Assistant Nurse Manager - Labor and Delivery

Assistant Nursing Manager - Labor and Delivery @ Swedish First Hill

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a professional Registered Nurse reporting to the unit director/manager who utilizes the nursing process to manage clinical and operational activities within assigned shift. The ANM is responsible for supporting the director/manager in planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating services of the unit and providing managerial presence for all shifts.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued they're invaluable. Join our team at Swedish First Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Department Overview

• Labor and Delivery: 30 labor beds
• OB ED: 9 beds total
• OB ORs: 4 operating rooms
• Births: Approximately 550-600 per month
• Deliveries: Starting from 22-23 weeks gestation
• NICU: Level 4 with 77 beds
• Teams: Includes MFM team, Midwifery, OB, Family Medicine
• Programs: Addiction Recovery program for pregnant/laboring patients and postpartum couplets, Doula and Cultural Navigators
• 24/7 Services: Anesthesia, Laborist, and Neonatology
• 5 EAST Main L&D Unit: 6 bed OB ED, 14 labor rooms, 2 ORs, Charge RN, and Laborist
• 5 South: Scheduled C-sections, overflow labor, occasional Antepartum or Postpartum overflow, Charge RN
• Accountable for ensuring the provision of patient care 24 hours a day. Accountable for assigned clinical operations, patient care activities, coordinating patient care delivery on a daily basis in collaboration with other members of the health care team. Ensures that patient care is delivered in accordance with professional, regulatory, and medical center standards.
• Establishes and enforces standards of patient care and nursing practice pertaining to areas of responsibility. Is accountable for developing, implementing, and monitoring unit-based quality improvement programs. Responsible for developing and implementing unit-based goals for the delivery of quality patient care.
• Assures compliance with department standards by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of patient care by reinforcing positive outcomes and demonstrating corrective action for identified problems.
• Accountable for appropriate patient care based on assignments of appropriate patient assignments, evaluation of patient care and patient/family satisfaction by conducting rounds and intervening accordingly.
• Assumes the role of patient advocate to clarify and evaluate ethical and/or legal issues, and supports cultural practices.
• Assumes accountability for staff retention by tracking staff turnover rate of all categories of personnel and actively taking steps to ensure the reduction of turnover among her/his staff.
• Demonstrates clinical competence by assisting with patient care in order to maintain clinical skills. Spend time on all shifts to assess care and to coach, develop, evaluate and advocate for staff.
• Collaborates with the clinical nurse specialist and/or clinical educator to identify, plan, and implement an educational program pertinent to the service and for all level of staff.
• Hears and adjusts up to step-two grievances.

Leadership Qualities and Job Requirements

We are looking for an individual who is engaged, personable, and focused on collaboration within the L&D leadership team and the Women & Children (W&C) leadership team. The ideal candidate will share responsibility for quality, finance, staffing, and the patient and caregiver experience. This role reports directly to the L&D Manager. The Senior manager, manager, and clinical assistant manager work collaboratively to run the department.

Top Priorities and Goals

• Continue to focus on culture work surrounding our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts for patients, caregivers, and providers. Recent accomplishments include the implementation of the TEAMBirth and the Doula and Cultural Navigator programs.
• Emphasize quality metrics, including NTSV, and collaborate with the RN team for sustained improvement.
• Partner with the CNS, Perinatal Educator, and team on evidence-based practice changes.
• Interview and hire experienced staff RNs, travelers, and candidates for the residency/fellowship program for L&D

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and Graduate from School of nursing (BS, or BSN). Registered Nurses employed in this role prior to November 1, 2024 are encouraged to pursue the BSN degree but obtaining the degree will not be a condition of employment.
• Upon hire: Washington Registered Nurse License
• Upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association

Preferred qualifications:

• Recent clinical experience in an acute care hospital.
• Charge Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse experience.
• Leadership experience
• Shared Governance experience.

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.