Nearly two decades inside Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti healthcare — leading ORs, critical care and clinical operations through zero-finding CBAHI surveys, with a leadership-level contribution to the first ANCC Magnet designation awarded in Riyadh — built on a four-decade nursing career that began in the OR.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada · Seeking executive nursing leadership in Saudi Arabia
Lorrie Bushby is a nursing executive whose career spans a decade at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, director-level perioperative leadership in Riyadh and Kuwait, and clinical operations direction in Canadian surgical care. Her portfolio covers the full perioperative and critical care spectrum — ORs, pre-admission, recovery, SICU, CCU, cardiac catheterisation, endoscopy and sterile processing.
Her leadership pairs frontline clinical credibility with systems thinking: she directed the Cerner SurgiNet programme, served as lead Nursing Affairs representative for the Clairvia and Capacity Management implementation, established workforce and safety analytics with Press Ganey, and led perioperative teams through CBAHI accreditation twice with zero findings. She is registered with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties through April 2027 and is seeking to return to the Kingdom in an executive nursing role.
Accreditation bodies, not self-assessment, are the measure of these results.
Contributed at leadership level to the Magnet designation awarded to King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre — the first organisation in Riyadh to achieve it — serving on the resource utilisation & reporting committee and hosting the appraisal delegates on the site-visit committee.
Led perioperative readiness for CBAHI accreditation at two different hospitals, achieving zero findings across perioperative nursing and anaesthesia in both surveys — a clean sheet delivered twice, in two different organisations.
Lead Nursing Affairs representative for the Cerner Clairvia and Capacity Management implementation at KFSH&RC; directed the SurgiNet build and training programme at Aldara; established workforce and safety analytics reporting with Press Ganey.
Four decades from staff nurse to executive leadership, across three countries.
Clearpoint Health Network — Maples Surgery Centre · private ambulatory surgical centre
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital · university teaching hospital
Taiba Hospital · private hospital
Aldara Hospital & Medical Center · private hospital
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · tertiary referral & research centre
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (2004–2006) · Thunder Regional Hospital, McKellar Site (1985–2004)
Conference participation and formal training across surgical practice, patient safety, digital health and leadership.
Selected participation, 2011 – 2021
Formal programmes and system builds
Available for executive nursing leadership opportunities in Saudi Arabia on 4–8 weeks' notice. Saudi Commission registration valid to April 2027.