Director-Womens Svcs

Kindred Healthcare•Cleveland, MS

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director – Women's Services provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for women's health service lines, including labor and delivery, antepartum, postpartum, newborn care, and gynecologic services. The role manages staff, resources, compliance, and performance improvement initiatives to support high-quality, patient-centered care and strong maternal and newborn outcomes. The Director collaborates with nursing leadership, physicians, and hospital administration to advance service-line excellence. This position is at Bolivar Medical Center, a 164-bed Joint Commission accredited hospital in Cleveland, Mississippi, and part of the ScionHealth community hospital network. The hospital provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and long-term care services.

Requirements

Postsecondary certificate, diploma, or program graduation from an accredited nursing program (required).
Registered Nurse (RN) state licensure and/or compact state licensure in the state of practice upon hire (required).
Basic Life Support (BCLS) from the American Heart Association or another approved provider upon hire or within the facility-specified time frame (required).
Five or more years of progressively responsible nursing experience (required).
Strong clinical background in labor and delivery, postpartum, or neonatal care (required).
Advanced knowledge of obstetric, maternal-newborn, and women’s health nursing practice across the perinatal continuum.
Knowledge of maternal and neonatal safety standards, fetal surveillance, emergency response, and applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate care among obstetric, anesthesia, pediatric/neonatal, nursing, and ancillary services.
Ability to analyze maternal, fetal, neonatal, quality, safety, patient-experience, and utilization data and translate findings into measurable improvement.
Knowledge of workforce planning, staffing models, productivity management, budgeting, and resource allocation.
Skill in change leadership, performance management, coaching, conflict resolution, and staff engagement.
Effective written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, including communication during sensitive or high-risk clinical situations.
Proficiency with electronic health records, fetal surveillance and clinical information systems, and standard business and reporting applications.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing, healthcare administration, or a related field (preferred).
Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) from the American Heart Association or another approved provider upon hire or within the facility-specified time frame (may be required depending on facility).
RNC – Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing certification upon hire (preferred).

Responsibilities

Provide strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for assigned Women’s Services areas, which may include labor and delivery, antepartum, postpartum, newborn, and gynecologic services.
Establish and monitor departmental goals, policies, procedures, and standards consistent with evidence-based practice and organizational priorities.
Maintain compliance with applicable laws, regulations, accreditation standards, perinatal requirements, and hospital policies.
Monitor maternal, fetal, neonatal, quality, safety, and patient-experience indicators; lead corrective actions and performance improvement initiatives based on identified trends.
Ensure reliable clinical processes for obstetric triage, fetal surveillance, emergency response, escalation of care, delivery, recovery, postpartum care, and newborn transition.
Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, orientation, scheduling, competency validation, performance management, and professional development for assigned staff.
Develop and manage departmental operating and capital budgets; monitor productivity, staffing, supplies, and resource utilization against approved targets.
Partner with obstetric, anesthesia, pediatric/neonatal, nursing, and ancillary leaders to coordinate safe, seamless care for patients and newborns.
Ensure readiness for obstetric and neonatal emergencies, including appropriate drills, equipment, medications, escalation pathways, and staff competencies.
Promote respectful, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and family-centered care throughout the patient experience.
Respond to patient, family, physician, and staff concerns; identify systemic issues and ensure timely, appropriate follow-up.
Represent Women’s Services on hospital committees and contribute to strategic planning, program development, community outreach, and service-line growth initiatives.