LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE MANAGER

POSITION OVERVIEW

This position works a convenient alternating schedule of two, 12-hour shifts one week and three, 12-hour shifts the following week, averaging 30 hours per week or 60 hours per pay period. A night shift differential of $14.10 is provided for this leadership role in our Labor and Delivery unit.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages Labor and Delivery unit's day-to-day clinical operations including maternal care practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and perinatal quality improvement
• Ensures delivery of highest quality obstetrical care in compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established maternal-newborn policies and procedures
• Develops and implements action plans to improve labor and delivery nursing staff development
• Supervises a single birthing unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20-60+ labor and delivery nurses and support staff
• Monitors allocation and utilization of personnel based on maternal-fetal patient population/needs to provide optimal antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care while identifying savings opportunities
• Oversees daily labor and delivery operations, including human resources management, obstetrical department/employee safety programs, and maternal risk management
• Monitors obstetrical service quality and utilization standards while assuming responsibility for unit-level maternity patient care
• Ensures coordinated birth plans, family-centered care, and cost-effective obstetrical service utilization
• Collaborates with obstetricians, perinatologists, neonatologists, midwives, and other healthcare providers outside the unit to achieve optimal maternal-infant outcomes
• Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models for high-risk deliveries and maternal care from other labor and delivery units
• Investigates and resolves maternal patient/family concerns regarding childbirth experiences and care

WORK SCHEDULE

• Variable night shifts in Labor and Delivery
• Alternating schedule: 2, 12-hour shifts one week and 3, 12-hour shifts the next week
• Average of 30 hours weekly or 60 hours per pay period in obstetrical services
• $14.10 night shift differential for labor and delivery leadership

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

• Minimum two (2) years of labor and delivery nursing experience
• Minimum two (2) years of experience as obstetrical charge nurse, maternal care preceptor, perinatal quality improvement champion, or related labor and delivery leadership role

License/Certification:

• Active California Registered Nurse License
• Basic Life Support certification

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Evidence of completed training as labor and delivery preceptor or obstetrical charge nurse
• Demonstrated knowledge of maternal-child quality improvement, obstetrical care delivery processes, birthing unit staffing, and labor and delivery budgeting
• Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission maternal standards, and other regulatory requirements for birthing centers
• Strong interpersonal communication skills for coordinating multidisciplinary maternity care teams
• Department-specific certifications (ACLS, PALS, NRP, fetal monitoring) may be required for labor and delivery management
• Ability to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment with obstetrical team members

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• ACLS certification strongly preferred for high-risk obstetrical management
• Bachelor's degree in nursing with labor and delivery specialization preferred
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) certification
• Inpatient Obstetrical Nursing certification (RNC-OB)
• Experience with vaginal births, cesarean sections, high-risk pregnancies, and obstetrical emergencies