Clinical Director, Labor & Delivery

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is seeking an experienced Nursing Leader to oversee our Labor & Delivery team. The Director Clinical Inpatient Unit oversees assigned unit to ensure it is performing effectively, which may include but not limited to, preparing and implementing business strategy to achieve the organization's goals, ensuring legal compliance, communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, managing employment decisions and contributions of supporting team members, and managing departmental budget and fiscal success. Serves as a primary liaison and information resource for assigned unit. Oversees the provision of therapeutic care in a holistic and evidence-based environment, which produces excellent patient care with optimal patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

Serves as a physician liaison and primary information resource/contact for the unit. Ensures compliance with the unit plan for physician satisfaction. Maintains and monitors budgetary standards and utilizes resources effectively and appropriately. Monitors patient/physician satisfaction and seeks ways to improve by ensuring continuous implementation of evidence-based practices to include, but not limited to, discharge phone calls, leadership rounding (patients, physicians and internal customers), AIDET and HML conversations.

Minimum Requirements:

Certification

• Basic Life Support upon start; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support upon start required for Critical Care and Procedural areas, PALS upon start for Pediatric Units, and NRP upon start required for perinatal units Licensure
• Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse. Experience
• 1 year of leadership experience and 2 years of acute care nursing experience, leadership experience may include RN Unit Supervisor Role, dedicated charge nurse or Assistant Nurse Manager or equivalent role Education
• Bachelors Degree in

Nursing Preferred Requirements:

Prior leadership experience overseeing Labor & Delivery services Strong clinical expertise in high-risk obstetrics, fetal monitoring, obstetric emergencies, and perinatal patient safety