NURSE-MIDWIFE (Certified Nurse-Midwife)

About the role

The Nurse-Midwife provides care to mothers and babies through the maternity cycle of antepartum, intrapartum, post-partum, and neonatal for the medically uncomplicated patient and provides gynecological care, including family planning.

Responsibilities

• Reviews the patient's chart and searches for abnormalities that would indicate anything other than a normal birth.
• Obtains patient's medical history and performs an evaluative obstetrical examination, including taking vital signs, checking neurological reflexes, listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external measurements of the uterus, locating the position of the fetus and estimating its size and weight, and examining breasts and nipples.
• Performs internal pelvic examination to determine the extent of dilation, station, and position of the fetus and general condition of the membranes.
• Interprets the results of each element of the obstetrical examination with normal ranges and determines whether consultation with a physician is indicated.
• Draws blood and completes routine laboratory request forms.
• Functions under standing orders by a physician when a patient is admitted for delivery and manages the patient during labor, starting IVs, administering medications, prepping the patient, instructing the patient in labor procedures, giving supportive counseling to the patient, maintaining surveillance of progress in labor, and keeping the physician informed of progress or impending problems.
• Assists the patient in the delivery room by giving emotional support to the patient and performs delivery procedures, including pudendal block, episiotomy, and repairs and resuscitation of the newborn.
• Makes periodic postpartum visits to the mother and baby to evaluate condition and progress and to instruct the mother in recuperative procedures and baby care.
• Participates in the informal training of nurses and students and the refresher program for nurse-midwives.
• Provides gynecological care to healthy women under medical direction, including performing pelvic examinations to screen for cancer and other abnormalities and referring cases to physicians.
• Provides direct family planning services such as fitting diaphragms and intrauterine devices and dispenses oral contraceptives.
• Counsels and provides referrals regarding family planning.

  Requirements

  • A current and active license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
  • -AND-
  • A current and active certificate to practice as a Nurse-Midwife issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
  • -AND-
  • A current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program certification issued by the American Heart Association.

  Qualifications

  Required license(s) and certificate(s) have to be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted. Applicants are required to attach a legible copy/image of the BLS certificate/e-card to their application at the time of filing or provide it by emailing the document within (7) calendar days of filing their application online, to aharraway@dhs.lacounty.gov . Applications submitted without evidence of the required BLS certification will not be accepted.

  Desirable Qualifications

  Experience as a Certified Nurse-Midwife. Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must provide their registered nurse license AND nurse-midwife certification numbers from that state to the application at the time of filing. Be sure to include the license and certification information in the License and Certificates section of the application. Out-of-state experience illustrated on the application without verifiable evidence of licensure and certification will not be considered.

  Physical Class Iii (moderate)

  This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.

  Benefits

  We offer one of the strongest public-sector benefits packages in the country. Join us and discover a rich selection of health care options, robust retirement plans, and the flexibility to work, relax, and rejuvenate as you reach your fullest personal and professional potential.

  Pay

  Details about pay will be provided upon hire.

  Schedule

  Details about schedule will be provided upon hire.