Certified Nurse Midwife

About the role

At the Indian Health Service, Certified Nurse Midwives do more than practice medicine—they change lives. Guided by our mission to raise the health of American Indian and Alaska Native people, you'll deliver compassionate care where it's needed most.

Responsibilities

• Provides independent, preventative, therapeutic and comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care.
• Collaborates with Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
• Performs accurate history and physical examination on obstetric, gynecologic and neonatal patients.
• Manages labor to include initial evaluation/hospital admission, ongoing assessment of maternal and fetal status, labor progress, need for intervention process and patient/family education and support.
• Provides postpartum care using a family centered approach. Evaluates and manages the normal postpartum period to include determining hospital disposition, providing discharge counseling and conducting clinic follow-up.

Requirements

A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

Qualifications

• A graduate or higher-level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
• This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
• For Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) positions, applicants must possess a graduate or higher-level degree in nursing from an accredited educational program in the area of expertise or specialty indicated by the position.
• For all grade levels and positions, applicants must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.
• Applicants must possess 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.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$110,727 - $164,017 per year

Schedule

Multiple Schedules - The majority of positions to be filled under this announcement are full-time. This announcement may also be used to fill various work schedules, including full-time, part-time (less than 40 hours per week), and intermittent (as needed).

Location

• Chinle, AZ
• Whiteriver, AZ
• Browning, MT
• Belcourt, ND
• Gallup, NM
• Shiprock, NM
• Zuni, NM
• Pine Ridge, SD

Work site options

• Telework eligible
• No
• Remote job
• No
• Relocation expenses reimbursed
• Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.

Appointment type

• Multiple - The majority of positions to be filled under this announcement are permanent. This announcement may also be used to fill time-limited appointments such as TERM and Temporary.

Occupations and job series

• Supervisory status
• Federal service type
• Represented by a union
• Drug test
• Security clearance
• Position sensitivity and risk
• Financial disclosure required

Background check type

• Financial disclosure required

Announcement number

IHS-26-HQ-12952280-DHA

Control number

871398200

Selectee may be subject to a probationary period

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. Shift rotations may vary from 8,10 and 12-hour shifts.

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social).

BASIC REQUIREMENT(S):

• Education: A graduate or higher-level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
• Advanced Practice Nurse Positions: For Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) positions, applicants must possess a graduate or higher-level degree in nursing from an accredited educational program in the area of expertise or specialty indicated by the position.
• Licensure: For all grade levels and positions, applicants must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.

Basic Requirements for the GS-9 (or equivalent) Grade Level

• Applicants who meet the above APN education and licensure requirements qualify for the GS-9.

Basic Requirements for the GS-11 (or equivalent) Grade Level

• In addition to the above APN requirements, applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
• Successful completion of a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educational program or related medical science field.