Midwife

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals’ Queens Hospital Center seeks a licensed midwife to deliver antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, neonatal and gynecological care under supervision of Midwifery Services and the OB/GYN Division.

The role involves patient assessment, care planning, labor management, newborn care and family education, adhering to written midwifery protocols and ICARE values across care scenarios.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a Midwife by NYS Department of Education.

Responsibilities

• Plans and provides health care for women and newborn infants.
• Establishes a complete database concerning the patient through history taking, physical examination and appropriate laboratory data.
• Assesses the status of the patient, develops and implements a plan of care with the patient during the prenatal, intrapartal, postpartal, neonatal and interconceptional/gynecological periods.
• Provides guidance and education for patients and families concerning health maintenance, admission and discharge, and labor management (including physical and emotional support).
• Manages labor, including delivery of the newborn, utilizes medication and performs procedures.
• Provides immediate and follow-up care of the newborn infant, including an ongoing assessment and follow-up with the postpartum family.
• Seeks medical consultation for patients with deviations from standards/guidelines.
• Performs ongoing review of care, including evaluation and documentation in the medical record.
• Provides contraceptive guidance and evaluation and treatment for minor gynecological conditions.

Skills

Licensure as Midwife

Job description

Provider Careers at NYC Health + Hospitals

Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 261-bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Work Shifts

7:00 A.M – 7:30 P.M

37.5 Hours

Responsibilities

Licensure as a Midwife by the New York State Department of Education.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position:

Under the supervision of Midwifery Services and direction of the OB/GYN Division, provides antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, neonatal, interconceptional and gynecological care in accordance with written midwifery protocols which have been approved by the Institution’s Medical Board.

Examples of Typical Tasks:

1. Plans and provides health care for women and newborn infants.

2. Establishes a complete database concerning the patient through history taking,
physical examination and appropriate laboratory data.

3. Assess the status of the patient, develops and implements a plan of care with the patient during the prenatal, intrapartal, postpartal, neonatal and interconceptional/gynecological periods.

4. Provides guidance and education for patients and families concerning health maintenance, admission and discharge, and labor management (including physical and emotional support).

5. Manages labor, including delivery of the newborn, utilizes medication and performs procedures.

6. Provides immediate and follow-up care of the newborn infant, including an ongoing assessment and follow-up with the postpartum family.

7. Seeks medical consultation for patients with deviations from standards/guidelines.

8. Performs ongoing review of care, including evaluation and documentation in the medical record.

9. Provides contraceptive guidance and evaluation and treatment for minor gynecological conditions.

JOB DETAILS

$122,311

Position type:

Full-Time

Department:

LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT A2W

Category:

Nursing

Posted:

Sep 22, 2026

LOCATION

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens

82-68 164th Street

Jamaica, NY 11432

NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens

82-68 164th Street

Jamaica, NY 11432

ABOUT NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation, annually serving more than a million New Yorkers in more than 70 patient care locations across the city’s five boroughs. Our mission is to care for all, without exception.