Labor & Delivery Assistant Nurse Manager

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA

77d • $98,820 - $126,000

About The Position

The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) is a vital resource for women and families facing complicated pregnancies due to fetal anomalies. By being located within a pediatric hospital, the SDU is uniquely positioned to offer seamless, integrated care that spans both maternal and neonatal needs, which is a significant advantage for families dealing with fetal anomalies. The SDU's emphasis on supporting women carrying babies with fetal anomalies means they offer highly personalized care tailored to complex pregnancies. This could involve early diagnosis, close monitoring, and advanced medical interventions to support both mother and child. The unit doesn't just provide care during labor and delivery; it supports women before, during, and after childbirth. This holistic approach ensures that mothers have access to the right specialists, resources, and emotional support at every stage of their pregnancy. Being located in a pediatric hospital allows the SDU to provide immediate access to pediatric specialists if needed, ensuring a smooth transition for babies who require intensive care or surgery after birth. The two operating rooms dedicated to cesarean sections and fetal surgeries help accommodate the unique needs of the pregnancies being managed in the SDU. The 15-bed Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) rooms provide a nurturing environment for the mothers to labor and recover while also allowing flexibility for individual care plans. The two infant stabilization rooms ensure that babies born with complications are immediately stabilized by the neonatal team. The staffing of experienced labor and delivery nurses, a 24-hour obstetrician and certified nurse midwife, and obstetrical technologists ensures that the team is equipped to handle high-risk deliveries. The backup maternal-fetal medicine physician and the availability of pediatric specialists enable a coordinated approach to addressing both maternal and fetal care needs. The SDU's approach seems centered around not just medical intervention, but also providing compassionate care, which is critical for families facing such difficult circumstances. The emotional and psychological support for these mothers and families is as important as the physical care provided.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Nursing - Required
• Previous experience with human relations, human & material resource management - Required
• Previous experience providing clinical and administrative nursing leadership - Required
• At least one (1) year Progressive leadership experience - Required

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates the ability to facilitate change, excellent communication
• Critical thinking/analytic abilities
• Planning and organization/long and short term
• Problem solving
• Ability to influence/Change agent
• Conflict management
• Adaptability
• Initiative
• Self-motivation/professional development
• Colleague development
• Organizational sensitivity
• Use of Telephone, Pager, Computer
• Patient care equipment used in area

Responsibilities

• Partners with nurse manager to identify and execute annual unit based quality improvement initiatives that result in a measurable impact on quality, cost and resource utilization.
• Assures efficient and cost effective utilization of Hospital resources at the unit level for day to day operations, clinical programming and unit based education.
• Implements systems that incorporate evidenced-based practice and professional practice standards.
• Assures regulatory compliance i.e., environmental, financial, practice, safety, technological, compliance.
• Partners with Clinical leaders to execute the action plans for measurable continuous improvement in care outcomes.
• Executes unit plans to improve patient/family experience by identifying trends, and establishing systems to improve.
• Partners with Clin IV and frontline staff to coordinate all facets of patient care planning with multidisciplinary team.
• Ensures staff compliance to systems that promote quality, efficient and cost effective care.
• Resources daily operations to ensure nursing sensitive indicator metrics are at or above the mean of comparison units.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and develops an action plan to improve patient outcomes.
• Coaches and supports unit based nursing leaders in effective management and leadership strategies.
• Manages staff performance through coaching, counseling, goal setting, anecdotal and annual appraisals.
• Coordinates with other CHOP care team colleagues to support continuous and measurable improvement in systems and process, further engaging staff in their environment.
• Establishes innovative staff recognition programs that acknowledge staff accomplishment at the unit/program level.
• Assesses individual and team needs and deploys strategies that foster the succession plan for the team.
• Aligns resources to assure comprehensive support of the Shared Governance structure; coaches and facilitates staff participation on unit/departmental councils.
• Creates a unit work climate which achieves high level employment engagement as measured through department specific metrics.
• Leads collaborative efforts for patient population based outcomes through clinical practice, education, research/evidence-based practice, and consultation.
• Provides opportunities to allow staff to practice at the full scope of their licensure.
• Assists in developing and deploys systems that assure consistent and appropriate resources for patient management.
• Sets goals with employee to support development.
• Supports evidence-based practice by leading and supporting system improvements and measuring outcomes with concise metrics.
• Supports and resources evidence-based practice planning and implementation of educational program/projects.
• Promotes evidence-based practice and generates research ideas.
• Supports staffing and assignments to accommodate clinical experiences and student rotations.

Benefits

• 401k
• 401k_matching
• dental_insurance
• health_insurance
• life_insurance
• paid_holidays
• tuition_reimbursement
• vision_insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees