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AMN Healthcare

System Medical Director, Pre-Surgical Optimization

chicago, IL

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AMN Healthcare lists this System Medical Director, Pre-Surgical Optimization opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

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Job Description & Requirements

System Medical Director, Pre-Surgical Optimization

StartDate: ASAP Pay Rate: $ - $

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a physician leader to serve as System Medical Director for Pre-Surgical Optimization . This full-time anesthesiologist will provide clinical and administrative leadership for the system-wide Pre-Surgical Optimization Clinic, supporting perioperative excellence, patient safety, and operational performance across Northwestern Medicine.

Key Responsibilities

Lead system-wide pre-surgical optimization efforts and align clinic operations with perioperative strategy.

Improve preoperative clinic utilization, reduce elective case cancellations, and enhance operating room efficiency.

Develop triage policies and clinical criteria to ensure appropriate patient prioritization.

Collaborate with surgical, anesthesiology, and administrative leaders to resolve clinical and operational issues.

Support quality improvement, patient safety, and data-driven process enhancements.

Provide remote and on-site clinical support across local preoperative clinics.

Qualifications

Board-certified physician with demonstrated experience in perioperative medicine, pre-surgical optimization, or a related area.

Proven leadership in clinical operations, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Academic accomplishment, scholarly productivity, and teaching experience required.

Strong communication, management, and process improvement skills

Prior leadership experience required; academic rank of Assistant Professor or higher required.

The ideal candidate is a respected clinician-leader with a strong record of improving systems, advancing perioperative care, and working effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Facility Location

Situated on the banks of Lake Michigan, this Midwestern metropolis combines global high-style with a friendly, down-home soul. Along with its superb medical facilities, visitors to Chicago relish the city’s 29-mile long lakefront park, fabulous shopping districts, multicultural neighborhoods and world-class arts and entertainment.

Job Benefits

About the Company

At AMN Healthcare, we strive to be recognized as the most trusted, innovative, and influential force in helping healthcare organizations provide quality patient care that continually evolves to make healthcare more human, more effective, and more achievable.

Anesthesiologist, Anesthesiology, Anesthesia, Physician, Healthcare, Patient Care, Hospital, Medical, Doctor, Perioperative Medicine, Perioperative, Md, ANES

AMN Healthcare is a digitally enabled workforce solutions partner focused on solving the biggest challenges affecting healthcare organizations today. We offer a single-partner approach to optimize labor sources, increase operating margins, and provide technologies to expand the reach of care.

Worksite address

chicago, IL, 60611, US

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