CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE

Sun Life Health; Chandler (AZ); Sur place; USD 100 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Sun Life Health in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Certified Nurse Midwife for full-time, on-site work in an OB/GYN clinic. The CNM will provide midwifery services, participate in wellness programs, and collaborate with an OB/GYN physician to ensure comprehensive patient care.

The position covers prenatal and postpartum guidance, family planning, and preventive screenings, with responsibility for documenting care and coordinating follow-ups in a clinical setting.

Qualifications

• Plan, direct, and evaluate patients in ambulatory health services.
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining histories.
• See ambulatory patients for lab testing, exams, diagnoses, and treatment.
• Provide pap smears, mammograms, and colorectal cancer screenings.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement patient management plans for continuity of care.
• Instruct and counsel patients on therapies, prenatal and postpartum issues, and wellness.
• Collaborate with OB/GYN Chair and on-call staff during shifts.
• Maintain outpatient records and document care in EMR.
• Confer with private physicians as needed and refer to specialists.

Connaissances

Ambulatory care

Patient assessment

Health screenings

Prenatal counseling

Postpartum counseling

Office procedures

Formation

Nurse Practitioner program

Arizona CNM license

Description du poste

Job Details: Job Location: CHANDLER OBGYN - CHANDLER, AZ, Position Type: Full-time, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Shift: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday, STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Promotes and maintains patient’s health by providing midwifery services to the extent to which she /he is licensed and/or certified while collaborating with an OBGYN physician.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Plan, direct, and evaluate patients in ambulatory health services
• Identify short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommend options and course of action
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical histories
• See ambulatory patients in the Clinic for selected laboratory testing, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and acute episodic illnesses and minor injuries
• Either indirectly or directly provide health screenings such as pap smears, mammograms, and colorectal cancer screenings
• Perform referrals to physicians as needed, write prescriptions, and perform office procedures within the scope of expertise, protocols, and available equipment
• Work with the OB/GYN Chair in the care and treatment of patients
• Schedule follow-up visits in office as needed
• Confer with patient’s private physicians as needed
• Instruct and counsel patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal and abnormal development information, discussing family planning, providing counseling on sexually transmitted diseases, discussing prenatal and postpartum issues and promoting wellness and health maintenance
• Provide continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans
• Act as a resource person for decisions, planning, and policies affecting the health of patients
• Develop the health care team by providing information, educational and experiential growth opportunities
• Maintain outpatient records by documenting patient care services
• Record statistics and conduct research as deemed necessary by the organization
• Compile necessary reports concerning ambulatory care at the facility as required or requested
• Collaborate with staff to identify patient needs and help develop plans to meet these needs
• Follow the patient’s health care as needed for continuity of care
• Serve as a member of committees dealing with health care
• Manage the Center’s OBGYN patients who presents to the emergency department, L&D triage, or are directly admitted to L&D in coordination with the assigned collaborative physician during the CNM’s assigned on call shifts
• Respond to after-hours answering service calls and document in the Center’s EMR as appropriate

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies
• Participate in in-service/education regarding Quality Improvement
• Participate in other assigned duties as designated by the OB/GYN Chair, Medical Director, or Chief Executive Officer

Qualifications: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program
• Must be currently licensed in good standing as a Certified Nurse Midwife in the state of Arizona