Labor, Delivery & Postpartum (LDRP) Services Director

Community Hospital•Grand Junction, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Labor, Delivery & Postpartum (LDRP) Services Director will oversee the daily preparation of delivery rooms and scheduling, making team assignments and adjustments to accommodate add-on cases and absent personnel. This role involves identifying patient service requirements through rapport with patients and others, maintaining nursing guidelines by updating policies and procedures, and ensuring quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital philosophies and standards. The Director will also provide information to patients and the healthcare team, ensure the operation of medical and administrative equipment, and assist in monitoring standards of professional care in accordance with national standards. This position may require assisting with patient care, including circulating and scrubbing, and taking call as assigned.

Requirements

Master Degree and at least ten (10) years of experience and training in Labor, Delivery, and Recovery & Postpartum
5 years of Leadership/Directorship experience
Current unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of Colorado
BLS
ACLS
NRP

Responsibilities

Oversee daily preparation of delivery rooms and schedule; making team assignments by making adjustments to accommodate add-on cases and absent personnel.
Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.
Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.
Provides information to patients and health care team by answering questions and requests.
Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Assists in monitoring standards of professional care in accordance with AWHONN, AORN, ASPAN, AMMI and other national standards.
Assisting with patient care as needed including circulating and/or scrubbing, required to take call as assigned including administrative call and/or staff call.