Operations Manager – OR / PeriOp – Full Time Days - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Center City

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Operations Manager – OR / PeriOp – Full Time Days - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital – Center City

Join the mission of Improving Lives as an OR Operations Manager at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we’re the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done. 

The Operations Manager oversees daily operations for operating rooms and related perioperative areas across multiple hospital sites. This includes managing surgical schedules, optimizing room use, monitoring key performance indicators, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The role involves supervising administrative staff, collaborating with clinical teams, managing budgets, and leading process improvement projects to enhance efficiency, patient flow, and safety.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage and coordinate daily operations of the OR, PACU & PreOp for our Level 1 Trauma Centers at TJUH, Methodist Hospital, Jefferson Health Neurosciences and the Honickman Center.
• Oversee surgical block schedule, room utilization to optimize throughput and minimize delays
• Monitor and manage KPIs, including cancellations rates, patient satisfaction rates and implement improvement initiatives as needed
• Partner with clinical leaders to ensure adequate staffing, equipment and supply readiness for scheduled and emergent cases.
• Administrative oversight of Endoscopy Procedural ASC at Bala Cynwyd
• Responsible for budget analysis for both capital and operational expenses. 
• Develops reports that help assure that budget targets are met
• Has oversight of inventory management for the surgical sites, establishment of par levels, and development of procedures for procurement of surgical supplies. 
• Conducts formal evaluation and implementation process for clinical product standardization and utilization, ensuring that clinical quality and cost savings goals are achieved.
• Work in collaboration with clinical department directors and nursing to insure the financial, operational, and clinical performance of products meets enterprise goals and objectives. 
• Responsible for maintenance of Item Master within OR Information System.

Qualifications for this position include: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business with at least 3 years’ experience in materials management and budget analysis OR high school diploma with at least 5 years’ experience in materials management required.
• Materials management and budget analysis required, years of experience dependent upon level of education.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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