Sunitha John
Stewartsville,USA
Summary
A highly skilled, accomplished, professional healthcare leader with over 12 years of leadership and management experience in Perioperative and Perinatal Services. More than 30 years of clinical nursing experience in various settings that include the Operating Room, Emergency room, Intensive care unit, and L&D. Regarded as an open-minded, transformational, practical, organized, and inclusive leader. Strong operational leadership experience including patient safety, productivity, clinical expertise, continuous process improvement, patient experience, short-term and long-term strategic planning, finance, and project management.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Vice President of Perioperative and Perinatal Services
RWJBH Somerset
Somerville, NJ
02.2025 - Current
- Providing leadership and management for perioperative services including 13 Operating rooms, 21 PACU Bays, 15 SDS Bays, SPD, and PAT
- Perinatal services with 2 operating rooms, postpartum unit and step-down NICU
- Direct reports comprise- 7 Managers, 4 Co-coordinators, 8 team leaders, and 175 staff
- Involved with business development, acquiring new surgeon practices, building new practices.
- Managed staffing, employee relations, and performance appraisals for approximately 175 direct reports of RNs, Surgical Technicians, Ancillary Staff, Anesthesia techs, etc
- Collaborating with the Finance Officer to propose Capital budget and ongoing budget
Administrative Director, Perioperative Service
RWJBH Somerset
Somerville, NJ
08.2018 - 02.2025
- Providing leadership and management for perioperative services including 13 Operating rooms, 2 Endoscopy units, 21 PACU Bays, 15 SDS Bays, SPD, and PAT
- Covered as Nursing Supervisor for the hospital as needed
- Covered as Interim Director of IR and Cath Lab when needed
- Direct reports comprise- 5 Managers, 4 Co-coordinators, 8 team leaders, and 155 staff
- Actively involved in strategic planning and business development
- Increased case Volume to over 600 cases per year
- Decreased agency staff usage from 21 to zero
- Spearheaded efforts to improve surgical patient safety through increased collaboration among surgical team members and using a surgical safety pre-op checklist
- Spearheaded and increased the first case on time starting from 58% to 75%
- Heading a team to improve turnaround time
- Reached 30 minutes from 34 minutes for turnaround time between scheduled cases
- Actively involved in the hand hygiene/hand washing committee
- Achieved goal of consistently above 98%
- Improved block utilization for surgeons from 30% to 70%
- Able to guide and plan the Peri Op 101 orientation program
- Lead team effort between management, educator, and quality coordinator to identify key areas for improvement by revising audit tools, and reviewing and investigating Patient Safety Net reports
- Worked with Educators and Managers to develop strategies to meet established metrics
- Utilized lean methodologies to reduce first-case patient wait time from registration to OR by 50%
- Managed staffing, employee relations, and performance appraisals for approximately 155 direct reports of RNs, Surgical Technicians, Ancillary Staff, Anesthesia techs, etc
- Collaborating with the Finance Officer to propose Capital budget and ongoing budget
Nurse Manager of Operations
RWJBH Somerset
Somerville, NJ
05.2016 - 08.2018
- Responsibilities included overseeing case scheduling, block management, working with surgeons and anesthesiologists, interacting with vendors, annual and ongoing budget management, staff scheduling, and payroll
- Stabilized and sustained the smooth running of 6 departments during the transition and change of 6 interim directors
- Filled in as Interim Educator
- Filled in for quality coordinator, SPD, and materials manager as needed
Nurse Manager of Operations
Saint Barnabas Medical Centre
Livingston, NJ
12.2012 - 05.2016
- Managed Periop Services with 24 operating rooms.
- This includes robotics, transplant, and open-heart surgery.
- Collaborated with anesthesia for efficiency, and reducing time, recourses wastage
Registered Nurse- Operating Room
Saint Barnabas Medical Centre
Livingston, NJ
02.2006 - 12.2012
- Hands-on experience on a daily basis with surgery for all age groups.
- Expert in circulating and scrubbing for surgery.
Registered Nurse- Emergency Room [ Per Diem]
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth, NJ
05.2005 - 05.2006
Registered Nurse- Operating Room
Irvington General Hospital
Irvington, NJ
05.2005 - 02.2006
Registered Nurse- Emergency Room
Irvington General Hospital
Irvington, NJ
07.2003 - 05.2005
Lecturer/ Clinical Instructor
CSI Multispecialty Hospital
Chennai, India
07.1998 - 07.2003
- This included- Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lecturer/ Clinical Instructor
CSI Multispecialty Hospital
Chennai, India
07.1995 - 07.1998
- This included- Fundamentals of Nursing Arts, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Med-Surg Nursing
Registered Nurse- Emergency Department
Christian Medical College and Hospital
Vellore, India
07.1994 - 07.1995
Education
MSN - Nursing Administration
University of Phoenix
BSN - Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery
MBA - Organizational Management
Eastern University
Skills
- Leadership
- Management
- Clinical Nursing
- Patient Safety
- Strategic Planning
- Budgeting
- Project Management
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Vendor Management
- Critical Thinking
- Lean Methodologies
- Team Player
Affiliations
- AORN
- ONL
- AAIN-NJ2
- PNANJ
Certification
- CNOR
- ACLS
- BLS
References
Available on request
Timeline
Assistant Vice President of Perioperative and Perinatal Services
RWJBH Somerset
02.2025 - Current
Administrative Director, Perioperative Service
RWJBH Somerset
08.2018 - 02.2025
Nurse Manager of Operations
RWJBH Somerset
05.2016 - 08.2018
Nurse Manager of Operations
Saint Barnabas Medical Centre
12.2012 - 05.2016
Registered Nurse- Operating Room
Saint Barnabas Medical Centre
02.2006 - 12.2012
Registered Nurse- Emergency Room [ Per Diem]
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
05.2005 - 05.2006
Registered Nurse- Operating Room
Irvington General Hospital
05.2005 - 02.2006
Registered Nurse- Emergency Room
Irvington General Hospital
07.2003 - 05.2005
Lecturer/ Clinical Instructor
CSI Multispecialty Hospital
07.1998 - 07.2003
Lecturer/ Clinical Instructor
CSI Multispecialty Hospital
07.1995 - 07.1998
Registered Nurse- Emergency Department
Christian Medical College and Hospital
07.1994 - 07.1995
MSN - Nursing Administration
University of Phoenix
BSN - Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery
MBA - Organizational Management
Eastern University
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