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Director Labor and Delivery

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Director Labor and Delivery

Are you known for innovative Labor and Delivery Nursing leadership? This is an exceptional opportunity for a Director Labor and Delivery.

Does strategic agility when operationalizing the most current Labor and Delivery Nursing trends utilizing evidence based practice make your day?

Are you perceptive and sensitive to the Labor and Delivery patient population and the staff who care for those patients?

Are you passionate about utilizing your program development skills and performance improvement expertise serving a Labor and Delivery patient population?

Director Labor and Delivery & Antepartum Services

400 bed Hospital & Research Center, Magnet Certified for the third time. Faith-based Hospital, Award Winning culture – Top 100 Hospitals in America. 1 of 8 hospitals in a statewide healthcare network. Almost 4,000 deliveries annually.

Brand new building $200+ Million expansion includes Labor and Delivery, LDR Rooms, state of the art equipment, 4 Labor and Delivery Surgical Suites and 8 bed Triage for High Risk Births.

As the Director Labor and Delivery you will:

  • Provide assurance of culturally sensitive, high quality patient care in accordance with evidence based practice, current research and standards of nursing practice,
  • Form partnerships within nursing and across other disciplines to encourage excellence in service and care,
  • Be an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and support an environment focused on healing and wellness,
  • Assist in development of nursing standards of practice, policies that improve patient outcomes, apply evidence based practice and nationally recognized professional standards consistent with current nursing research findings,
  • Support staff participation and empowerment through shared governance / employee empowerment throughout department as evidenced by outcomes of a functioning unit based team,
  • Assure high quality customer service from department and individual staff, and monitor according to patient satisfaction indicators. Create action plan to address and improve patient satisfaction scores, and
  • Work with department staff to incorporate PI goals into unit based on team efforts to address interdepartmental issues and improvement opportunities.

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Bachelors Degree in Nursing (BSN) required, Masters Preferred
  • 3-5 years of Labor & Delivery Experience
  • 3 years Labor and Delivery Management Experience

You report to the COO/CNO/VP who is a forward thinker, a passionate advocate for patients and nurses with a national and international reputation.

Your community has beautiful rolling hills and is one of the top tourist destinations in the country. Excellent dining experiences, food carts, galleries, music and cultural activities, sports, biking, hiking, lakes, parks and moderate climate including all four seasons and Southern Hospitality.

Now what?

If you have read this far, something has resonated. Right?

If you are an accomplished Director Labor and Delivery & Antepartum Services and have a passion to improve services for the patient population and the staff who care for them, we need to talk.

Contact me, Sam Buster, at 800-970-4218 or apply for this, or other opportunities in Women’s and Children’s Services.

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