Nurse Manager - Postpartum Unit

1 Overlake Medical Center & Clinics; United States; On-site; USD 142,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership annual incentive

Competitive compensation package

Professional development

Tuition reimbursement 10k

Generous PTO

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, WA seeks a Postpartum Unit Nurse Manager to lead a 34-bed unit caring for postpartum mothers and newborns. You will partner with physicians, educators, and care teams to promote safety, excellence, and family-centered care.

The role emphasizes operational leadership, quality, patient experience, and staff development while ensuring regulatory compliance and fiscal stewardship for a high-acuity unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Current RN license in Washington.
• BLS and NRP certifications required.
• RNC certification preferred.
• 4+ years postpartum experience, Level III NICU preferred.
• 2+ years managerial experience in postpartum preferred.
• Leadership, coordination, and staff development ability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership for the Postpartum Unit.
• Maintain patient safety, accountability, collaboration, and clinical excellence.
• Ensure staffing, throughput, and resource utilization needs are met.
• Drive quality, safety, and patient experience metrics.
• Lead interdisciplinary collaboration and evidence-based practice.
• Support onboarding, coaching, and staff development initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Staff development

Problem solving

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Welcome to a medical center where you're the center of attention. Pay range: - Salary $142,210.00 - $227,531.00 Nurse Manager, Postpartum Unit (PPU) Overlake Medical Center & Clinics Bellevue, WA

Position Summary

Working in partnership with a dedicated unit supervisor, physician leaders, clinical educators, pediatric and obstetric providers, and outpatient care teams, the Postpartum Nurse Manager promotes a culture of safety, accountability, excellence, and compassionate family-centered care. The Nurse Manager of the Postpartum Unit provides operational, clinical, financial, and strategic leadership for a high-acuity, family-centered inpatient unit that cares for postpartum mothers, newborns, and gynecologic surgical patients. This leader is accountable for ensuring exceptional patient outcomes, outstanding patient and employee experiences, regulatory compliance, fiscal stewardship, and achievement of organizational quality and safety goals. The Postpartum Unit consists of a 34-bed couplet care unit that supports more than 4,000 births annually and provides care for postpartum patients requiring specialized therapies including magnesium sulfate administration, newborns requiring phototherapy, management of families participating in the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) program, and select gynecologic surgical patients. The PPU Nurse Manager leads a multidisciplinary team of more than 90 employees, including Registered Nurses, Lactation Consultants, Patient Care Technicians, Health Unit Coordinators, and Birth Data Coordinator staff.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership & Operations

Provides day-to-day operational leadership for the Postpartum Unit. Establishes and maintains a culture of patient safety, accountability, collaboration, and clinical excellence. Ensures appropriate staffing, scheduling, patient throughput, and resource utilization. Maintains regulatory readiness and compliance with hospital policies, accreditation standards, and nursing practice requirements. Leads unit-based initiatives that support organizational strategic goals.

Quality & Patient Safety

Drives performance on unit quality, safety, and patient experience metrics. Monitors clinical outcomes and develops action plans to improve performance. Leads efforts to reduce preventable harm and improve reliability of care processes. Supports evidence-based practice and implementation of best practices in postpartum and newborn care. Oversees quality initiatives related to maternity care, newborn outcomes, breastfeeding support, and patient safety.

Patient Experience

Ensures delivery of exceptional family-centered care. Promotes practices that improve patient satisfaction and engagement. Investigates and resolves patient concerns while fostering a service recovery culture. Champions communication, compassion, and partnership with patients and families.

Employee Engagement & Development

Recruits, interviews, hires, and retains qualified team members. Provides coaching, performance management, mentoring, and career development. Partners with Clinical Education to support onboarding, competency validation, and professional development. Fosters employee engagement, wellness, recognition, and retention. Creates an inclusive environment that supports teamwork, belonging, and professional growth.

Financial Stewardship

Develops, manages, and monitors departmental budgets. Maintains accountability for labor productivity, staffing costs, supply management, and financial performance. Identifies opportunities for operational efficiencies while maintaining high-quality patient care.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Collaborates closely with Obstetricians, Certified Nurse Midwives, Pediatricians, Neonatologists, Anesthesia providers, Lactation Services, Pharmacy, Rehabilitation Services, Social Work, and ancillary departments. Partners with outpatient obstetric, pediatric, and specialty clinics to ensure continuity of care across the perinatal continuum. Participates in hospital committees, quality councils, and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Washington required.
• Current BLS and NRP certifications required.
• RNC certification preferred.
• Minimum of four (4) years of recent clinical Postpartum experience required - in a Level III or higher neonatal intensive care setting desired.
• Minimum of two (2) years of prior managerial experience in a Postpartum strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage patient flow, coordinate resources, and support staff development.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Computer proficiency required.

Benefits

Leadership Annual Incentive Competitive compensation package Professional development 10k Tuition Reimbursement Generous PTO Medical, dental, vision 2-part retirement plan including 5% matching Long term disability Flex spending Extended illness banked hours Employee Assistance program

Why join Overlake?

We're proud to offer benefits that support you in every stage of your career and life. But it's our inspirational culture that has made us one of America's Top 150 places to work in healthcare for several years in a row. Local, visible leaders who care about you. A values-based work environment. Medical insurance premiums as low as $0 per month. Many Overlake services covered at 100%. Tuition reimbursement up to $10,000 per year. Generous retirement plan matching starting at 5% and increasing to 7% after five years with immediate vesting. Pre-tax and Roth after tax retirement savings plans. An expanded Employee Assistance Program. A caregiver support program to help with everything from childcare to eldercare. Free parking and Orca transit passes. If this sounds like an environment where you'll thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

Job pay info

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About Overlake Medical Center

Overlake Medical Center is a 349-bed, nonprofit regional medical center offering a full range of advanced medical services to the Puget Sound region. Led by a volunteer board of trustees, we employ nearly 3,000 people and have some 1,000 active and courtesy providers on our medical staff, including more than 200 providers who are employed by the organization. We were the first Level III Trauma Center on the Eastside and we are known for providing award-winning, compassionate and patient-centered care. Our commitment to maintaining the highest standards in medical care is a major reason our patients and their families choose Overlake. It is also the reason why we've received many awards and recognitions both regionally and nationally. Overlake was started by community volunteers, and still depends upon volunteers to support the operations of the hospital. Find out more about volunteer opportunities. To find out how to get to Overlake, view our maps and directions. Overlake has a variety of publications that you can receive in your home for added health and wellness information in addition to our annual report. We also produce a community health needs assessment (CHNA) and Implementation Strategy to help us outline how the hospital will give back to the community in the form of health care and other community health services to address unmet community needs. For questions and comments related to CHNA, please email us.

COVID-19 vaccination requirement

After October 18, 2021 all Washington state healthcare employees, contractors and volunteers will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 immunization as a condition of employment. You must provide this proof before your first day of employment with Overlake. Please remember to bring your COVID-19 immunization card to your pre-hire health screening with our Employee Health team.