Nursing Director - Labor Delivery
Nursing Director - Labor Delivery
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Job Description
Overview
Plans integrates controls and evaluates human material and fiscal resources required to provide patient care in specific departments. Provides leadership in establishing standards goals and direction. Facilitates coordinates and manages staff material and financial resources to achieve patient outcomes/care and to promote professional development/practice of staff. Incorporates the Nursing Department philosophy into leadership and clinical practice. Ensures implementation of departmental and department specific patient care standards and nurse competencies. This position serves the following patient age categories: neonatal pediatrics adolescent adult and geriatric.
This leadership role supports the 18bed labor and delivery unit and OB ORs with approximately 5k deliveries per year.
Responsibilities
Evaluates and determines human resource needs for program development maintenance or revision. Assures the following human resource functions meet organizational guidelines. Position control Interviewing Hiring Scheduling Disciplinary process/termination Promotion Maintains system for evaluating staff performance in accordance with organizational guidelines. Develops/maintains criteria for staff performance in accordance with professional regulatory agencies and departmental standards. Assures performance appraisal completion. Facilitates and develops effective work groups/team/staff members. Manages retention/turnover rate to meet organizational objectives. Develops/maintains an environment that supports learning and professional development.
Assures departmental patient care services meets organizational goals and objectives. Develops and promotes departmental philosophy.
Identifies and develops departmental goals and objectives utilizing trend data and customer and staff input. Develops/maintains an ongoing department organizational structure to meet program goals. Assures patient care outcomes are achieved Leadership rounds Case conferences Data evaluation. Assures program meets professional regulatory and department standards. Develops/evaluates staffing and educational strategies to meet program/institutional goals and outcomes Orientation Continuing Education Clinical skills development. Markets program to hospital community and other agencies as needed. Assures maintenance of departmental policies and procedures.
Assures effective financial management. Conducts annual department capital staffing materials and program needs analysis. Develops budget in accordance with organizational priorities and constraints. Performs variance analysis and develops action plan to ensure targets are met. Facilitates maintains and evaluates departmental costcontainment activities in accordance with system initiatives.
Demonstrates personal accountability and effective conflict resolution/negotiation skills. Demonstrates appropriate use of universal precautions and use of personal protective equipment. Maintains safe environment and responds appropriately to emergencies and safety hazards. Promotes a positive supportive and professional work environment free of disruptive behavior. Practices in all professional relationships with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity worth and uniqueness of every individual. Follows Chain of Command for assistance with issues related to unresolved/problemsolving and/or conflict resolution. Provides seeks and receives constructive feedback. Provides peer to peer feedback and seeks mediation as necessary. Facilitates building and preserving collaborative and respectful relationships. Demonstrates expertise in collaboration negotiation and conflict management.
Qualifications
Masters Healthcare Related Field Required
Graduate of RN educational program required.
Masters degree in progress may be considered.
The following requirements are valid in the long term care setting ONLY (Penn Nursing Center Alamance Extended Care/Village at Brookwood):
Associates degree in Nursing required
Bachelors degree in Nursing preferred (note: experienced RNs with an Associates Degree must commit to obtain their BSN within four years from date of hire)
Masters in Healthcare Related field is preferred
Prior management experience preferred. Labor and Delivery and OB OR expeience strongly preferred.
RN Registered Nurse licensed in North Carolina or a Compact state.
BLS (CPR)American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider
Certified in relative area of practice or Certification in Nursing Administration (NEBC) or other relevant management or applicable specialty or must obtain within one year of hire.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
