The Vice President (VP) of Perioperative Services is responsible for all aspects of operational performance in Perioperative Services, including quality and safety, patient and family experience, growth, access, throughput, and financial performance. This role supports strategic planning, access strategy, operations, financial management, quality initiatives, regulatory compliance, and system integration while fostering a culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. This role collaborates effectively with senior leadership to consider and implement key plans that align with the hospitals and Virginia Commonwealth University Health System's (VCUHS) mission and vision.
The Vice President, Perioperative Services is responsible for the centralization, standardization, and leadership of peri-operative and procedural-based clinical departments (adults and pediatrics) within the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCUMC) and Children's Hospital of Richmond (CHoR). Locations include pre-operative and post-operative units, procedural units, and operative suites. Supervision includes both hospital-based and ambulatory surgery locations. This role will direct and execute the day-to-day operation objectives for peri-operative and procedural areas in conjunction with enterprise-wide strategic plans. The incumbent is accountable for designing new and better processes utilizing an interdisciplinary and multi-departmental approach to achieve quality and superior surgical services across the continuum of care.
The Vice President, Perioperative Services will coordinate and evaluate personnel decisions, budget, regulatory compliance, and the provision of services while developing a close working relationship with Department Chairs, appropriate surgeons, proceduralists, anesthesiologists, advanced practice providers, and team-members. This position directs, manages, and coordinates activities of assigned departments or areas in the health system and/or clinics and ensures that processes and procedures in patient care comply with VCUHS, regulatory, and corporate standards. This VP supports and leads from a process improvement perspective, utilizing data from national benchmarks and other sources (e.g. electronic health record) to continually stretch the department towards higher levels of excellence and cost effectiveness. The role maintains staffing as volumes change and works collaboratively and interdepartmentally to explore enterprise-wide opportunities to modify systems and processes to further improve quality, access, and/or reduce cost.
The Vice President, Perioperative Services works in collaboration with their peers (e.g., Associate Chief Nursing Officers, Chief Nursing Officers) and health system leadership to lead, develop, and operationalize programs and services to meet goals across the care continuum and VCUHS entities. The incumbent will create, execute, and refine a framework for excellence in peri-operative nursing practice that is evidence-based, ensures competencies, and includes best practices, resulting in high-performing clinical teams. As a member of the nursing executive team, the Vice President, Perioperative Services, will help shape the clinical practice model, promote a culture of professional accountability and excellence of nursing practice, and implement programs, systems, and processes to achieve the VCUHS and Nursing Service's strategic goals.
The VP Perioperative Services supports the VCU Health System in efforts that lead to recognition within the healthcare community for excellence in nursing, maintenance of program and fellowship accreditation, and designation as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Areas of oversight include, but are not limited to, adult and pediatric operating rooms, post-anesthesia care units, pre-operative areas, endoscopy suites, high-level disinfection and sterile processing departments, pre-op anesthesia clinic, and ambulatory surgery center(s).
Essential Job Statements
Assist the Chief Nurse Executive in leading the organization's efforts to promote a culture focused on delivering world-class patient and family focused care achieved through an exceptional and highly engaged workforce.
Engage in the planning, execution, and implementation of overall nursing plan consistent with hospital policies and objectives, to provide continuous nursing care and services.
Collaboratively work with operations, providers, practices, and other system functions to ensure an integrated approach to high quality clinical services.
Participate in the hospital quality assurance and improvement program through evaluation of services rendered, quality improvement, and audit of medical records, patient visits, and counseling with hospital staff.
Provide leadership, on behalf of Chief Nurse Executive, for key organizational projects working in partnership with stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient planning and successful project implementations that achieve on-time and budget targets.
Collaborate with operational areas to develop and implement strategic business plans. Operationalize business plans for assigned areas. Translate initiatives into action plans at the system level with appropriate performance measures. Assume fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation.
Develop and provide key performance indicators (KPIs) to establish the appropriate framework for perioperative metrics to align with overall organizational strategy. Evaluate and advise on the impact of long-range planning of new perioperative programs/strategies and regulatory action, as those items affect the ambulatory surgery center, community hospitals and consequently, the broader health system. Work collaboratively with nursing leadership across business entities to ensure policies, procedures, strategy, and program are integrated and aligned.
Partner with supply chain, sterile processing, and surgical and anesthesia leadership for peri-operative cost savings and standardization initiatives.
Establish solid plan and approach for providing patients with timely and efficient access to healthcare services through efficient scheduling. Regularly review access metrics, patient feedback, and seek provider and team-member input to make adjustment and improvements to the access strategy.
Optimize workflows to minimize inefficiencies. Track key performance indicators such as wait times, first-case on time starts, OR utilization, OR room-closures, case migrations, case length accuracy, and no-show rates to monitor the success of the perioperative access strategy.
Establish trust as a leader in key initiatives and strategies to continually improve the quality and level of services provided. Lead/participate in process improvement as appropriate.
Create an environment that supports team member and provider engagement, satisfaction, and equity.
Oversee human resource management for the assigned area creating a culture of employee engagement. Ensure HR policies are administered consistently across function. Organize nursing through appropriate structure and delegation of functions using staffing models/tools to achieve productivity and optimize the delivery of patient care. Identify succession planning needs within the nursing team.
Promote team building and collaboration. Motivate, encourage, and empower staff to achieve personal, organizational and team goals. Recognize accomplishment. Encourage and provide opportunity for staff input and feedback regarding improvement opportunities. Mentor and coach the leadership team. Regularly communicate, inform, and update staff on organizational and industry issues. Advocate for patients.
Employment Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in nursing.
Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Nursing, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, Public Health Administration, or related field.
Preferred Education:
DNP or PhD preferred
Licensure/Certification Required:
Current Registered Nurse licensure in Virginia and eligible AHA, BLS Certification or equivalent.
Licensure/Certification Preferred:
Certification in nursing administration (NE-BC, NEA-BC, CENP)
Certified Surgical Services Manager (CSSM)
Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR)
Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse (CPAN)
Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA)
Certified Ambulatory Surgery Nurse (CNAMB)
Minimum Qualifications
Years and Type of Required Experience
Minimum of ten (15) years of progressively responsible healthcare supervision/management, financial management, and administrative/operational experience in a healthcare setting, including a minimum of ten (10) years in a management and/or leadership role within hospital operations.
Experience in leadership role at a Magnet Designated hospital and academic medical center.
Demonstrated leadership and initiative in healthcare service excellence and business growth.
Demonstrated success working in a matrixed management model.
Strong communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills.
Strong operational leadership ability, fiscal competency, knowledge of resource planning and staffing system.
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
Must be willing and able to work evenings, weekends and holidays as role necessitates, including performing Administrator On-Call (AOC) duties.