Nurse Midwife (Experience Preferred)

Job Responsibility

• Performs complete history and physical examination on new patients admitted to the labor room, and writes admission notes utilizing the attending physician when appropriate.
• Discusses new admissions with the attending physician and nursing staff including noted complications.
• Decides who will follow the patient and develops a plan for care.
• Performs admissions diagnostics and care including, but not limited to pelvic examination, cervical cultures, drawing bloods, and starting intravenous lines.
• Follows progress of labor of all patients in labor and delivery suite in collaboration with the attending physician and nursing staff.
• Makes ongoing assessments of maternal and fetal reactions to the progress of labor.
• Reports any abnormalities in patient’s condition to physician including, but not limited to meconium, bleeding, hypertonic labor, fetal distress, failure of progress in labor, malpresentation.
• Participates in deliveries.
• Performs related duties as required.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Master’s Degree in Nurse Midwifery from an accredited midwifery educational program, required.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required and current licensure as a Nurse Midwife in the State of New York, required.
• American Midwifery Board Certification, required.
• Has a collaborative practice agreement with a physician and designated protocols, both filed with the New York State Department of Education.
• Experience preferred.

Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).