NURSE DIRECTOR Labor & Delivery | Antenatal BWH
About The Position
Join Brigham and Women’s Hospital and help define the future of women’s health, maternal-fetal care, and nursing leadership. This is a full-time position with 40 hours per week, located at the Main Campus in Boston. Brigham and Women’s Hospital is ranked the nation’s #1 hospital for obstetrics and gynecology by U.S. News & World Report, offering an exceptional leadership opportunity for a Nurse Director committed to advancing maternal and fetal care. As part of the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health, this role supports a high volume, high acuity service that delivers more babies than any other hospital in the region and provides specialized care for high risk, complex, and multiple pregnancies. The institution is nationally recognized for pioneering in utero procedures, lifesaving prenatal interventions, and advanced fetal monitoring techniques that shape modern obstetric practice. It is home to the largest NICU in Massachusetts and is a founding member of Mass General Brigham, a premier academic health system. This role offers the opportunity to influence care for some of the most complex maternal and neonatal patients in the country within a collaborative environment that values innovation, research, professional development, and nursing excellence.
Requirements
- Current registration/licensure in nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- MSN, DNP, PhD, or BSN with a Master's degree in a related field, required.
- Current certification required or to be attained within two years from date of hire. Certification must be maintained while employed in this position.
- Minimum 3 years of leadership experience in Women's Health.
- Demonstrated evidence of exemplary nursing practice in Labor and Delivery.
Nice To Haves
- Three years labor and delivery nursing experience preferred.
- Recent experience as a nurse leader responsible for collaboration in a highly matrixed leadership structure helpful.
- Experience with labor relations preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead one of the region's most advanced inpatient obstetric programs.
- Oversee: 23-bed Labor & Delivery Unit, 12-bed Antenatal Unit, 4 Obstetric Operating Rooms, 8 Obstetric Triage Rooms.
- Provide strategic, operational, financial, and clinical leadership.
- Partner closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, and interdisciplinary leaders to advance care and ensure a caring, healing and collaborative environment.
- Shape the future of maternal-fetal nursing care within a nationally recognized medical center.
- Drive quality, safety, and exceptional patient outcomes.
- Foster an environment of inclusivity, collaboration, psychological safety, trust and respect for patients, families, and interdisciplinary clinicians and colleagues.
- Lead workforce engagement, recruitment, retention, team building, and succession planning.
- Mentor and develop nursing leaders and frontline staff.
- Advance evidence-based practice, innovation, and nursing scholarship.
- Collaborate in creation annual operating budgets, including proposals for new initiatives.
- Contribute to developing, refining, implementing Department of Nursing vision, practice model and aligning with MGB goals.
- Lead quality improvement, regulatory compliance, and accreditation readiness efforts.
- Responsible for the supervision of an assistant nurse director, registered nurses, surgical technicians and others as directed.
- Primarily days with 24/7 accountability.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career advancement opportunities
- Differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable
- Recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
