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Posted: 02-May-26
Location: Durham, North Carolina
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Internal Number: 267998
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.
About Duke University Hospital
Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States. The largest of the four Duke Healthhospitals with 1062 patient beds, it features comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.
Work arrangement On-site
Duke University Hospital, Perioperative Services
The Administrative Director for DUHS Perioperative Services serves in a role impacting operational optimization of surgical platforms across DUHS.
What you?ll do
- Data driven approach informing rigorous clinical operations
- Implementing operational utilization metrics to increase access for surgical cases and optimizing cases by surgical platform type
- "Inventory optimization" to impact right item right time for patient care
What you bring
As an accomplished operational leader, you bring the experience, judgment, and analytical skills to optimize operations across the perioperative service line.
Key responsibilities include
- Directs the financial performance of Perioperative Services including interpreting and monitoring annual supply budgets including partnership with clinicians, supply chain/value analysis in the identification of cost-effective alternatives, product evaluation and standardization
- Responsible for preparation of annual capital equipment budgets ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
- Facilitate the creation of an asset management database across entities detailing equipment, age, EOL and EOS dates to inform equipment transfer across entities and opportunities for aggregate pricing
- Support enterprise perpetual technology inventory implementation across DUHS surgical platforms and procedural areas
- Drive operational efficiency through process improvement, resource optimization and standardization of services across DUHS Perioperative Services (e.g., OR volumes, OR utilization)
- Analyzes surgical billing, revenue trends as informed by case posting and auditing
- Facilitating multidisciplinary improvement initiatives
- Crucial support of our growth plans
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred
Experience
Work requires seven years of progressive administrative experience, generally in a hospital, health care or similar service industry to become proficient in managing quality of care and financial performance over assigned hospital service line. Preferred five or more years of progressive leadership experience in a healthcare setting. Proven success in impacting operational efficiency across the health system, with experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed environment. Leadership style defined by empathy, accountability, clarity and collaboration
A Master's degree in Hospital Administration, Business Administration or a related field may be substituted for experience on a 1:1 basis.
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Bachelor's
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Innovation Mindset
Experience supporting operational innovation, AI-enabled operational enhancements or transformative operational initiatives
Ability to implement sustainable change and help teams adopt new approaches
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