Labor & Delivery Nurse Manager

Seattle WA Full-Time Leadership Relocation Assistance Available

Lead with purpose. Inspire with compassion. Elevate care at one of Seattles most dynamic Women & Childrens campuses.

Our clientsituated on the hill just above downtown Seattleserves one of the regions most diverse patients populations. Their Labor & Delivery service line is powered by deeply collaborative teams innovative programs and a shared commitment to equitable culturally responsive care. They are seeking an engaged personable and forwardthinking Labor & Delivery Nurse Manager to help lead this highvolume highacuity environment.

About the Department

This is one of the busiest and most comprehensive perinatal programs in the Pacific Northwest:

• Labor & Delivery: 30 labor beds
  
• OB ED: 9 beds
  
• OB ORs: 4 operating rooms
  
• Births: 550600 per month
  
• Gestational Age: Deliveries beginning at 2223 weeks
  
• NICU: Level IV 77 beds
  
• Multidisciplinary Teams: MFM Midwifery OB Family Medicine
  
• Specialty Programs: Addiction Recovery for pregnant/postpartum patients Doula & Cultural Navigator programs
  
• 24/7 Services: Anesthesia Laborist Neonatology
  
• Unit Breakdown:
  
• 5 EAST Main L&D: 6-bed OB ED 14 labor rooms 2 ORs Charge RN Laborist
  
• 5 South: Scheduled C-sections overflow labor occasional Antepartum/Postpartum overflow Charge RN
  

The Role

The Labor & Delivery Nurse Manager is accountable for the overall management leadership and daily operations of assigned L&D units. This leader ensures the delivery of safe highquality culturally sensitive patient care24 hours a daywhile fostering a healthy inclusive and highperforming team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for all clinical and administrative activities within assigned L&D units.
  
• Ensure patient care aligns with organizational mission vision values and regulatory standards.
  
• Establish implement and monitor standards of nursing practice and patient care.
  
• Lead unitbased quality improvement initiatives including development of goals metrics and performance outcomes.
  
• Conduct patient rounds evaluate care delivery and support patient/family satisfaction.
  
• Serve as a patient advocate supporting ethical decisionmaking and cultural practices.
  
• Drive staff retention through coaching development and proactive engagement; monitor turnover and implement retention strategies.
  
• Maintain clinical competence and spend time across all shifts to support mentor and evaluate staff.
  
• Partner with CNS and Perinatal Educator to develop and implement education and evidencebased practice changes.
  
• Participate in hiring interviewing and onboarding of RNs travelers and residency/fellowship candidates.
  
• Hear and resolve grievances up to step two.
  

Leadership Qualities Were Seeking

This role is ideal for a leader who is:

• Engaged and visiblepresent on the unit connected to staff and invested in team success.
  
• Collaborativeworks seamlessly with the Senior L&D Manager Clinical Supervisor and W&C leadership.
  
• Peoplecenteredcommitted to caregiver experience patient experience and team culture.
  
• Operationally strongcomfortable with staffing budgeting quality metrics and throughput.
  
• DEIdrivenpassionate about equitable care and culturally responsive practices.
  

Top Priorities & Strategic Goals

• Advance Diversity Equity & Inclusion initiatives including TEAMBirth and Doula/Cultural Navigator programs.
  
• Strengthen quality outcomes with emphasis on NTSV and other key perinatal metrics.
  
• Support evidencebased practice adoption in partnership with CNS and Perinatal Education.
  
• Recruit and retain top nursing talent across all staffing pipelines.
  

Required

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN) or ADN with commitment to obtain BSN within 2 years.
  
• Washington State RN license (upon hire).
  
• BLS (AHA).
  
• 3 years of recent Labor & Delivery nursing experience.
  

Preferred

• Masters Degree in Nursing or related field.
  
• 1 year of firstline management experience.
  

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time fully benefited leadership role
  
• Comprehensive medical dental vision retirement
  
• Relocation assistance available