Surgical Services Director

Cynthia S. Connelly RN, BA

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Ranger, GA 30734

C# 770-***-****

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Work Experience

*/**** ** */**** Medwest-Haywood Regional Hospital Clyde,

NC

(A level 2 t rauma center with 120 beds with 400 employees providing care to

both Haywood and Swain counties in North Carolina)

Surgical Services Director

• Responsible for the oversight of the surgical services department, both

i npatient and the ASC, consisting of the inpatient OR(6), PACU, OPS,

CSR and outpatient OR(2), PACU and pre-op clinic.

• Management of the GI unit within the ASC

• Growth and development of staff including 70+ FTE’s and 3

supervisors

• Administrative functions (i.e. hiring/fi ring, budget, etc…)

• Reporting to COO/CNO

• Surgical cases per year 5000

• GI cases per year 2500

Accomplishments:

• Maintain expenses under 20% of budget.

• Insti tuted PAR levels across the department to decrease unused

supplies

• Improve communication throughout department

• Granted time every month for staff meetings and in-service

p resentations

• Developed newsletter that is dispersed once a month

• Improve staff satisfaction by instituting “employee of the month” and

award certificates and small gifts

• Flex staff everyday according to the surgical schedule improving

p roductivity from 40% to 80% overall

• Increased patient satisfaction by instituting “thank-you” cards for each

out patient in hospital and the ASC

11/2010 – 8/2012 Cent ral Carolina Hospital ( Tenet Health)

Sanford, NC

(Central Carolina Hospital is a level 3 center that houses 110 beds)

Surgical Services Di rector

• Managed the department consisting of OR(6), PACU, CSR and same

day/ out-patient uni t.

• Oversight of 50 FTE’s and 2 supervisors

• Administrative functions (hiring/fi ring, budget, performance

evaluations)

Accomplishments:

• Maintained the department expenses by limiting purchases of new

equipment and acquiring equipment through re-furb vendors

• Worked with CFO to cap prices of orthopedic implants which decreased

expenditures significantly

• Developed a PAR level plan for supply inventory

• Increased staff communication by developing a newsletter for the staff

and attending surgery department meetings to share information on

volume and staffing with surgeons

• Maintained staffing slightly under 95% by f lexing according to volume

• Insti tuted AORN Peri-op 101 for new nurses coming into the OR. This

was used in lieu of a nurse educator which was not within the budget

12/2009 – 11/2010 Time off to finish BA degree

5/2009 – 12/2009 Perimeter Orthopedic Surgery Center

A tlanta, GA

(An independent, 15,000 square foot, orthopedic practice and an AAAHC

accredited outpatient surgical facility)

Surgical Services Director

• Oversight of 2 OR’s, PreOp, PACU and CSR

• 10 FTE’s and 1 supervisor

2/2009 – 5/2009 Georgia Pain Physicians

A tlanta, GA

(A privately owned practice consisting of 3 ASCs that provided pain

p rocedures in the OR under anesthesia)

Surgical Services Di rector

• Assure ASCs were in compliance with state codes

• Administrative functions (hiring/fi ring, staff development, etc)

• 10 FTE’s

Accomplishments:

• Successful state survey of all centers

4/2006 – 8/2008 Georgia Foot & Ankle Surgery Center

R ingold, GA

(An independent group of Podiatrists)

ASC Administrator

• Purchased equipment and supplies for the center

• Developed policies and procedures for the center to comply with

Georgia State and AAAHC

Accomplishments:

• H i red and on-boarded staff for newly completed surgery center – 3 OR

n urses, 3 PACU/PreOp nurses and 2 OR techs

• Stayed within allotted budget dictated by the CON by negotiating

contracts with vendors for all equipment and instrumentation as well

as supplies

• Successful GA state and AAAHC surveys

E ducation

Currently pursuing BSN

Bachelor of Arts

West Virginia University, 2009

Westmoreland School of Nursing, 1975

Professional memberships

1999 Board Officer AORN Chapter 1108, Suburban Atlanta

1998 Immediate Past President AORN Chapter 1108, Suburban Atlanta

1997 President AORN Chapter 1108, Suburban Atlanta

1996 President-elect AORN Chapter 1108, Suburban Atlanta

Publications Thoracoscopic Thorasic Discectomy and Fusion

AORN Journal, May 1998

Have writ ten and published 4 book reviews through the AORN Journal

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