Manager Nursing - Labor and Delivery

Manager Nursing - Labor And Delivery

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 include being engaged, personable, and focused on collaboration within the L&D leadership team and the Women & Children (W&C) leadership team.