The Nurse Midwife is responsible for performing continuous care and management of mothers and babies throughout the maternity cycle in the Nurse Midwife Service of a county medical facility.
Responsibilities include various clinical administrative, educational and some research duties which require licensure as a Registered Nurse Practitioner, as well as registration with the State Department of Health as a Certified Nurse Midwife.
Incumbents perform care and management of patients as long as progress meets the criteria of normal as defined in the standing orders, policies and procedures of the facility.
Employees exercise a considerable degree of professional knowledge and judgment in maintaining high standards of therapeutic care and in requesting medical assistance or early consultation when patients require complex nursing and obstetric procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Provides professional care for delivery related services.
Performs prenatal history, and physical examinations.
Completes prenatal care of normal obstetric patients.
Diagnose the onset of labor and performs the admission history and physical examinations of patients in labor.
Educates patient and family to facilitate and support health adjustments to new or changing health patterns.
Provides consultation and proper hand off about the patient's therapeutic regimen to other members of the health care team.
Facilitates the continuity of care across the continuum of services, e.g. home care, community referrals, other facilities, appointments with other providers or specialists, etc.
Ensures complete and thorough documentation for all services rendered.
Plans and organizes care to meet individual patient needs and to ensure appropriate clinical resource utilization per protocols, pathways, and other means.
Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to maintain timely and appropriate communication with patient, family, other disciplines, and ancillary services.
Incorporate best practices to continuously improve quality of care and clinical judgement.
Maintains current expertise in Midwifery Practice and Advanced Practice Nursing.
Serves as a clinical expert and resource for the education of peers and other health professionals including Residents, especially as it relates to the management of low risk pregnancy and other aspects care.
Integrates appropriate technologies for knowledge management to improve health care delivery.
Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list.
Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required.
Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).
Performs all other related job duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
Experience: • Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience.
Education: • Master's degree in Nursing is required.
License Certification: • Valid Florida licensed RN/ARNP or eligibility for licensure as Nurse Midwife/Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner. • National Board Certification in related field required (i.e. National Board Certification Nurse Midwife or Nurse Practitioner). • American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment. • Must meet and maintain valid and current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required by regulatory and/or nursing standard of practice for the specialty.
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