Job Details

In PeriOp South at Children's South Hoover

Work schedule will be Full-time on the Day Shift, Monday-Friday, 5:30am-2:00pm.

Summary:

The PeriOp South Director of Nursing is a registered nurse with advanced education and training in the care of pediatric surgery patients. The individual is responsible for strategic, operational, financial, and human resource management of Perioperative Services at Children’s South to ensure safe, compassionate, cost-effective, direct and indirect, patient-family centered care in the pre/postoperative unit, operating room, post-anesthesia care unit, and by anesthesia services. The PeriOp South Director will be accountable for nurses, CRNAs, ORTs, PCTs and other perioperative staff members. The individual will work closely with the Surgical Services Division Director, Surgical Services Leadership Team, Children’s South PeriOp Medical Director, anesthesiologists, and surgeons. The PeriOp South Director reports directly to the Surgical Services Division Director, who in turn reports to the Vice President of Operations. 

Credentials with Equivalent Qualifications:
Essential:
* Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
    - Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State
    - Registered Nurse Non-AL NLC Multi State
* Basic Life Support

Education with Equivalent Qualifications:
Essential:
* Masters of Science Nursing in Nursing or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
    - Bachelor of Science Nursing in Nursing and 5 Years job experience as Staff Level with specialization in the field of Nursing Experience RN

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.