Unit Director

UPMC Altoona is seeking a Registered Nurse with leadership experience for an exciting opportunity as a Unit Director for our T9 Birth Center. In this challenging and rewarding position, the Unit Director maintains 24-hour accountability for leading and managing the assigned area in order to ensure an outstanding experience for patients and employees by continuously improving the quality of patient care, creating a healthy workplace for staff, and overseeing clinical, and administrative/business functions. Why choose UPMC Altoona? + Work/Life Balance - primarily a Monday-Friday schedule, dayshifts + Competitive wages + An incomparable benefit package (found to be 20% higher in value than other healthcare employers in our market.) + 100% Tuition Reimbursement for your BSN/MSN degree through approved Universities. + Generous vacation accrual + Plus, this position is eligible for a generous Sign-On Bonus. External applicants will receive $15,000 in exchange for a 2-year work commitment. About UPMC Magee Women's Birthing Center (T9): T9 is a 22-bed multidisciplinary unit that contains its own triage and Operating Rooms. Patients labor, birth, recover and have their postpartum stay in the same unit permitting continuity of patient care throughout their hospital stay promoting skin to skin, support of breastfeeding, delayed bathing, and infant rooming-in. Within the unit is a 4-bed triage area for maternal monitoring of baby and evaluation of emergent obstetrical situations and concerns. Nurses are trained in labor and delivery, how to circulate in the OR for cesarean sections, care of the infant and mother postpartum, triaging patients, and neonatal resuscitation after delivery. Neonates may need to transition in our 8-bed special care nursery, currently caring for neonates 35 weeks and greater. Responsibilities: + Collaborate with medical staff to monitor patient outcomes and set clinical quality priorities. Promote partnership of hospital staff and healthcare team. + Recommend and implement professional improvements and patient safety initiatives. + Analyze nurse and patient satisfaction data and develop action plans as needed. Apply critical thinking skills and use data to develop the department vision and orchestrate complex change. + Build and maintain productive working relationships. + Communicate clearly to engage the audience and help them understand and retain the message. + Coach staff on cultural diversity, address workplace issues, and create an environment that recognizes and values differences. + Apply critical thinking skills and use data to develop the department vision and orchestrate complex change. + Set clinical, financial, and human resources priorities for improvement in line with organizational goals. + Initiate innovation in staff development, clinical orientation, and continuing education. Support Clinicians in their role of oversight of direct reports. + Support shared governance through a unit-based professional practice council. + Minimum of 4 years of progressive leadership experience required with relevant clinical experience preferred. + 2 years of LDRP experience preferred. + BS/BSN required at time of hire and master's degree/MSN required. + If BS degree not in nursing, a Master's or higher degree in Nursing is required. If Master's degree not in nursing, a BSN is required. + If the Master's degree/MSN is not present at time of hire, must be enrolled in a Master's or MSN program within one year of hire/transfer date and completed within three years of enrollment. + Leadership ability to develop staff, establish and maintain standards of performance within a national context for professional nursing practice and comply with administrative requirements. + Superior interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to effectively create relationships to support a healing environment with patients, families, staff, physicians, and hospital personnel including senior management in both written and verbal communication. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: + Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) + Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) + Registered Nurse (RN) + Act 33 with renewal + Act 34 with renewal + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran