Director-Registered Nurse, Women & Children's Services

About the role

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving communities across the Midwest through a fully integrated health care delivery system. We are seeking an exceptional nursing leader with 2–3 years of director-level experience to manage our Birth Suites, Family Care Suites, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The ideal candidate will have previous inpatient Women’s Health nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops departmental goals and objectives consistent with medical, administrative, legal, and ethical requirements of the health care delivery system.
• Directs clinical activities, including patient assessment, care plan development, service level determination, patient visits, and complaint management.
• Plans, organizes, and directs all activities related to staffing, including hiring, orienting, evaluating, and continuing education initiatives.
• Prepares and monitors budget(s) and ensures that the assigned nursing area operates within allocated funds.
• Coordinates and directs internal and externally-driven audits.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in nursing or related field.
• Three years’ registered nurse experience, with one year in leadership.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication; ability to hear alarms and malfunctioning machinery.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

Required Professional License and/or Certifications

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – state board of nursing (varies by work location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, or Wisconsin; Compact State license accepted where applicable).