Midwife, Inpatient

Bayhealth; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Bayhealth is seeking a hospital-based Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to join the obstetrics team at the Kent Campus. The CNM will collaborate with OB/GYN physicians to provide specialty care for women, focusing on intrapartum and immediate postpartum phases, with potential antepartum duties as needed.

Responsibilities include labor assessment, delivery, patient education, and postpartum guidance. A Master’s in midwifery or CNM certification is required; new graduates welcome for FT/PT roles.

Qualifications

• Master's in midwifery or graduate of a midwifery program with CNM certificate.
• New graduates welcome to FT and PT opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a hospital-based obstetric setting.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Bayhealth physicians in accordance with guidelines.
• Takes part in initial evaluation of L&D patients and monitors labor progress.
• Delivers infant and provides post-delivery instruction to mother and family.
• Provides gynecological and family planning services as needed.
• Participates in continuing education and maintains licensure and prescriptive authority.

Skills

Team collaboration

Patient education

Labor and delivery care

Education

Master's in midwifery

CNM certificate

Job description

If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Care to talk?

Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, a s well as stand -alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid E mergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton . We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore . Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Educational Reimbursement
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Location: Kent Campus Hospital

Status: Part Time 40 Hours biweekly

Shift: Variable

Salary Range: 64,646.40 - 100,193.60 Yearly

Midwife Sign-on bonus available for limited time!

General Summary:

The hospital-based Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) works as a member of the care team with the OB/GYN physicians to provide specialty healthcare for women in the hospital setting. The clinical responsibilities include evaluation and management of obstetrical and common pregnancy associated conditions. The care is focused on the intrapartum and immediate postpartum phases of care but can include other antepartum complications or conditions as needed. Midwife works in a team-based, patient-centered care environment, in accordance with established protocols, practices and standardized guidelines.

In addition to job description requirements, incumbents must also meet minimum criteria for medical staff privileges.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates, and consults with Bayhealth physicians in accordance with practice guidelines and nurse-midwifery regulations.
• Takes part in initial evaluation of all L&D patients, monitors course of labor and delivery, advising on proper health practices, taking tests as appropriate, and reporting any complications to the obstetrician.
• Prepares patients and their partners for delivery; trains mothers-to-be in exercise, breathing, and relaxation techniques.
• Attends and reassures patient throughout the course of labor, monitors the fetus condition, administers medications, notifies physician of prolonged labor or complications indicating need for possible surgical intervention.
• Delivers infant and checks mother and child to ensure that they are responding normally.
• During postpartum period, visits mother and child to give additional instruction in feeding and care of the newborn.
• Provides advice on family planning and performs gynecological services.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Participates in continuing education activities and obtains CEU’s necessary to maintain state licensure and prescriptive authority.
• Adapts to changing demands of workplace.
• Demonstrates the ability to interact with and contribute to professional development of peers and other healthcare providers.
• Assesses need for referral to other healthcare providers.
• Participates in labor and delivery coverage.
• All other duties and special projects as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.

Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience:

• Education: Master Degree MIDWIFERY or Graduate of a midwifery program with certificate of nurse-midwifery
• Credential(s): Midwife Practitioner
  Certified Nurse-Midwife CNM
  Or equivalent certifying board or registry.
• Experience: No experience necessary, New graduates welcome to FT and PT opportunities!

Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience:

• Credential(s): Basic Life Support BLS
  Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification NRP
  Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS
• Experience: Three (3) or more years’ experience as a Midwife in a hospital setting.