Nursing Supervisor Labor & Delivery Full-time Days

Texas Health Resources•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health is hiring a full-time Nursing Supervisor for its Labor & Delivery department at Texas Health Southwest in Fort Worth, Texas. The role combines staffing and Charge RN responsibilities with administrative time, providing bedside leadership on assigned units and shifts. The supervisor coordinates patient flow, care, and staff assignments, and works with department leadership to support quality outcomes, staff development, and department operations. The department has a 15-bed LDR unit, three OR suites, a separate 26-bed Mother/Baby area, and a 16-bed Level III NICU. It averages 270 to 300 deliveries per month and participates in Team Birth and the CHAMPS breastfeeding initiative. The facility is mother-friendly, Texas 10-Step, Magnet designated, and has a Maternal Level III designation. The role is listed as full-time days in the heading, while the posting’s work-hours section says “Full Time Nights (6:45AM-7:15PM)” for 36 hours per week. Weekend and holiday coverage is needed as required. Self-scheduling is available to support work-life balance, along with opportunities for educational and career growth. The successful candidate will demonstrate confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, a customer-focused attitude, professionalism, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The candidate will also have basic computer skills using medical management application systems and the ability to supervise and manage staff.

Requirements

Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program or a Nursing Diploma required.
Two years of experience as a registered nurse, with previous charge nurse or similar leadership experience required; examples include charge nurse, committee chair, or preceptor.
Labor & Delivery RN experience required.
Registered Nurse (RN) license upon hire required.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required before providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) required within 90 days.
AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring required within six months, or IFM Intermediate Fetal Monitoring required within six months.
Crisis Prevention Intervention Training (CPI) required within 90 days and maintained annually.
Demonstrated confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.
Customer-focused attitude toward patients and a strong work ethic with a high level of professionalism.
Basic computer skills using medical management application systems.
Ability to supervise and manage staff members.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Leadership, UBC, and appropriate team members to establish, implement, and monitor department policies and procedures; facilitate unit goals; evaluate and individualize patient care; and direct staff to promote quality outcomes.
Provide bedside leadership on assigned unit or units and shift, coordinating patient flow, patient care, and assignments.
Assist the manager or director with human resource management, including evaluations, coaching, mentoring, recruitment, retention, education, and orientation.
Work with the manager or director to control costs and manage department budget and productivity.
Facilitate patient and nurse assignments based on volume, acuity, and skill mix, while coordinating unit care and maintaining productivity standards.
Collaborate with the manager and educator or CNS to provide staff orientation, education, and ongoing competency assessment.
Gather staff input during rounding and complete direct report journaling.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members using the eight caring factors in the Quality Caring Model.
Promote patient- and family-centered care through purposeful hourly rounding, bedside shift report, updated care boards, and leader rounds.
Coordinate with other staff as unit activity dictates, monitor patient care, and provide direction to staff to promote quality outcomes.
Promote a professional image of nursing through demeanor, appearance, attitude, and behavior.
Be flexible with scheduling to meet department needs.