Nurse Midwife (Experience Preferred)

$121,200 - $212,100 / year

184985

Job Description

Provides physician-supervised physical and emotional care for the mother during labor, delivery, and postpartum phases. Evaluates progress and manages the labor and delivery. Evaluates and provides immediate care for the normal newborn.

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.
Monitors fetal heart rate patterns and notifies the appropriate physician of significant deviations.
Examines patients periodically to determine progress in labor with ongoing assessment of maternal and fetal reaction 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. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

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).

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