Our Executive Search team has been retained to locate an outstanding Vice President for Salem Health's Perioperative Division in Salem, Oregon.  This high level individual will have complete fiscal, clinical, administrative and strategic planning responsibility for a $250 million revenue-producing division, which includes all the periop areas, including CS, Anesthesia and Salem Health's 22 Operating Rooms.  The person will provide leadership to a team of 260 FTEs for these areas.  The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer, Cheryl Nester Wolfe (RN MSN NEA-BC). 

  

All candidates must be a nurse and have a Bachelors and a Masters Degree (one of these degrees must be in Nursing).  They must also have a minimum of 5 years of Director (level) experience in a theatre of over 15 operating rooms, with, at least, a 5-year stay at one hospital in the Director role.

  

Ideal candidates will be leaders and understand the power of team work.  They will have strong communications skills and comprehensive clinical knowledge of perioperative services.

  

These candidates will have relevant experience in business development and integration of services and have the ability to manage exponential growth. They will work collaboratively with Administration, Surgeons, Nursing Staff and Anesthesia to improve capacity, efficiency and effectiveness.

If you, or someone you know, meets the criteria above and would be interested in hearing more, please contact me ASAP to discuss how we might further proceed.

  

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely, 

  

Adam Silbar

General Manager

Pathfinders Health Search

Perioperative Recruitment Specialists

http://www.pathfindershealth.com/

800-728-9912

  

* Please note, this is a permant position and there is no need for 

  Interim Leadership at this time.  

Salem Health is a comprehensive regional 2-hospital system located in Salem, Oregon.

Salem Hospital has a Level II trauma center and emergency room.  They provide the following regional services: cancer, cardiac (number one for heart surgeries in the state of Oregon), cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedics and joint replacement, neurosciences, spine, pain management, women and children, maternity, imaging, weight loss surgery, sleep disorders, diabetes, laboratory and pulmonary rehabilitation.

 

Salem Health also provides urology, infusion and wound care, inpatient mental health services, and an onsite pharmacy. Salem Health offers several services to the community including community health forums and a Community Health Education Center.

 

Salem Hospital has joined the 6 percent of U.S. hospitals that can claim Magnet^® status, recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) that Salem Hospital offers exemplary patient care.

 

More than 150 Salem Hospital employees held their breath as they stood elbow-to-elbow Sept. 14 at 1:30 p.m., listening in on a phone call from the ANCC's Magnet Recognition Program in Maryland. Then at 1:35, cheers erupted as they heard the news "Salem Hospital has been unanimously granted Magnet designation."

 

Magnet status is one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can receive. The coveted honor was achieved with seven years of dedicated focus by clinical and professional staff-nearly 4,000 employees-in partnership with community physicians and volunteers.

 

  

Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857.

Salem had a population of 154,637 at the 2010 census, making it the third largest city in the state after Portland and Eugene. Salem is less than an hour driving distance away from Portland. Salem is the principal city of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan areathat covers Marion and Polk counties and had a combined population of 347,214 at the 2000 census. A 2009 estimate placed the metropolitan population at 396,103, the state's second largest.

 

The city is home to Willamette University and Corban University, as well as the main city in the Salem-Keizer School District and is home to the main campus of Chemeketa Community College. Other schools include the Chemawa Indian School, and the Oregon School for the Deaf. The state of Oregon is the largest employer in the city, with Salem Hospital as the largest private employer. Transportation includes public transit from Salem-Keizer Transit, Amtrak service, and non-commercial air travel at McNary Field. Major roads include Interstate 5, Oregon Route 99E, and Oregon Route 22 which connects West Salem across the Willamette River via the Marion Street and Center Street bridges.