Labor and Delivery Nurse Director

HCA HealthONE; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 118,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Education assistance

Job summary

HCA HealthONE Presbyterian/St. Luke’s in Denver, CO seeks a Labor and Delivery Nurse Director to lead care delivery across the unit and hospital.

The role emphasizes patient-centered leadership, quality, and regulatory compliance in a high-acuity obstetric environment. The candidate will oversee clinical practices, budgeting, and staff development, ensuring alignment with iCARE standards and hospital strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a registered nurse in Colorado and BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for care delivery within the unit and hospital.
• Drive improvements in patient care, staffing performance, and clinical practice standards.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to sustain evidence-based care and accreditation readiness.
• May provide direct patient care when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Critical thinking

Organizational skills

Education

BSN required

MSN/MBA/MHA preferred

Job description

This position is incentive eligible.

Salary Estimate: $118414.40 - $181272.00 / year

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The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Introduction

Managers thrive with us! HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, comprising of over 180 hospitals and about 2,000 sites of care in 21 states and the United Kingdom. We are looking for a(an) Labor and Delivery Nurse Director for our HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's team where excellence creates excellence.

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare has expanded our influence across the healthcare industry by investing $3.5 billion in capital improvements in recent years.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Position Summary:

The patient care director will have operational responsibility and accountability for care delivery within their business unit and hospital. Provide leadership for improving patient care, planning, staff performance, systems improvements, and other programs that support the culture of HCA HealthONE Presbyterian/St. Luke’s and Rocky Mountain Children’s, as well as, HealthONE’s strategic objectives.

The director will work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to enhance and drive an integrated model of person-centered care. Provide leadership and coordination of clinical practice standards and ensure clinical care is provided according to quality, licensing, and accreditation standards. Supports an environment of continuous improvement, promoting evidence-based practice and patient care delivery. Measures actual budgetary performance and drives systematic improvement in collaboration with ACNO. May also provide direct patient care when needed.

The scope and complexity of the director position will vary based on the number of beds, visits, and procedures in the department, the acuity of patients, FTEs supervised, the number of different medical staff services involved, and the activity level of admissions, discharges, and transfers per day. The director performs delegated duties, assigned by the ACNO or CNO, which are consistent with her/his scope of nursing practice and competence.

HCA HealthONE Presbyterian/St. Luke’s and Rocky Mountain Children’s expect our iCARE behavioral standards to be reflected in the way every employee interacts with co-workers, providers, patients, and family members, and others in the community.

• Integrity – We are honest and do what we say
• Compassion – We are sympathetic to the needs of others
• Accountability – We take ownership of how our actions and behaviors impact outcomes
• Respect – We value others and embrace diversity
• Excellence – We take personal pride in exceeding expectations

II. Position Requirements:

• Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current licensure in the State of Colorado as a Registered Nurse or current active multistate Registered Nurse license. Current BLS certification.
• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN required. MSN, or other healthcare-related advanced degree, e.g., MBA, or MHA is preferred.
• Experience: At least five years of acute care/specialty nursing is desirable in the area of specialty. At least three years of previous experience in a charge/supervisory or management position.
• Special Qualifications: Demonstrates good organizational skills. Provides safe and appropriate care within the Standards of Nursing Practice at HCA HealthONE PSL/RMC. Demonstrates good critical thinking skills. Displays leadership and problem-solving skills. Communicates positively and professionally with all internal and external customers. Able to articulate and demonstrate knowledge of nursing theory and practice

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Presbyterian/St. Luke’s (P/SL). P/SL has been meeting the healthcare needs of patients and their families from across the Rocky Mountain region for more than 140 years. Included on the P/SL campus is Rocky Mountain Children’s, a dedicated pediatric hospital, making the campus the only tertiary/quaternary combined pediatric and adult hospital in this region. P/SL is home to an award-winning cancer program including the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, a solid organ transplant program, and complex orthopedics. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.