Advanced Practice Nurse (Midwife) - Rex OB Hospitalist

UNC Health Care; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care in North Carolina seeks a Nurse Midwife to provide advanced practice care across antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn settings. You will conduct exams, manage labor and delivery, order tests, and prescribe medications within the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

Responsibilities include counseling patients and families, maintaining clinical documentation, and participating in quality improvement while ensuring HIPAA, CLIA, OSHA, and infection control compliance.

Qualifications

• MSN required.
• Must have current or compact RN licensure in North Carolina. Certification as a Nurse Midwife is required.
• Three years of nursing experience in a clinical setting.
• Demonstrated clinical competency and strong interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with the supervising physician to provide primary health care services within the scope of the licensed Nurse Practitioner.
• Obtains patient histories, performs exams, and orders diagnostic tests; documents care in the medical record.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmaceuticals in compliance with prescribing authority.
• Provides guidance and counseling to patients and families on prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and interconceptional care.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and maintains collaborative practice agreements.
• Ensures compliance with safety and regulatory guidelines (HIPAA, CLIA, OSHA, infection prevention).
• Demonstrates good customer service skills and effective communication and teamwork.
• Provides direct clinical services and management of mothers and babies as defined by standing orders and protocols.

Skills

Nursing experience

Leadership

Communication

Independent work

Education

MSN

Job description

Description

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Summary

The Nurse Midwife is an advanced practice nurse who is responsible for the assessment, plan, implementation and evaluation of nurse midwifery care delivered to antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum, and newborn patients. The midwife performs physical exams, collects and documents data, manages labor and spontaneous delivery, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, and prescribes appropriate interventions and medications.

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with the supervising physician to provide primary health care services within the scope of the licensed Nurse Practitioner. Maintains compliance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement, including drugs, devices, medical treatments, tests and procedures that may be prescribed, ordered and performed by the Nurse Practitioner.
• Obtains patient histories, performs complete or problem focused exams, and orders diagnostic tests and treatments. Evaluates findings to formulate an integrated plan of care, and documents care provided in the patient’s medical record.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmaceuticals in compliance with the standards established in the Prescribing Authority by the NCBON.
• Provides guidance and counseling to patients and families. Provides patient and family education related to prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn and interconceptional care.
• Participates in quality improvement activities including ongoing review of care provided through regularly scheduled meetings with the supervising physician at least every six months, and annual review of the Collaborative Practice Agreement. Plans for and identifies situations beyond the Nurse Practitioner’s expertise, and consults with and refers to other health care providers as appropriate.
• Ensures compliance with established safety and regulatory guidelines, including HIPAA, CLIA, OSHA, and infection prevention policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates good customer service skills when interacting with patients, families, and visitors. Demonstrates effective communication skills and teamwork.
• Provides direct clinical services and management of mothers and babies as defined in the standing orders, policies, procedures and protocols for the certified nurse midwife.

Education Requirements

• MSN required.

Licensure and Certification Requirements

• Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. Certification as a Nurse Midwife is required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Three years of nursing experience in a clinical setting.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements

• Demonstrated clinical competency.
• Effective leadership skills. Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication and strong analytical skills.
• Effective interaction to ensure the successful care of patients in the clinical setting.
• Documentation in the medical record to substantiate accurate billing.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.