Director, Maternal Child

With construction of a brand new hospital beginning soon, Mohawk Valley Health System is excited to find a new Director, Maternal Child to oversee mother/baby care, Level II NICU and more!

The Position

• Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, the Director, Maternal Child will provide leadership and expertise for obstetrics and mother/baby patient care, overseeing 150 FTEs across two hospital campuses
• The Director operates as a transformational leader, working to ensure best practices, reduce C-section rates and implement new initiatives like Family Centered Care
• Oversee the transition to combine maternal child services within the newly constructed hospital, at which time the Director will have responsibility for OB, Mother/Baby, special care nursery, Level II NICU, pediatrics and the outpatient OB clinic
• Help create a lasting impact at the organization as they work towards achieving Magnet recognition
• MSN degree, a background as a nurse leader for maternal child services, and outpatient experience are required
• Must possess or obtain New York RN license

The Organization

• Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center affiliated as the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) in March 2014
• The MVHS Medical Group offers 19 primary care offices throughout the area, a Children’s Health Center, Women’s Health Center and multi-specialty providers including general, orthopedic, vascular and cardiac and thoracic surgery, gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy, and neuro sciences
• MVHS recently received a $700 million grant from the State of New York to help revitalize downtown Utica, starting with the construction of a brand new hospital, set to open in early 2023

The Community

• Utica, with a population of over 60,000, sits about 80 miles northwest of Albany and just 45 miles east of Syracuse, New York
• Utica is beautifully situated on the Mohawk River at the base of the Adirondack Mountains, and offers a great jumping off point to the exploration of the many forests, lakes and rivers of Upstate New York
• Utica has traditionally been a melting pot for various immigrant groups, including Dutch, Italian, German and Irish, and the local cuisine reflects this great diversity
• The city features the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, which hosts rotating exhibitions facilitated through the prestigious Pratt Institute, as well as a restored Historic District that was designed by Frederick Olmsted, who also designed New York City’s Central Park