In this newly created role, the Vice President (VP) of Perioperative and Anesthesia Services has the overall responsibility for providing the strategic vision and implementation of a consistent, optimized, and differentiated surgical platform across the system. The VP works closely with the Perioperative Services Executive Sponsor and Physician Executive dyad partner(s) to execute and elevate the surgical services platform systemwide. This leader oversees a team of perioperative and anesthesia leaders across Endeavor Health’s eight acute care hospitals, which collectively include 115 operating rooms and a staff of more than 2,500 team members, all maintaining 24-hour accountability for the operational, fiscal, and administrative functions of the clinical perioperative service line.

The VP of Perioperative and Anesthesia Services is a senior leader who operates within a matrixed health system with 24-hour accountability for operational functions and directs programmatic and strategic planning for all Endeavor Health operating rooms. Oversight includes the support functions that enable high-quality, safe, seamless, and efficient operations—including Sterile Processing Departments, Ambulatory Surgery Departments, Post Anesthesia Care Units, Recovery, Anesthesia, Pre-Procedure Services, Surgical Assistants, and Surgical Advanced Practice Providers—along with the business and analytics functions tied to these services. The VP ensures a strategy for surgical and interventional case growth while aligning with Endeavor Health’s objectives of delivering safe, seamless, and personal care. This leader collaborates with physician practices and other service line leaders to meet organizational metrics and ensure high-quality, cost-effective experiences for patients, families, physicians, and staff. This position functions within a matrixed management system and is accountable to both service line and local entity leaders, ensuring horizontal and local needs are effectively addressed. The VP is also responsible for the coordination and integration of interdepartmental and intradepartmental care and services.

What you will do:

• Develop and ensure execution of a standardized operating model and strategy across the system.
• Give direction to the perioperative leadership team to drive performance of the Service Line to achieve organizational and Service Line targets (safety, quality outcomes, experience, resource use, revenue and expense, and growth).
• Partner with physician dyad leadership to provide direction to support physician practice, growth, performance, and academic/research activities in the Service Line.
• Identify opportunities and structures to support strong relationships among physicians, nursing leadership, administrative leaders and other service line team members across the region.
• Optimize clinical programs and services across the system, including the creation of consistent scorecards to track performance (quality, patient experience, people, growth, efficiency, profitability).
• Partner with perioperative leaders, physician leaders and administrative leadership to determine optimal strategy for asset distribution, including technology, implants, and supplies, per the Service Line strategy.
• Identify and partner with leadership team and system key stakeholders to identify and create strategies on opportunities to bring consistency to clinical and administrative practices across the region (staffing, care protocols, access systems, etc.).
• Develop and share outcomes metric performance to identify opportunities for improvement within the service line and for standardization of best practice across the system.
• Determine strategy and priorities for operational and capital investments required to support service line priorities across the region and advance requests through Regional and System approval structures.

What you will need:

• Education: Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Nursing or other healthcare related degree
• Experience: Ten (10) years of relevant healthcare operations experience with a minimum of five (5) of the ten (10) years in a leadership capacity. Clinical-area specific experience.
• Unique or Preferred Skills: