RN - L&D

Provide care for patients utilizing fetal and maternal monitoring equipment. Manage the patient's pain including epidural and patient controlled analgesia administration. Assist physician during delivery, treatment, examination and surgical procedures. Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems. Provide patient and family education on labor, pain and newborn care.
Director of Nursing Labor and Delivery San Antonio, TX Schedule Full-time • Days (No Weekends) Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first program to receive FACT Accreditation in North America. Job Summary and Qualifications Seeking a Director of Nursing for Labor & Delivery at Methodist Hospital who is responsible for facilitating, coordinating and delegating 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). We 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 we do. We want you to apply now! Job Responsibilities The Director reports to the Senior Director, Vice President and/or the Chief Nursing Officer. Responsible 24 hours a day, with full accountability, for 143 staff, 40-50 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 Methodist 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. What qualifications you will need: Three years recent RN acute care experience. Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) • 5 years of L&D experience in an acute care setting • Min 2 years of management in L&D in an acute care setting MUST have L&D experience, no other unit would suffice Studer culture, coach and mentor for next step in leadership career, senior leaders develop strong relationships and strong focus with employee engageme