Senior Manager Nursing - Labor and Delivery at Providence Health and Services summary:
The Senior Manager Nursing - Labor and Delivery at Swedish First Hill leads a large team providing high-volume maternity care, focusing on quality, finance, staffing, and patient experience. The role requires a BSN, Washington RN license, and significant nursing management experience in an acute care setting. The position involves collaboration with multiple healthcare professionals and management in a unionized environment, supporting labor, delivery, and neonatal care services.
Description
Now Hiring: Senior Manager – Labor & Delivery
Location: Swedish First Hill in Seattle, WA
Department: Women & Children’s Services - Labor & Delivery
Reports to: Senior Director, Women’s and Children’s Services
About Swedish First Hill
The Swedish First Hill campus, located in Seattle, Washington, is the largest of the Swedish Medical Center's facilities and is part of the Providence health system. Founded by Swedish immigrants in 1910, it is a 697-bed general medical and surgical hospital and a major hub for specialized care, including a Level 4 NICU.
Swedish First Hill was named one of Newsweek’s Top Maternity Hospitals in the U.S. for 2024, earning a 5-star ranking. It leads Washington state—and all hospitals north of central California in birth volume.
Department Highlights
- 500-550 births/month, including deliveries from 22–23 weeks gestation
- 31 labor beds, 4 OB ORs, 9-bed OB ED
- Comprehensive care teams: MFM, Midwifery, OB, Family Medicine, Residency Programs
- Specialized services: Addiction Recovery, Doulas, Cultural Navigators
- 24/7 coverage: Anesthesia, Laborists, Neonatology
Team & Structure
- ~140 direct reports include a Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, RNs, Surgical Techs & Health Unit Coordinators.
- Supported by Perinatal CNS, Educator, Medical Director for Quality & Safety, and Caregiver Resource team
- Union environment with 24/7 Charge RNs and a newly ratified 4-year contract
Leadership Expectations
We’re seeking an engaged, personable, and dynamic leader who thrives in collaboration and is responsible for:
- Oversight of quality, finance, staffing, and patient/caregiver experience
- Partnership with L&D and Women & Children’s leadership teams
Qualifications
- Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school
- Preferred: Master’s Degree in Nursing or related field
- Experience: Minimum 5 years as a Nurse Manager or equivalent, with acute care nursing background
- Licensure: Washington RN License (upon hire)
- Certifications: National Provider BLS from the American Heart Association
- Bonus: Experience in a unionized healthcare environment
Why Join Us?
Swedish First Hill L&D leads the state in births and innovation. You’ll be part of a mission-driven team committed to excellence in maternal care and caregiver experience.
Competitive salary & annual bonus potential. Relocation assistance provided.
About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
About the Team
Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard, Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle), Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we’re dedicated to improving the wellbeing of rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
For any concerns with this posting relating to the posting requirements in RCW 49.58.110(1), please click here where you can access an email link to submit your concern.
Requsition ID: 387496
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Nursing-Patient Facing
Job Function: Nursing
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Leadership
Department: 3901 SFH LABOR AND DELIVERY
Address: WA Seattle 747 Broadway
Work Location: Swedish First Hill 747 Broadway-Seattle
Workplace Type: On-site
Pay Range: $78.12 - $123.32
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
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