Director – Midwifery, Nurse Practitioner practices and Birth Center

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is an award-winning public health system providing innovative primary, specialty and emergency care through an established network of outpatient clinics and two full-service hospitals. We are a mission-driven organization passionate about serving our ethnically and socio-economically diverse patient population in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro North region.

About the Role

CHA is seeking a dedicated Certified Nurse-Midwife Director to join our team. At CHA, our Certified Nurse-Midwives provide compassionate, personalized care for people throughout every stage of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. CHA Midwives are an essential part of our medical staff, working closely with our Ob/Gyn, Family Medicine and Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians, and our award-winning maternity care team. This role offers an expansive scope of clinical and administrative responsibilities leading a multidisciplinary team across our clinics, birth center, and hospital.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, compassionate, and personalized care for birthing patients and newborns.
• Collaborate with operational, nursing, and provider leadership to facilitate strategic vision and Birth Center operations.
• Execute directives while managing the inherent pressures of a multi-faceted, high-volume healthcare setting.
• Develop and refine clinical processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Foster a robust High Reliability Organization (HRO) safety culture, prioritizing proactive reporting, transparency, and continuous learning.
• Manage scheduling, recruitment, compliance, evaluation and development for CNMs and Nurse Practitioners across OBGYN clinical sites.
• Partner with operational leadership to serve as a resource for the utilization and productivity of CNMs and NPs, including identifying benchmarks to evaluate performance.

Requirements

• Master’s degree.
• Registered nurse licensed.
• Certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience providing full scope midwifery care as a certified nurse-midwife (birth center experience preferred).
• Experience with newborns.
• Current Basic Life Support “C” certification and NPR status.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience of administrative oversight, managing fiscal responsibilities, and supervising staff.
• Demonstrated success in operational roles, with strong experience in clinical operations management preferred.
• Bilingual skills preferred but not required.
• Commitment to caring for everyone, every time is essential.

Pay

Salary range is $184,000 to $310,000 based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

About CHA

Cambridge Health Alliance brings care to the people—including your neighbors, friends and family. Our local hospitals and care centers serve our vibrant, diverse communities and play an integral role in improving health. As passionate advocates for the underserved, we actively partner with our communities to take on challenging public health issues and conduct important research to help reduce barriers to care. We believe that everyone deserves access to high-quality, convenient healthcare.

Healthcare is changing rapidly. CHA has a strategic plan that charts a proactive course for our future, built on a vision of equity and excellence for everyone, every time. It recognizes that our workforce is our most valuable asset and prioritizes competitive salaries, benefits, and professional development opportunities for employees.