AVP Surgical Services

Job Description:

Leader provides enterprise leadership and strategic direction for perioperative, surgical, and procedural care services across the organization. Operating in a highly matrixed and complex environment, this leader, under the direction of the Vice President of Surgical Services and in partnership with the Surgical Services (SS) Executive Leadership Team, drives the development and execution of system-wide strategic business plans, advances standardized workflow aligned with evidence-based practice, and ensures the delivery of high-reliability care. This role drives margin growth, optimizes operating room throughput, and ensures safe, high-quality patient care through robust education, workforce development, and recruitment strategies across the perioperative, surgical, and procedural continuum.

This role is preferably based within the Intermountain market areas (Utah – preferably in the Salt Lake area, ID, NV, MT or CO) to strengthen collaboration, visibility, and alignment with enterprise initiatives.

Essential Functions

• Strategic Planning: Leads the development and execution of enterprise-wide strategic initiatives to meet surgical services goals, aligning with the broader vision and goals of Intermountain Health.
• Operational Excellence: Along with the SS VP, oversees daily operations in the operating rooms and endoscopy suites, including pre-op, intra-op, and post-op processes. Establish key indicators annually to support strong workflows. Responsible for ensuring sterile processing provides safe, efficient, and cost-effective turnover of surgical instruments and supplies.
• Financial Management: In partnership with the SS VP and Internal Process Controls Director, provides oversight of capital and operational budgets. Accountable for resource allocation, revenue cycle management, and cost-containment measures. Ensures surgical scheduling and billing processes operate efficiently and accurately to support financial stewardship and operational excellence.
• Quality and Patient Safety: Cultivates an evidence-based foundation for clinical practices and patient safety initiatives. Ensures all SS departments comply with regulatory standards and accreditation requirements. Partners with Patient Excellence to evaluate and implement best practices.
• Staff Engagement: Provides oversight of the Surgical Services training, orientation, and education programs to ensure standardized practice and continuous professional development. Maximizes talent acquisition and retention for surgical services caregivers through strategic workforce planning, monitoring caregiver turnover and vacancies, and maintaining workforce readiness through ongoing education and development initiatives.
• Provider Partnership: Partners with medical directors, surgeons, proceduralists, and anesthesiologists to foster clinical alignment and strong physician engagement. Supports the leadership development of local teams to strengthen provider partnerships and advance operational, clinical, and strategic objectives.

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Operational Optimization
• Multidisciplinary Leadership
• Financial Acumen
• Interpersonal Communication & Change Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• High Reliability Organizational Leadership
• Strong Clinical Expertise
• Data Analytics
• Practice & Professional Development

Minimum Qualifications

• Master of Business or Master of Healthcare Administration from an accredited program (degree verification required).
• 5-7 years of progressive, executive-level leadership experience in complex surgical and procedural services.
• Demonstrated success leading other leaders through organizational change, fostering engagement, accountability, and a high-performing culture.
• Proven track record of effectively developing and executing operational strategies and initiatives that drive organizational performance and achieve desired outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, leadership, complex problem-solving, budget development and management, and data-driven decision-making through statistical analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience navigating the complexities of an integrated health system.
• Experience with Sterile Processing through direct leadership or oversight of teams and operations.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

With this position, you are eligible to participate in the Annual Pay for Performance (AP4P) Plan. This plan enables Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P award opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected Board-approved goals.

Location:

Vine Street Office Building

Work City:

Murray

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$70.00 - $450.00

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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