• Job Description

  Req#: 159611
  Position Summary Director of Labor and Delivery - Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital, a leading healthcare institution dedicated to providing exceptional programs and services focused on the unique needs of women and newborn, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional who will continue the excellent service and quality standards as the Director of Labor and Delivery. The ideal candidate will possess strong team building skills and have experience mentoring and developing their leadership team. The director of nursing operations works collaboratively with providers, team members, and other leaders to monitor and improve patient experience, quality, and value. Join our dedicated team and make a meaningful impact on the lives of women and newborns in our community. Labor and Delivery Unit The function of Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies (WPHWB) Labor and Delivery Unit is based on the primary care model principles. As a Level III Perinatal Center, comprehensive patient centered obstetrical nursing care is provided for both low and high-risk families during the antenatal, labor and delivery and immediate postpartum periods. The Labor and Delivery Unit (L & D) is composed of twenty eight (28) Labor and Delivery Rooms (LDRs) that provide the expectant family with the opportunity to remain together as a unit during labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period. Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - Winnie Palmer Hospital: Our Unique Strengths: We have many strengths that make us a leader in women's healthcare. Among them: Orlando Health Winnie Palmer has one of the most experienced labor and delivery units in the nation, delivering 12,000-15,000 babies every year. Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the fourth largest in the United States. We are a Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Hospital for the State of Florida, whereby high-risk obstetrical patients and their infants are referred to our specialists. Our Unique Strengths: Competitive compensation Innovative benefits that begin on day one Education assistance, such as free tuition through our preferred education program, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment programs Career advancement opportunities #HealthcareLeadership #LaborAndDelivery #DirectorOpportunity #OrlandoHealth Responsibilities Essential Functions • Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort, safety, and compliance with various standards of care, regulatory / governing bodies i.e., OSHA, JCAHO, infection control, risk management. • Plans, leads, organizes, directs, & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes. • Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes, and quality outcomes. • Embraces workplace diversity and participates in nursing organizational policy formulation and decision-making. • Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for nursing and patient care. • Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change. • Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs, ultimately achieving desired outcomes. • Integrates technology to support the improvement of patient care and workload of team members. • Responsible for management of team members including recruitment, development, retention, supervision, evaluation, and productivity. • Knows and practices sound business and operational excellence. • Applies key financial principles and organizational financial targets to departmental projects/budgets. • Achieves financial and operational benchmarks by developing capital & operating budgets and monitoring all operational expenses. • Assures development, implementation, and evaluation of evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice standards. • Demonstrates initiative and situational leadership skills. • Embraces, communicates, and promotes effective change. • Ensures the customer experience is exceptional. • Serves as a liaison to nursing administration for team members. • Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional organizations. • Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities. • Upholds self and staff accountable to comply with ethical principles, corporate compliance, and standards of practice. • Demonstrates The Orlando Health Way: Assure, Engage, and Unite. • Holds self and others accountable to Orlando Health’s mission, vision, and values. • Performs all other duties as assigned by the Patient Care Administrator or designee. • Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling. • Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards. • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures. Qualifications Education/Training • Graduate of an approved school of nursing. • Graduate degree in Business or health-related field required. • It is required that candidate must hold either a baccalaureate or a higher degree in nursing. Licensure/Certification • Current professional license as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. • National leadership board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) within 2 years. • May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population: o Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) o Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) o Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) Experience Minimun of two (2) years as a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery and one (1) year leadership experience in nursing.
  Education/Training • Graduate of an approved school of nursing. • Graduate degree in Business or health-related field required. • It is required that candidate must hold either a baccalaureate or a higher degree in nursing. Licensure/Certification • Current professional license as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. • National leadership board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) within 2 years. • May require one or more of the following certifications based on the assigned patient population: o Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) o Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) o Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) Experience Minimun of two (2) years as a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery and one (1) year leadership experience in nursing.
  Essential Functions • Evaluates the environment and makes recommendations to ensure optimal patient comfort, safety, and compliance with various standards of care, regulatory / governing bodies i.e., OSHA, JCAHO, infection control, risk management. • Plans, leads, organizes, directs, & evaluates the delivery of patient care to achieve sustained outcomes. • Facilitates a healthy environment that promotes patient and team member safety, high reliability of processes, and quality outcomes. • Embraces workplace diversity and participates in nursing organizational policy formulation and decision-making. • Ensures that a continual improvement approach is implemented to measure actual performance against established standards for nursing and patient care. • Serves as an agent of change, assisting leaders and team members in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change. • Analyzes, develops, and maintains an effective and efficient nursing delivery model that reflects patient and family needs, ultimately achieving desired outcomes. • Integrates technology to support the improvement of patient care and workload of team members. • Responsible for management of team members including recruitment, development, retention, supervision, evaluation, and productivity. • Knows and practices sound business and operational excellence. • Applies key financial principles and organizational financial targets to departmental projects/budgets. • Achieves financial and operational benchmarks by developing capital & operating budgets and monitoring all operational expenses. • Assures development, implementation, and evaluation of evidenced based, quality clinical nursing practice consistent with nursing research, organizational and national practice standards. • Demonstrates initiative and situational leadership skills. • Embraces, communicates, and promotes effective change. • Ensures the customer experience is exceptional. • Serves as a liaison to nursing administration for team members. • Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining proficiency in assigned role and involvement in professional organizations. • Facilitates and supports team member involvement in professional and organizational activities. • Upholds self and staff accountable to comply with ethical principles, corporate compliance, and standards of practice. • Demonstrates The Orlando Health Way: Assure, Engage, and Unite. • Holds self and others accountable to Orlando Health’s mission, vision, and values. • Performs all other duties as assigned by the Patient Care Administrator or designee. • Manages various human resources functions including hiring, work assignments, coaching plans, and performance counseling. • Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards. • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

• About the company

  Orlando Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

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