Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery
Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery
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Job Description
Industry: Healthcare / Health Services - Nursing / LPNs / LVNs
Job Category: Medical / Health - Nurse Leadership
Manager Nursing - Labor and Delivery @ Swedish First Hill
Day Shift
Hiring Bonus and relocation for eligible external candidates who meet all conditions for payment - this is in addition to the fantastic benefits and compensation package offered by Providence that begin on your first day of employment. Join us and find out how many ways we offer you the chance to focus on what really matters - our patients.
The manager is accountable for the overall management and leadership of a unit or a group of patient care units within Nursing Services. The manager is responsible for all clinical and operational activities of the units in accordance with Swedish Medical Centers mission vision and values. Swedish First Hill Campus located on the hill just above downtown Seattle is seeking a dedicated and dynamic Labor and Delivery (L&D) Manager. Our campus serves a very diverse patient population with equally diverse provider and caregiver teams fostering a unique and collaborative environment.
Department Overview
- Labor and Delivery: 30 labor beds
- OB ED: 9 beds total
- OB ORs: 4 operating rooms
- Births: Approximately 550-600 per month
- Deliveries: Starting from 22-23 weeks gestation
- NICU: Level 4 with 77 beds
- Teams: Includes MFM team Midwifery OB Family Medicine
- Programs: Addiction Recovery program for pregnant/laboring patients and postpartum couplets Doula and Cultural Navigators
- 24/7 Services: Anesthesia Laborist and Neonatology
- 5 EAST Main L&D Unit: 6 bed OB ED 14 labor rooms 2 ORs Charge RN and Laborist
- 5 South: Scheduled C-sections overflow labor occasional Antepartum or Postpartum overflow Charge RN
- Accountable for ensuring the provision of patient care 24 hours a day. Accountable for assigned clinical operations patient care activities coordinating patient care delivery on a daily basis in collaboration with other members of the health care team. Ensures that patient care is delivered in accordance with professional regulatory and medical center standards.
- Establishes and enforces standards of patient care and nursing practice pertaining to areas of responsibility. Is accountable for developing implementing and monitoring unit-based quality improvement programs. Responsible for developing and implementing unit-based goals for the delivery of quality patient care.
- Assures compliance with department standards by assessing planning implementing and evaluating the delivery of patient care by reinforcing positive outcomes and demonstrating corrective action for identified problems.
- Accountable for appropriate patient care based on assignments of appropriate patient assignments evaluation of patient care and patient/family satisfaction by conducting rounds and intervening accordingly.
- Assumes the role of patient advocate to clarify and evaluate ethical and/or legal issues and supports cultural practices.
- Assumes accountability for staff retention by tracking staff turnover rate of all categories of personnel and actively taking steps to ensure the reduction of turnover among her/his staff.
- Demonstrates clinical competence by assisting with patient care in order to maintain clinical skills. Spend time on all shifts to assess care and to coach develop evaluate and advocate for staff.
- Collaborates with the clinical nurse specialist and/or clinical educator to identify plan and implement an educational program pertinent to the service and for all level of staff.
- Hears and adjusts up to step-two grievances.
Leadership Qualities and Job Requirements
We are looking for an individual who is engaged personable and focused on collaboration within the L&D leadership team and the Women & Children (W&C) leadership team. The ideal candidate will share responsibility for quality finance staffing and the patient and caregiver experience. This role reports directly to the Senior L&D Manager. The Senior manager manager and clinical supervisor work collaboratively to run the department.
Top Priorities and Goals
- Continue to focus on culture work surrounding our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts for patients caregivers and providers. Recent accomplishments include the implementation of the TEAMBirth and the Doula and Cultural Navigator programs.
- Emphasize quality metrics including NTSV and collaborate with the RN team for sustained improvement.
- Partner with the CNS Perinatal Educator and team on evidence-based practice changes.
- Interview and hire experienced staff RNs travelers and candidates for the residency/fellowship program for L&D
Required qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in BSN from an accredited school of nursing or ADN and a commitment to obtain BSN within two years of date of hire.
- Upon hire: Washington Registered Nurse License
- Upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association
- 3 years of recent experience in Labor & Delivery nursing.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters Degree in Nursing or related field.
- 1 year First line management experience.
Employment Type
Full Time
