Director of Women and Infant Services

Join our team at Summit Healthcare! We are seeking an experienced Director for our Women & Infant Services department.

Sign on Bonus & Relocation Assistance available!

Our Department. In our department, we operate in a family-centered care environment, focusing primarily on ensuring the best possible birthing experience for our community's families. Our unit offers a diverse range of services, including care during triage visits, the labor process, and postpartum care. We're equipped to manage both well newborns and premature infants, even those born as early as 32 weeks gestation.

Join our team and be part of a supportive environment where your skills can flourish, and you can contribute to the well-being of our patients and their families.

• 24/7/365 NNP services
• 800+ deliveries annually
• We deliver down to 32 weeks but will deliver to any gestational age in an emergency or case where the patient cannot be transported safely.
• 10 couplet care/GYN beds, 7 LDRP rooms, 2 triage beds & 2 Obstetrical operating rooms. Cesarean sections are performed in the OB OR.
• Summit Healthcare’s Level II Nursery is certified by the Arizona Perinatal Trust as a Level II Perinatal Care Center. A special team of skilled physicians, neonatal nurse practitioners, and nurses provide 24‑hour care for your baby in a nurturing compassionate, and family friendly setting. The staff in the nursery cares for infants who need special care, including those with respiratory and feeding difficulties or those requiring antibiotic and IV therapy.
  
  The Level II Nursery is fully equipped with monitors, bed warmers and isolates.

Under the general direction of the Chief Nursing Officer, the OB Nursing Unit Director is responsible for developing and implementing strategies for the clinical care of a defined group of patient care/clinical areas. Fosters best practices for patients and unit/hospital operations. May also have responsibilities for non-clinical functions related to the clinical area. As the leader, will shape and interpret the standards required to ensure quality outcomes and a high degree of patient, physician and employee satisfaction.

• Ensure that strategy development leads to outcomes supportive of the goals of the strategic plan.
• Assesses and manages overall staffing effectiveness by ensuring the appropriate number, competency and skill mix of staff are involved in the provision of needed health care services.
• Manages unit personnel including selection, promotion, evaluation, counseling, discipline, training and development, demotion and termination of unit staff.
• Provides leadership that results in a collegiality between staff, physicians and the leadership team.
• Assures quality and safety in patient care practices by providing an environment that promotes reporting of patient occurrences and staff involvement in process improvement.
• Allocates financial, informational, physician and human resources for improvement activities.
• Manages the financial and capital resources by monitoring operating revenue and expense, establishing and maintaining cost control programs and developing and implementing new or revised programs and/or services.
• Leads the professional nursing practice by using established standards of care and managing the care delivery system.
• Utilizes nursing expertise, and managerial skills to foster growth of the service and positively influence physician practice patterns.
• Plans for current and future equipment and technology needs using research data. Investigates and obtains resources and capital for identified needs.
• Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures; regulatory and accreditation requirements as well as applicable professional standards.
• Manages personnel, including disseminates information, conducts evaluations, completes conflict resolutions, addresses staff satisfaction issues, and documents above actions.
• Oversees coordination of patient care.
• Conducts performance Improvement activities, including Risk Management.
• Ensures appropriate staffing and complete unit scheduling.
• Oversees…