Nursing Director - Women's Services

Description

Our teams across Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, NICU, and Perinatal Services work seamlessly together to ensure smooth transitions and continuity of care for both mother and baby-from admission through discharge.

Labor & Delivery
The UNC REX Labor & Delivery unit delivers comprehensive care for both routine and high-risk patients throughout labor, delivery, and immediate recovery. Our unit features:

3-bay OB Emergency Department (OBED)
20 Labor Rooms
3 Operating Rooms (ORs)
3 Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) bays

Nurses collaborate closely with physicians, OB Hospitalists, Certified Nurse Midwives, Nursing Assistants, and Surgical Technologists to manage everything from routine births to complex obstetric emergencies. Strong partnerships with private OB/GYN practices ensure exceptional maternal and newborn outcomes.

Postpartum Unit
Our Postpartum Unit is a 50-bed, family-centered care environment where nurses support mothers, newborns, and families during recovery and transition to home. Care includes:

* Postpartum mothers following vaginal and cesarean deliveries
* Newborns receiving routine couplet care
* Antepartum patients requiring monitoring
* Gynecologic surgical patients

Nurses work in close partnership with Perinatal Technicians and collaborate daily with Labor & Delivery and Nursery/NICU teams to ensure safe, coordinated care and smooth transitions after delivery.

Newborn Nursery
The Newborn Nursery provides specialized care for healthy and late-preterm infants in their first days of life. Located within our high-volume birth center, the nursery focuses on:

* Early newborn assessments and monitoring
* Feeding and breastfeeding support
* Parent education and bonding
* Safe transition to home

Our nurses and pediatric providers emphasize family-centered care while working closely with Postpartum, Labor & Delivery, and NICU teams to ensure every newborn receives individualized, seamless care from birth onward.

NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
Our NICU cares for approximately 450-500 infants annually and is equipped to manage complex neonatal conditions. The unit is staffed by board-certified neonatologists and a highly specialized interdisciplinary team.

* Nurse-to-patient ratios range from 1:1 to 1:3 based on acuity
* Advanced practice providers and respiratory therapists support critical care needs
* Family-centered care is guided by a dedicated Family Advisory Council

The NICU works in close coordination with Labor & Delivery, Nursery, and Postpartum teams to ensure timely escalation or transition of care when needed.

Perinatal Services
The Perinatal Services Department provides comprehensive education and support to families throughout their journey. This multidisciplinary team includes:

Lactation Consultants
Perinatal Educators
Birth Certificate Registrars
Certified Car Seat Technicians
Newborn Screening Coordinator

Services include:
Breastfeeding and lactation support
Prenatal and parenting education
Birth certificate processing
Car seat safety checks
Coordination of newborn screenings

Collaborative Care Model
Collaboration is at the heart of UNC Rex Women's Services. Our teams across Labor & Delivery, NICU/Newborn Nursery, Postpartum, and Perinatal Services work together to ensure seamless transitions from delivery through postpartum recovery and discharge.

Interdisciplinary teamwork-with OB/GYNs, neonatologists, pediatricians, nurses, and support staff-ensures that every patient and newborn receives safe, coordinated, and compassionate care at every step of their journey.

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Summary:

Directs, coordinates and controls the overall operation of Rex Womens and Children's Services Department.

Responsibilities:
1. Directs the development and administration of the budgets in Women's and Children's Services. Recommends types and amounts of resources required. Allocates resources based on departmental and organizational goals and objectives. Develops Master Staffing (Staffing Effectiveness Guidelines) Plans for all areas. Reviews financial and operational data evaluating quality of service, workload, revenue and expenses. Takes corrective action as needed. Monitors salary and non-salary budgets for all assigned areas.
2. Provides direction for the delivery of cost effective, quality patient care based on established regulatory, professional and organizational standards within the context of the operating vision.
3. Establishes and/or provides leadership for the attainment of departmental/service line goals in support of the organizational mission. Sponsors the Pediatric Service Line, the Women's Service Line, and serves as the administrative representative to the Pediatric and OB/GYN Executive committees. Serves as the liaison to the Neonatology Services. Represents Rex Healthcare on UNC Strategic Planning Committee for Women's Services. Establishes collegial relationships with physicians and surgeons.
4. Directs the implementation of processes to measure/assess and improve patient and departmental outcomes. Participates in performance improvement and quality improvement activities. Presents information and recommendations for actions to Performance Improvement committee. Organizes Women's and Children's Services through the selection and development of managers and Leadership team, orderly organizational design and monitoring of outcomes.
5. Ensures qualified competent staffing, space, equipment and other resources are available to meet the scope of services available.
6. Adheres to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. and participates/supports nursing shared governance activities. Recognizes, supports, and utilizes evidence based nursing practices and evidenced based management practices.
7. Represents Rex Healthcare with active participation in professional and community organizations.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Master's degree in nursing or equivalent required
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Must have NC RN licensure. Nursing specialty certification by exam or portfolio.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Requires four (4) years of related experience and/or training.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conforms to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors. Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex VP Patient Care Svcs

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.