Certified Nurse Midwife - Mary Washington OBGYN Embry Mill

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Provides inpatient and outpatient obstetrical care throughout the entire pregnancy to include collaborative management and delivery of laboring patients, and OB emergency care
• Provides gynecologic care to include wellness screening, performance of comprehensive health assessments, and the performance of in-office procedures to include placement of IUDs, colposcopy, endometrial biopsy
• Arranges inpatient admissions, transfers, and discharges in accordance with established guidelines and standards developed within the collaborative practice.
• Performs inpatient rounds and records appropriate notes, compiles detailed narrative and case summaries and complete forms pertinent to patients’ medical records
• Provides pregnancy care by managing low risk pregnancies and identify and participate in collaborative care of high-risk pregnancies. Provides support during labor and childbirth, postpartum, intrapartum, and antepartum care in the hospital and or outpatient setting.
• Performs procedures such as circumcision, 1st and 2nd degree lacerations repair and assist with cesarean deliveries
• Plans and initiate a therapeutic regimen which includes ordering legend drugs, medical devices, nutrition, and supportive services in accordance with established protocols and institutional policies.
• Orders laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic studies appropriate for complaint, age, race, sex, and physical condition of the patient.
• Institutes appropriate emergency/stabilization measures and/or treatment in situations such as cardiac arrest, shock, hemorrhage, convulsions, poisoning, and allergic reactions.
• Performs complete, detailed, and accurate health histories and patient record review.
• Develops comprehensive medical and nursing status reports.
• Maintains compliance with the practice agreement with the supervising physician(s) under the regulations and requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse licensed to practice in Virginia required
• Current Virginia state certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner, required
• Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) through American Midwifery Certification Board required at hire
• AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire
• AHA ACLS Provider required within 90 days of hire
• NRP required within 90 days of hire
• Valid DEA certificate required within 90 days of hire
• Two years of experience working as a CNM with a strong background in OBGYN preferred
• Working knowledge of ICD9/10, CPT and HCPCS coding, required
• Experience using Electronic Medical Records systems preferred
• Ability to work effectively in emergency situations and under stress
• Ability to work cooperatively/collaboratively as part of a team, developing productive working relationships with diverse groups of people