Certified Nurse Midwife

About the role

The Indian Health Service employs Certified Nurse Midwives to provide compassionate, holistic care to American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Our mission is to improve the health outcomes of these populations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver independent, preventative, therapeutic, and comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care.
• Collaborate with Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
• Perform accurate history and physical examinations on obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal patients.
• Manage labor, including initial evaluation, hospital admission, ongoing assessment, labor progress, intervention processes, and patient/family education and support.
• Provide postpartum care using a family-centered approach, evaluating and managing the normal postpartum period, including determining hospital disposition, providing discharge counseling, and conducting clinic follow-up.

Requirements

To qualify for this position, you must have:

• A graduate or higher-level degree from an accredited professional nursing educational program.
• A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Pass the National Council Licensure Examination.
• For APN positions, a graduate or higher-level degree in nursing from an accredited educational program in the area of expertise or specialty indicated by the position.

Qualifications

Qualifications include:

• Experience in delivering comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with healthcare professionals.
• Knowledge of postpartum care and management.

Skills

Necessary skills include:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Effective problem-solving abilities.
• Comprehensive knowledge of obstetrics and gynecology.

Benefits

Receive a recruitment/relocation sign-on bonus, if eligible.

Pay

$110,727 - $164,017 per year.

Schedule

• Multiple Schedules - The majority of positions to be filled under this announcement are full-time.
• Telework eligible.
• No remote job option.
• Relocation expenses reimbursed.
• Appointment type - Multiple - The majority of positions to be filled under this announcement are permanent.

Work Site Options

• Telework eligible.
• No remote job option.
• Relocation expenses reimbursed.
• Appointment type - Multiple - The majority of positions to be filled under this announcement are permanent.

Occupations and Job Series

• Supervisory status - No.
• Federal service type - Competitive Service.
• Union representation - Yes.
• Drug test - No.
• Security clearance - Other.
• Position sensitivity and risk - Moderate Risk (MR).

Background Check

This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment.

Other Information

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Position subject to rotating shifts; days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• On-call hours or standby duty may be required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Vaccine exemption requests may be available according to the National and/or Service Unit guidance.