Certified Nurse Midwife

Job Title:Advanced Practice Provider Certified Nurse Midwife (Greenville OB/GYN or Greenville Womens Care)

FLSA Status: Exempt

About us

Physicians East P.A.is a team of skilled healthcare professionals united to meet the challenge of delivering quality costefficient comprehensive healthcare to the people of Eastern North Carolina.

Location & commitments

Full Time role based at our Greenville (other) location Sunday Saturday days and hours vary based on call schedule.

Overtime may be required to ensure patients are taken care tasks are completed and calls are returned in a timely manner. Weekend work is required.

Supervision Received:Facility physicians assign direct clinical supervision. Reports to the location Operations Manager.

Supervision Exercised:None.

Typical Physical Demands:Requires full range of body motion manual dexterity and eyehand coordination. Involves standing and walking. Requires normal speech and visual acuity and hearing. Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours. Requires working extended hours in hospital setting. Requires covering call day night and weekend hours. Requires call coverage during holidays.

Typical Working Conditions:

Frequent exposures to hazards found in clinic environments and hospital settings involving direct patient care.

Concepts Beliefs and Objectives

• The family is the basic unit of society and it is within the scope of nurse midwifery to preserve and enhance its integrity.
• All pregnant women participate in and are recipients of individualized and comprehensive care throughout thechildbearing cycle.
• Nurse Midwives are responsible to themselves and their professional colleagues to constantly increase their skills and knowledge necessary for current and accountable practice.
• The nurse midwife is accountable for her decisions and actions in relation to management of care including the decision of when to consult with the physician.

About the role

Experienced dependable and caring individual who can communicate courteously and effectively with patients families visitors and staff. Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality of patient information.

• Ability to form positive and collaborative relationships with all levels in the organization.
• This position requires strong organizational and excellent communication skills as well as being highly motivated and detail oriented.
• Must have a strong sense of team commitment which includes meeting deadlines punctuality and excellent followthrough and feedback.
• Must display a high level of integrity and initiative.
• Planning/organizingthe individual prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
• Problem solvingthe individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Quality and Quantity the individual demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness monitors own work to ensure quality and applies feedback to improve performance. Meets productivity standards and completes work in a timely manner.
• Adaptabilitythe individual adapts to changes in the work environment manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change delays or unexpected events.
• Dependabilitythe individual is consistently at work and on time follows instructions responds to management direction and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Safety and securitythe individual observes safety and security procedures and uses equipment and materials properly.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical antepartum intrapartum postpartum and general gynecological care to patients including:

• Initial prenatal office visits interviewing performing exams patient health education followup prenatal visits postpartum exams annual exams and work in visits.
• Managing labor and attending delivery.
• Making daily rounds of postpartum patients.
• On call for hospital (depending on the facility schedule).
• Follow Physicians East P.A. policy and procedure for dictation and documentation.

2. Assist with various administrative activities of the NurseMidwifery Program such as:

• Communicating with Physicians East P.A. Facility and hospital staff and physicians.
• Reviewing lab data and keeping records and statistics as needed for research projects.
• Telephone followup with patients.
• Updating annual Certified NurseMidwife statistics and protocols.
• Participating in various committees and meetings as needed.

3. Provide both clinical and classroom health care teaching and counseling as needed to patients families students and community programs. Act as preceptor for students to include midlevel extenders nursing and medical students.

4. Contribute information to research projects pertaining to NurseMidwife patients; assist with investigation of patient care problems; participate in individual and group projects and publication when appropriate; conduct own research projects.

• Attend Physicians East P.A. clinical meetings for MidLevel Extenders.
• Licensure/Certification must be current and renewed annually.
• CPR certification. ACLS classes and certifications suggested.
• Attend annual Compliance.

Minimum Qualifications of Employment

• Completion of a nurse midwifery program approved by the American College of Nurse Midwifery (ACNM)
• Possess evidence of certification according to the requirements of the American College of Nurse Midwives Certification Committee.
• Must have and maintain a current license to practice nursing in the state of North Carolina.
• Current in the practice of nurse midwifery according to the standards of nurse midwifery as set forth by the ACNM.
• Be credentialed to practice as a CNM at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
• Have and maintain current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation.
• Participate in Continuing Competency Assessment (CCA) as established by the ACNM.

The ideal candidate will also:

• Be confident in clinical decisionmaking and autonomous in providing care to patients in a fastpaced clinical practice setting.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills both written and verbal and be proactive in discussing case management.
• Possess excellent time management and have ability to work well with patients and their families collaborating/supervising physicians facility staff and leadership.
• Display a professional demeanor and recognition of privacy considerations for patients and families maintaining strict confidentiality in all times.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of team commitment which includes meeting deadlines punctuality and excellent followthrough and feedback.

Purpose of the Nurse Midwifery Service

• To develop and support the profession of nurse midwifery to promote the health and wellbeing of
• Women and infants within their families and communities.
• Provide care for essentially normal women and their infants throughout the reproductive cycle by working.
• Collaboratively within the health care team.
• The Nurse Midwifery Service will assist in the education for families by teaching childbirth preparation.
• Classes infant care and breastfeeding classes.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Physicians East P.A.is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age race color ethnicity religion creed sex (including gender pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity which includes status as a transgender individual) national origin or ancestry citizenship past current or prospective service in the uniformed services genetic information (including family medical history) physical or mental disability or other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodation will be made for persons with disabilities during the application process and/or at the time of employment. Requests for accommodation should be made to the Human Resources Department as early as possible in the application/employment process. Contact HR Office ator email

Disclaimer

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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