Director, Labor & Delivery
San Antonio TX
10/27/2020
Full-Time Regular
Director, Labor & Delivery
San Antonio, TX
Our client is seeking a Director of Labor & Delivery. The Director facilitates, coordinates and delegates the delivery of patient care to a defined group of patients during their entire hospitalization period. Provides leadership and overall responsibility for the functioning of assigned clinical patient care/procedural unit(s). They are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as they do.
Position Description:
The Director reports to the Senior Director, Vice President and/or the Chief Nursing Officer
Responsible 24 hours a day, with full accountability, for 70+ staff, 40+ beds, and management of patient care in each of his/her units, for promoting the practice of professional nursing in a specified patient care area, and for the acquisition, development, and utilization of resources (human and material) needed to fulfill those responsibilities.
Liaison between physicians and the patient care team and works cooperatively with administrators, physicians, staff, other managers and all customers of the Healthcare System to provide services, which consistently meet and exceed the expectations of their customers.
Assess and prioritize opportunities to improve, plan and implement effective changes and evaluate outcomes of process improvement activities.
# of Beds Per Unit: 9 antepartum rooms; 15 L&D rooms; 3 OR, 5 PACUs rooms; 4 triage rooms and 9 overflow
# FTEs (MGR/DIR only) : L&D – 52 and Mother/Baby -55
Qualifications:
- Three years recent RN acute care experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)
- Must have current RN license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas or ability to obtain temporary license prior to hire. Must have Texas RN license within 90 days of hire.