Nurse Manager Labor and Delivery - AWAMC

American Addiction Centers•West Allis, WI

44d•$51 - $77•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Manager Labor and Delivery is responsible for coordinating and managing all resources necessary to provide optimal nursing care within the Labor and Delivery department. This includes managing staff resources, patient care supplies, and automated patient care systems. The role involves evaluating the quality of patient care, developing service strategies to improve customer and patient satisfaction, and maintaining effective relationships with patients, families, staff, medical staff, and other healthcare facilities. The Nurse Manager also facilitates evidence-based nursing practices, participates in shared governance councils, and ensures compliance with regulatory bodies like The Joint Commission. Additionally, this role assists with the development of new services, manages human resources responsibilities for staff, and develops and recommends operating and capital budgets.

Requirements

Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
Typically requires 5 years of experience in nursing that includes experiences in multiple areas.
Includes 1 year of supervisory experience in managing a staff and budgets in a nursing environment at the supervisory/management level.
Advanced knowledge of nursing management concepts, clinical practice, and facilities policies and procedures.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal with conflict resolution.
Strong aptitude in human resource management.
Ability to handle multiple demands simultaneously.
Sound decision making and critical thinking skills.
Proficient in use of computers, software, and other electronic systems.
Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently during work shift.
Occasionally required to lift over 50 lbs. with assistance.
Required to use foot pedals on carts or machines.
Must have functional sight and hearing.
Required to wear gloves, goggles and gowns on an as-needed basis.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and manages all resources necessary to provide optimal nursing care, including staff resources, patient care supplies, and automated patient care systems.
Effectively manages resources through systems management and coordinates system issues to assure optimal patient care.
Maintains an optimal level of productivity through efficient 24-hour staffing and scheduling patterns and labor management standards.
Evaluates the quality of patient care provided by department staff using standards of practice, patient outcomes, and other quality indicators.
Develops service strategies and monitors service levels to demonstrate improvement in customer and patient satisfaction.
Coordinates and integrates services with other areas.
Maintains and promotes effective relationships with patients, families, department staff, other departments, medical staff, and vendors.
Acts as a liaison between medical and nursing staffs as necessary.
Facilitates evidence-based nursing by creating an environment that encourages the utilization of evidence in practice and decision-making.
Participates in shared governance councils and provides feedback as requested.
Makes recommendations for changes in nursing practice to shared governance councils and promotes new approaches and concepts.
Supports shared governance by holding staff accountable and monitoring department representative(s) for role compliance.
Responsible for attaining and maintaining department's compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) and other regulatory bodies.
Develops and communicates change initiatives.
Achieves care management targets and improvements in employee engagement.
Plans for staffing needs appropriately, meeting established productivity benchmarks and achieving patient loyalty targets.
Assists physicians and other departments with the development of new services, identifying potential new sources of revenue, and marketing existing and new programs.
Performs human resources responsibilities for staff, including interviewing, selection, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.
Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.
Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and ensuring compliance with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.