Certified Nurse Midwife

Unified Womens Health Care; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a well-established practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife in beautiful Norfolk, Virginia. This role offers a unique collaborative model between midwives and physicians, ensuring comprehensive care for women. You will be responsible for managing both low and high-risk pregnancies, providing gynecologic care, and supporting patients through labor and delivery. With a supportive team and a focus on low-intervention care, this position promises a rewarding experience in a vibrant community. Embrace the opportunity to make a difference in women's health while enjoying the stunning coastal lifestyle of Virginia.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Continuing Education stipend

401K and profit sharing

Paid Health Insurance

Malpractice Insurance

Dental and Vision benefits

Qualifications

• Certified Nurse Midwife with experience in obstetrical and gynecologic care.
• Ability to manage both low and high-risk pregnancies.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive obstetrical care throughout pregnancy and delivery.
• Facilitate group prenatal care and perform gynecologic exams.

Skills

Obstetrical care

Gynecologic care

Collaboration with physicians

Patient education

Emergency care

In-office procedures

Low-intervention labor care

Education

Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

Job description

Overview

WomanCare Centers, a Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care division and affiliate of Unified Women’s Healthcare, is seeking a full-time Certified Nurse Midwife to join their growing practice on the beautiful coast of Virginia. WCC is an established practice that has served the Tidewater area for over 33 years and draws patients from Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

WCC promotes a true collaborative model between midwives and physicians. Our group of 7 physicians and 4 CNMs work closely together to offer high and low-risk obstetric care and full-service gynecologic care to patients in our area. Patients are seen in a new 12,000 sq foot office space on the Sentara Leigh Hospital campus near Virginia Beach Town Center.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Provide outpatient and inpatient obstetrical care throughout the entire pregnancy, including collaborative management and delivery of laboring patients, and OB emergency care.
2. Facilitate CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care.
3. Provide gynecologic care, including well-woman exams and cancer screenings, perform comprehensive health assessments, and perform in-office procedures such as placement/removal of IUD and Nexplanon.
4. Facilitate inpatient triage, admissions, and discharges in accordance with established guidelines and standards developed within the collaborative practice.
5. Perform inpatient rounds and record appropriate notes, complete forms pertinent to patients’ medical records, and send notes as indicated for billing.
6. Manage low-risk pregnancies and identify and participate in collaborative care of high-risk pregnancies.
7. Provide support during labor and birth, postpartum, intrapartum, and antepartum care in a busy hospital setting, familiar with low-intervention labor care and support hydrotherapy in labor.
8. Perform procedures such as repair of 1st and 2nd-degree lacerations and may assist with cesarean deliveries.
9. Perform complete, detailed, and accurate health histories and patient record reviews.
10. Participate and facilitate patient and community outreach and education on an array of services offered by this practice.
11. Meet all the requirements of the practice agreement with the supervising physician(s) under the regulations and requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Position Highlights:

1. Well-established practice; 33 years of service to the community.
2. Collaborative model of care with like-minded physicians to support low intervention birth and gynecologic care.
3. Patient Load: 20-24/day when in office.
4. Rotating call shifts with Shared Call Model.
5. Full support staff including office management, surgery scheduler & clinical coordinator, experienced triage/phone nurses, friendly front desk staff, and 3 ob/gyn ultrasound technicians.
6. Mentorship opportunities.

Benefits:

1. Competitive salary - negotiable and commensurate with experience.
2. Excellent benefits package: Paid Time Off, Continuing Education-time and stipend, 401K and profit sharing, Paid Health Insurance, and voluntary group benefits to include Dental, Vision, STD, and LTD.
3. Malpractice Insurance.
4. Hampton Roads Highlights – the coast brings history, outdoor family fun, spa and golf courses, trendy neighborhoods, and plenty to explore.

About

Unified Women’s Healthcare is affiliated with the largest, physician-owned Ob-Gyn practice network in the nation, with more than 900 affiliated practices and 2,500 providers in 17 states and Washington DC. Choose an opportunity from dozens of cities; urban to rural. The national footprint of our medical affiliates provides candidates with a variety of practice settings and career opportunities that will fit their professional practice goals.

As a provider practicing with a medical affiliate in the Unified network, you will see the benefit of being affiliated with a large, national women’s healthcare company while knowing that governance and clinical decision-making remains the exclusive domain of providers.

We are advocates for the Ob-Gyn medical affiliates in our network, advancing the business of medicine so they can focus solely on the practice of medicine. We help our medical affiliates both innovate and expand while providing tools, training, support, and additional practice resources.

Our medical affiliate is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.