Woman’s offers 397licensed beds, including a NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) and a full rangeof women’s health services and newborn infants. More than 650 board-certifiedphysicians at Woman's offer their expertise and an outstanding level of qualitycare in the areas of gynecology, obstetrical care, high-risk pregnancy andminimally invasive surgery. 

JobResponsibilities:

• Develops and administers services as necessary to include nursing care.
• Promotes a multidisciplinary coordination of services, such as nursing, medical, respiratory care, laboratory pharmaceutical and public relations.
• Participates in budgetary formulation and control for areas of responsibility in collaboration with the Nurse Director.
• Administer and appraise Process Improvement within the services provided.
• Control processes related to Human Resources; inclusive of hiring, evaluating, terminating, counseling, coaching, and development of staff.
• Directs and approve the practice of professional nursing and support positions with the services provided to maintain quality patient care through implementation and evaluation of clinical practice standards.
• Develop, interpret, inspect and review policies and procedures within the services provided.
• Develop, institute, review and implement Disaster Preparedness policies and procedures for the organization.
• Responsible for twenty-four hour coverage and problem resolution to the services provided.
• Other duties as assigned.

AdditionalInformation: 

• L&D unit has 45 beds
• AMOUNT of FTE'S Candidate would be overseeing: 40 FTE’s per Manager

Requirements

Qualifications

• Candidate need to at least have 2 years of RECENT ACUTE CARE staff and 2 years of Charge or Supervisor experience in the L&D UNIT to be considered. 
• BSN required
• MSN, RNC preferred
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Texas
• BCLS certified
• Medication Learning Module
• NRP certification within six (6) months of hire.
• AWHONN Fetal Monitoring Certification within six (6) months of hire.