Inpatient OB Per Diem- Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant/Certified Midwife

Responsibilities

• Schedule: weekdays 7a-7p
• Opportunity to work in an inpatient Obstetric ED triage environment.
• Collaborative partner with an interdisciplinary team of faculty physicians and midwives in the care of and management of obstetric patients.
• Manage admissions and discharges, laboring patients, postpartum patients, and assist with deliveries.
• Direct patient care, documentation of care delivered, adherence to hospital and nursing policies, procedures, and standards.
• Education of patients, staff, residents, and students.
• Assurance of service excellence.
• Completion of state and hospital required reviews of practice and participation in performance improvement and other activities as required.
• Opportunities to learn newborn circumcision and Nexplanon insertion.

Requirements

• NYS certification as an NP/CNM/PA
• Certification at the national level that permits the ability to bill for services.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills required.
• Certification in Fetal Monitoring required within 12 months of hire and ongoing documentation of competency in Fetal Monitoring required every 2 years.

Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife: Requires a Master's Degree in Nursing or related field and an active New York State license in good standing.
• Physician Assistant: Completion of an AMA approved Physician Assistant program, licensure in good standing, and certified as a Registered Physician Assistant.
• Nurse Practitioner: Requires a Master's degree (or pending) as a Nurse Practitioner, an active New York State Registered Nurse license in good standing, an active/pending New York State Nurse Practitioner licensure in good standing and current/pending national certification as an Nurse Practitioner.
• Physician Assistant: Requires completion (or pending) of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant program, an active/pending New York State Physician Assistant licensure in good standing and current/pending national certification as a Physician Assistant by the NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants).