post-operative phases of surgery. Our staff care for patients having minor procedures in a wide variety of specialties including otolaryngology (ENT), ophthalmology, dermatology, urology and orthopedic surgeries. All staff are required to work in multiple areas of the perioperative process including Pre op/Post op, Operating Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit. In addition, we support main campus Surgical Services by floating to the downtown location on occasion to maintain appropriate staffing. Our goal is to ensure that the patient moves safely and smoothly through the phases of surgery while normalizing the surgical environment to the patient. We equip the patient and their families to recover from their procedure and return to their lives ready to thrive.