Nurse Midwife

Job Description:

We are seeking a Full Time/ Full Scope Certified Nurse Midwife for a growing practice serving the South Shore of Boston, Cape Cod and Islands.

The Staff Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) functions in a collaborative relationship with the physician team. The CNM will provide health care services for women from adolescence beyond menopause. These services include the independent provision of gynecologic, family planning; preconception, pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care. Services may also include treatment of sexual partners for sexually transmitted infections. In the context of providing midwifery care, the midwife may need to consult with other members of the healthcare team to provide the following patterns of care when additional expertise is necessary to meet the health care needs of the individual to whom care is being provided.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides direct prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and/or well women patient services obstetrical and gynecological patients.

• Participates in the education of medical, midwifery, nursing students, clinical staff, residents, fellows, peers and others.

• Participates in Division and/or other research and on-going Quality Assurance or Improvement activities.

• Participates in Obstetric Department, and Divisional activities, professional organizations, and community outreach/service activities.

• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.

• Will participate in a 24/7 call coverage system for the BirthPlace labor/delivery/postpartum unit, dividing between the available staff CNMs

• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing;

• Certification/Licensure A Massachusetts APN/CNM nursing License (or eligible). Participation in the Certificate Maintenance Program with the American Midwifery Certification Board (or eligible).

• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

• Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.

• Knowledge of midwifery theory, procedure and standards.

• Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care programs.

• Ability to perform patient assessment and triage.

• Ability to develop and present educational programs and/or workshops.

• Knowledge of gynecological health issues and trends.

• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.

Conditions of Employment

• May be required to submit to annual TB and rubella screening.

• Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check.

• May be subject to credentialing process; must maintain credentialed status, if applicable.

• Must maintain certification status.

• Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Moderate physical activity; which may include standing and/or walking for more than four (4) hours per day.

• Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment.

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office/hospital work environment.

• Will work with blood or blood-borne pathogens

Pay Range:

The base pay range reflects what Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation within this range may be determined based on several factors, including academic appointment, work experience, specialty training, geography of work location, anticipated productivity, FTE basis, and role expectations. In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include bonuses for productivity and quality HMFP also offers a comprehensive and generous employee benefits program to eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plan(s) with employer contributions.