Director, Ambulatory Surgery
Morrisville, North Carolina
You'll lead operations and growth across UNC Health's ambulatory surgery centers system-wide.
- Eligibility
- Perioperative CarePACU
- Shift and hours
- Day job
- Unit and setting
- Outpatient same-day surgery centers · Ambulatory Surgery outpatient same-day surgery centers within the UNC Health Care System
- License
- RN license Must have NC RN Licensure and BCLS, ACLS certificationNC RN license
- Term
- Permanent Work Type: Full TimeFull time
Do you qualify?
- License
- NC RN license Must have NC RN Licensure and BCLS, ACLS certification Check your license
- Certification
- BCLS
- Certification
- ACLS
- Education
- BSN
- Experience
- 7 years nursing experience Seven (7) years nursing experience with at least three (3) years of progressive leadership experience required.
- Experience
- 3 years progressive leadership
- Experience
- 3 years in a hospital setting, staffing or leadership Evidence of three (3) years in a hospital setting, staffing or leadership in the clinically relevant field.
- Experience
- AAAHC accreditation experience Must have experience with AAAHC Accreditation, CMS and State and Federal regulations as well as knowledge of surgery scheduling, credentialing and insurance verification.
- Experience
- CMS and state and federal regulation experience
- Also asks
- Knowledge of surgery scheduling, credentialing and insurance verification
Preferred
- Experience
- New facility activation, accreditation preparedness and physician partnership Experience with new facility activation, regulatory and accreditation preparedness, and physician partnership is highly desirable.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of North Carolina staff payNorth Carolina staff postings that state pay run $30/hr to $51/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $48/hr, across 934 postings.
- Pay reviews
- Pay offers depend on experience and internal equity Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Benefits
- BenefitsUNC Health benefits as a State positionThis is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.
- BenefitsContinue TSERS or ORP retirement if already enrolled through another NC agency
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Build and run the fiscal and capital plans for the ASCs Oversees the development and implementation of the fiscal and capital plans and adjusts accordingly to support the fiscal success.
- Day to day
- Oversee perioperative services operations and budget Oversees management of perioperative services operationally and fiscally.
- Day to day
- Hire, promote, transfer and terminate staff Applies organizational policy and procedures in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff.
- Day to day
- Interview perioperative staff candidates Interviews for perioperative personnel selection.
- Day to day
- Work with the medical executive committee, medical staff and nursing on surgical services Collaborates with the Medical Executive Committee, medical staff, nursing staff, other departments and/or professional groups
- Day to day
- Lead quality improvement projects on patient safety and care gaps Leads and participates in quality improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care deficits.
- Day to day
- Monitor payer and reimbursement trends The position will also monitor evolving payer and reimbursement trends
- Day to day
- Keep ASCs meeting AAAHC, state and Board of Nursing standards This includes organizational policy and procedures as well as state, AAAHC, Board of Nursing and other specified accrediting bodies.
- Details
- Onsite work on a day-job schedule; job location listed as US:NC:Morrisville Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville
- Details
- System-wide leadership across the ASC portfolio providing system-wide leadership for the optimization, growth, and operational performance of our ambulatory surgery portfolio.
- Details
- Lead change across a matrix health system a proven ability to lead change for complex initiatives across a matrix health system
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Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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UNC Health is seeking an experienced nurse leader to serve as Director of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC), providing system-wide leadership for the optimization, growth, and operational performance of our ambulatory surgery portfolio. This role will partner closely with physicians, nursing, anesthesia, finance, strategy, facilities, and executive leadership to drive quality, patient experience, operational efficiency, throughput, workforce engagement, regulatory compliance, and sustainable growth across the ASC portfolio. The position will also monitor evolving payer and reimbursement trends, helping ensure UNC Health remains well-positioned to deliver care in the most appropriate and cost-effective settings.
The ideal candidate is an experienced nurse leader with strong operational and financial acumen, deep expertise in ambulatory surgery center management and operations, and a proven ability to lead change for complex initiatives across a matrix health system. Experience with new facility activation, regulatory and accreditation preparedness, and physician partnership is highly desirable.
What's around it?
Morrisville, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,858/mo
- Household income
- $125,396/yr, all local households, not nurse pay