Nurse Manager - Postpartum Unit

Overlake Medical Center & Clinics • Bellevue, WA

2d • $142,210 - $227,531

About The Position

The Nurse Manager of the Postpartum Unit provides operational, clinical, financial, and strategic leadership for a high-acuity, family-centered inpatient unit caring for postpartum mothers, newborns, and gynecologic surgical patients. The manager is accountable for patient outcomes and experiences, employee experience, regulatory compliance, fiscal stewardship, and organizational quality and safety goals. The 34-bed couplet care unit supports more than 4,000 births annually and cares for patients requiring specialized therapies, including magnesium sulfate administration, newborn phototherapy, families participating in the Eat, Sleep, Console program, and select gynecologic surgical patients. The manager leads a multidisciplinary team of more than 90 employees, including Registered Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Patient Care Technicians, Health Unit Coordinators, and Birth Data Coordinator staff. The role works in partnership with a unit supervisor, physician leaders, clinical educators, pediatric and obstetric providers, and outpatient care teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Washington required.
• Current BLS certification required.
• Current NRP certification required.
• Minimum of four years of recent clinical Postpartum experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage patient flow, coordinate resources, and support staff development.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Computer proficiency required.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• RNC certification preferred.
• Experience in a Level III or higher neonatal intensive care setting desired.
• Minimum of two years of prior managerial experience in a Postpartum unit strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership for the Postpartum Unit.
• Establish and maintain a culture of patient safety, accountability, collaboration, and clinical excellence.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, scheduling, patient throughput, and resource utilization.
• Maintain regulatory readiness and compliance with hospital policies, accreditation standards, and nursing practice requirements.
• Lead unit-based initiatives supporting organizational strategic goals.
• Drive performance on unit quality, safety, and patient experience metrics.
• Monitor clinical outcomes and develop action plans to improve performance.
• Lead efforts to reduce preventable harm and improve reliability of care processes.
• Support evidence-based practice and implementation of best practices in postpartum and newborn care.
• Oversee quality initiatives related to maternity care, newborn outcomes, breastfeeding support, and patient safety.
• Ensure delivery of exceptional family-centered care and promote practices that improve patient satisfaction and engagement.
• Investigate and resolve patient concerns while fostering a service recovery culture.
• Champion communication, compassion, and partnership with patients and families.
• Recruit, interview, hire, and retain qualified team members.
• Provide coaching, performance management, mentoring, and career development.
• Partner with Clinical Education on onboarding, competency validation, and professional development.
• Foster employee engagement, wellness, recognition, retention, teamwork, belonging, and professional growth.
• Develop, manage, and monitor departmental budgets.
• Maintain accountability for labor productivity, staffing costs, supply management, and financial performance.
• Identify operational efficiencies while maintaining high-quality patient care.
• Collaborate with obstetricians, certified nurse midwives, pediatricians, neonatologists, anesthesia providers, Lactation Services, Pharmacy, Rehabilitation Services, Social Work, and ancillary departments.
• Partner with outpatient obstetric, pediatric, and specialty clinics to ensure continuity of care across the perinatal continuum.
• Participate in hospital committees, quality councils, and strategic initiatives.

Benefits

• Leadership Annual Incentive
• Competitive compensation package
• Professional development
• Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per year
• Generous paid time off
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan with matching contributions starting at 5% and increasing to 7% after five years, with immediate vesting
• Long-term disability
• Flexible spending
• Extended illness banked hours
• Employee Assistance Program
• Caregiver support program
• Free parking and Orca transit passes
• Many Overlake services covered at 100%

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager