Certified Nurse Midwife

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses, monitors and examines women during pregnancy.
• Develops, assesses and evaluates individual care programs.
• Provides full antenatal care, including screening tests.
• Identifies high risk pregnancies working in collaboration or consultation with doctors and other medical specialists.
• Arranges and provides parenting and health education for the woman, her partner and family members.
• Encourages participation of family members in the birth to support the mother and enhance both mother/baby bonding and family relationships.
• Offers support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death, co-managing the care for women undergoing these complications with the obstetricians.
• Provides intra-partum care, assisting mothers in labor and delivery, monitoring the condition of the fetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management within the written scope of practice for CNMs at Women & Infants Hospital.
• Provides advice and guidance on a safe and timely discharge.
• Acts as a liaison with outside agencies and with other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care.
• Engages in professional development.
• Participates in the training and supervision of junior colleagues.

Requirements

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
• American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) required.
• Current State of RI Midwivery Licensure and controlled substance registration required.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and sensitivity to cultural diversity in each step of the care process.
• 2 years' clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology experience as a Certified Nurse Midwife preferred.
• Must have patient care services, procedures and privileges approved by the sponsoring physician.

Qualifications

• Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) required.

Skills

• Knowledge of midwifery practice including well woman gynecological care throughout the reproductive Brown University Health, peri and post menopausal periods, GYN problem visits, testing and contraception counseling and prescription, insertion and removal of intrauterine devices.
• Ability to manage high risk pregnancies in consultation with physicians.
• Ability to diagnose, monitor and examine women during pregnancy.
• Ability to develop, assess and evaluate individual care programs.
• Ability to provide full antenatal care, including screening tests.
• Ability to identify high risk pregnancies working in collaboration or consultation with doctors and other medical specialists.
• Ability to arrange and provide parenting and health education for the woman, her partner and family members.
• Ability to encourage participation of family members in the birth to support the mother and enhance both mother/baby bonding and family relationships.
• Ability to offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death, co-managing the care for women undergoing these complications with the obstetricians.
• Ability to provide intra-partum care, assisting mothers in labor and delivery, monitoring the condition of the fetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management within the written scope of practice for CNMs at Women & Infants Hospital.
• Ability to provide advice and guidance on a safe and timely discharge.
• Ability to act as a liaison with outside agencies and with other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care.
• Ability to engage in professional development.
• Ability to participate in the training and supervision of junior colleagues.

Benefits

• Continuity of care through partnerships with outside agencies and health care professionals.
• Support and advice provided for various maternal and infant health concerns.
• Collaboration with physicians to manage high-risk pregnancies.
• Training and supervision of junior colleagues.

Pay

$127,504.00-$161,782.40

Schedule

Rotating days, nights, weekends