Registered Nurse Supervisor - Labor & Delivery / Mother Baby

About the role

Atrium Health Lincoln offers comprehensive maternity services in a warm and comfortable environment. Our birthing center, New Beginnings, features large spacious rooms where mom remains for the length of her stay, including labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum. We practice mother-baby couplet care, allowing the newborn to be cared for at the bedside by the same nurse caring for mom. In addition to our newborn nursery, we also have a level 2 nursery for babies requiring special care. A pediatric hospitalist is available to manage the care of these babies, and we utilize a state-of-the-art infant security system to give patients peace of mind during their stay.

Essential Functions

• Supports the manager in using systematic approaches to enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, nursing service administration, and delivery of care in the department.
• Assists with interview, selection, and supervision of nursing personnel in the department.
• Assists with coordination of communication at regular intervals throughout shifts via staff meetings/huddles to exchange information and promote dialogue with teammates.
• Collaborates with the manager to ensure understanding and compliance with federal and state laws, healthcare services and practice, and all required regulations and policies.
• Rounds on patients, teammates, and physicians at prescribed frequencies to gain insight into patient care, employee and physician satisfaction, and appropriateness of patient care and/or department operations.
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
• Assists in identifying expected outcomes to provide direction for continuity of care and department operations.
• Assists in evaluating progress toward goal attainment and achievement of expected outcomes and disseminates information to teammates involved with the care or situation.
• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary.
• Coordinates management of patient flow/throughput and staffing through continuous assessment of volume/acuity needs, utilizing available resources to assist in provision of appropriate staffing resources.

Physical Requirements

• Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Must speak and understand English fluently.
• Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.
• Finger dexterity, critical thinking, and ability to concentrate.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current RN licensure in the appropriate state.
• Minimum two years of nursing experience preferred.
• Previous management experience preferred.
• BSN required.
• RN candidates for external hire or internal promotion without a BSN must be enrolled in a BSN program within 1 year of hire/transfer date and must complete the program within 3 years of enrollment.
• BLS required per policy guidelines.
• Appropriate professional certification (either clinical or leadership) is required within 1 year of eligibility for the professional certification exam.
• Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.