About Us

Solid Operating Room (OR) performance is essential to a hospital’s financial health. However, poor performance is a long-standing problem for most hospitals. McNamara Surgical Consulting was created to help hospitals solve their OR problems and get them back on track.

If your surgery department is growing or not busy enough we are here to help. If you have new or struggling surgical leaders that need to get up to speed fast we offer accelerated leadership performance coaching.

McNamara Surgical Consulting offers creative, effective and strategic guidance to improve Operating Room performance.

● In most hospitals, the surgical departments are the highest cost center, but also have the highest financial margin potential.

● Critical to the success of high-performing organizations is setting strategies to ensure that surgical services are operating at the highest possible levels, measuring key performance benchmarks and utilizing data for decision making.

● One of the most arduous challenges for hospitals is finding and developing surgical leaders.

● Surgical services can be complex and intimidating, requiring a unique knowledge and skill set from its leaders.

Jane McNamara

I bring insights and wisdom from over 25 years of leadership experience in surgical services including at a world-class healthcare organization, a level 1 trauma center, and numerous community-based hospitals.

I have extensive knowledge and hands-on operational experience in surgical services, and have a background in quality improvement. My firm takes a comprehensive approach to partner with you to meet your goals.

We partner with your surgical services department to offer improvement strategies and guidance, along with hands-on implementation support, and surgical leadership acceleration. This integrated approach helps hospitals make the right kind of change and drives results.

Together, we can improve your Operating Rooms performance and positively affect your bottom line.

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Our Services

Operational Assessments

Compare your current state to best practice benchmarks

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Implementation Support

Hands-on process improvement and change management assistance

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Surgical Leadership Coaching

Match your leader with an experienced and capable surgical coaching mentor

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Testimonials

"I have had the pleasure of working with Jane McNamara of McNamara Surgical Consulting over the past year. Jane’s 25 years of leadership experience in surgical services, extensive knowledge and operational experience, and value-driven integrity sets her apart in the consulting space. Jane has provided invaluable assistance in providing our healthcare organization’s Surgical Services team with an updated governance structure, revised block schedule, improved block management through creation of new accountability practices. She was instrumental in creating an enhanced Surgical Services Scorecard providing the data needed to drive decision making. Throughout the entire consulting engagement, Jane has served as a mentor to our surgical leaders in best practice management tips and techniques for long-term sustainability. Jane has been a trusted partner and excellent communicator. She is organized, thoughtful, and consistently displays a strong commitment to her values. I would highly recommend Jane McNamara of McNamara Surgical Consulting to any healthcare organization seeking to improve operational efficiencies and the culture of their operating rooms."

Missy - VP Operations
"Jane is an advanced professional whose contributions have been pivotal in advancing both my practice and personal growth as a leader. Her blend of data expertise, knowledge of best practices, and leadership skills makes her an invaluable asset to any team. I fully endorse her services to anyone seeking guidance to enhance their practice and achieve excellence in their surgical field. "

Sarah - Outpatient Surgery Manager
"Networking with Jane has been a great experience both personally and for our healthcare system. Her subject matter knowledge and leadership ability were immediately apparent. She helped us navigate several necessary changes, something that is no easy task, but our results are undeniable. Since we’ve started working with Jane and implementing her recommendations almost all of our key measures for efficient and effective ORs have improved, many by quite a wide margin. "

Chandler - Strategic Business Analyst
"The culture and morale of our surgical services team was unfortunately trending in the wrong direction, and we needed to course correct. Through our engagement with Jane, we were able to not only transform the culture but also implement best practices resulting in enhanced patient safety and outcomes. We are very grateful for Jane’s expertise in the surgical services space. Not only does she have years of technical and process related knowledge, her leadership and mentoring skills were extremely impactful to our up-and-coming leaders looking to take their leadership to the next level. The impact of her leadership was noted by staff, providers and administration and turned our department in the right direction."

Lisa – CEO
"Jane provided our facility valuable insight as we evaluated workflows for our surgical services. Her expertise on all levels of surgical services was very apparent along with her skills on team building. Staff found her to be an excellent coach who was able to provide recommendations that were both actionable and targeted to our needs. I appreciated her insight and her honest feedback. I greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with her."

Corrine – VP of Nursing
"Jane has played a significant role in increasing my skills and confidence as a leader. Her communication skills and leadership experience helped to form a trusting coaching-mentor relationship, making it easy to be very candid and open with her, which allowed me the opportunity to grow and learn from her knowledge and expertise. Jane was extremely supportive and encouraging as she helped me work towards meeting the goals that I had set for my leadership growth. Working with Jane has been a wonderful opportunity, and this experience will continue to be influential in my daily work throughout the rest of my career."

Gretta - Operating Room Manager
"I worked closely with Jane where she headed up surgical services for our organization, She is an exceptional strategic and operational leader. She has a passion for this work especially for smaller, rural hospitals. I recommend McNamara Surgical Consulting and Jane, she is simply the best in surgical services leadership. Big or small, she will work with you to improve the operations of your surgery department.”

Alison P. – Chief Executive Officer
"I worked closely with Jane for over 10 years in my role as Chief Nursing Officer. Jane’s leadership skills were instrumental in translating our vision into an operational reality. Jane excelled at building cohesion and ownership of service excellence at all levels within the surgical department. Her effectiveness was recognized and supported by both surgeons and clinical staff. I am confident that Jane will partner with you to design a model that supports safe, effective and efficient surgical operations."

Nancy D. - Chief Nursing Officer
“I highly recommend McNamara Surgical Consulting. Jane’s expertise expands across all of surgical services- Pre/Post, Anesthesia, Operating Room, Sterile Processing, Business Management and Quality. One thing in particular I admire the most about Jane is her passion for improvement in the surgical arena. If you are looking for a consultant with many years of experience I am confident she will deliver for your business needs.”

Deanna F. – Director of Surgical Services
“Jane is excellent at leading strategy and improvement. She helps teams to strategically focus on high impact initiatives and implement improvements that not only bring results, but create a highly reliable model for long-term sustainment.”

Danielle H. - Senior Quality Improvement Consultant
"Jane was instrumental in helping me grow in my leadership skills and regain my confidence as an effective leader. She helped guide me through our fast-paced departmental growth, as well as gave me the tools to help me and my team succeed in an ever-changing department. She demonstrated a strong skill set of being a leader, and helped me learn many different skills to improve my leadership skills as well. Jane’s knowledge and experience in Surgical Services was very valuable to our team, helping us coming up with ways to improve issues we were encountering within the department. She was supportive, knowledgeable, caring, and very easy to talk to. In a very short time, she had the ability to build trusting relationships with many of us, and we are ever so grateful for that. Jane taught me so many different things about myself and my tendencies, and gave me ideas of how to put my strengths and weaknesses into effective outcomes. I am ever so grateful for my time spent with Jane. I will use the knowledge she gave me to continue my mission of creating a great work environment, that gives excellent patient care."

Stacey – Director

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Our Approach & How it Works

Surgical Department Optimization Services

Our approach combines data-driven process improvement with collaborative leadership development to create lasting change. We don’t just slap on a short-term bandage - we help you build a high-performing operating room from the ground up.

Here’s how it works:

● First, we’ll sit down together for an in-depth consultation to really understand your unique challenges and goals.

● Then, our team will conduct a comprehensive assessment of your current processes and identify key opportunities for improvement.

● Based on those insights, we’ll partner with you and your team to design and implement customized solutions that address the root causes of your scheduling and case management issues.

● Along the way, we’ll provide leadership coaching and change management support to ensure the new processes stick.

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We work hand-in-hand with community hospital leaders like you, to completely transform your surgical workflow and culture.

With an optimized surgery department, you’ll experience the joy and pride of leading a predictable, high-performing team. Your surgeons will be thrilled with the efficient, responsive service. Your staff will be more engaged and less stressed.

Let’s schedule a FREE consultation to explore how we can work together to unlock your surgery department’s full potential.

I’d be happy to share some success stories during our consultation.

Our Surgical Department Optimization Services have helped numerous community hospitals achieve remarkable improvements in OR efficiency, surgeon satisfaction, and staff engagement.