Certified Nurse Midwife

Chase Brexton Health Care; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Chase Brexton Health Services is seeking a Certified Nurse Midwife to provide outpatient gynecology and midwifery care in Baltimore, MD. The role emphasizes patient safety, quality improvement, and collaborative care across disciplines.

The candidate will perform comprehensive gynecologic and well-woman care, prenatal services, health education, and STI management, with no intrapartum deliveries. A Master’s/WHNP CNM certification and 5 years of midwifery experience are required.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree/ American Midwifery Certification and/or Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner required, with certification and extensive obstetrics experience.
• Must have 5 years experience in midwifery.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates patient safety standards and midwife practice standards in the patient population.
• Participate in peer review and quality improvement activities of the department.
• Performs assessments and evaluations to improve midwife care outcomes in obstetric and gynecologic patients.
• Outpatient duties include comprehensive gynecologic and well-woman care, health maintenance education, STI screening and treatment, immunizations, prenatal care, and menopause management; no intrapartum deliveries.
• Uses resources in the most cost-effective manner without compromising patient care.
• Maintains educational competencies and plans to address deficits.
• Provides a supportive learning environment for students, fellows, and residents.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

Masters Degree/ American Midwifery Certification and/or Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner

Job description

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Certified Nurse Midwife

Professional Baltimore, MD, US

30+ days ago Requisition ID: 4861

Salary Range: $119,420.97 To $140,384.07 Annually

JOB SUMMARY

The Certified Nurse-Midwife assumes responsibility for the effective implementation of the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the health center and midwifery services. The nurse-midwife is responsible for adhering to performance goals, patient safety goals, and patient satisfaction goals set by the organization. He/she is eager to learn and is committed to caring for a socioeconomically, culturally and gender diverse population. He/she recognizes the contributions of the team, maintains good rapport and working relationships, and strives to improve system processes through problem solving and involvement of other disciplines and services. The nurse-midwife demonstrates support and compliance with the mission, vision, values, philosophy, goals, objectives and policies of Chase Brexton Health Services.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Compliance, Policy, and Procedure

• Demonstrates patient safety standards and midwife practice standards and best practices as applicable to the patient population in his/her department area.
• Participate in peer review and quality improvement activities of the department

Analytical and Critical Thinking

• Performs assessments, evaluations, and takes appropriate actions to improve the quality of midwife care provided in his/her area related to outcomes for obstetric and gynecologic patients
• Performs duties in outpatient office setting: which include:
  • Comprehensive gynecologic and well woman care, including family planning
  • Health maintenance education
  • Health screenings, including screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
  • Immunizations
  • Prenatal care
  • Menopause management
  • No intrapartum management/deliveries.
• Uses resources in most cost effective manner without negatively impacting patient care.

Willingness to Learn

• Maintains educational competencies, identifies educational deficits and plans ways to meet those deficits

Teamwork

• Provides a supportive learning environment for students, fellows, and residents
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Masters Degree/ American Midwifery Certification and/or Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner with certification and extensive experience working with obstetrics
• Must have 5 years experience in midwifery