Certified Nurse Midwife Inpatient Outpatient - Northampton

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The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a systemled operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality low cost innovative communitybased ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brighams unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings including primary care specialty care behavioral and mental health and urgent care both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy imaging cardiac testing and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.

Certified Nurse Midwives at Cooley Dickinson OB/GYN & Midwifery provide expert care and support throughout a patients reproductive life span from teen years through menopause. During pregnancy Midwives partner with pregnant people and their families to promote optimal health in pregnancy and childbirth with a focus on personalized care education and informed choice. Our team of midwives provides prenatal care in the Louise Finn house on the campus of Cooley Dickinson Hospital a beautiful yellow Victorian referred to as the yellow house. They also offer select hours at our Amherst and Atwood Drive locations. All births are attended at the Childbirth Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals.

Under the general direction of the CDMG Practice Manager and Practice Physician(s) the Midwife is responsible for:

Assessing the health status of patients by obtaining health and medical histories performing physical examinations and diagnosing health and developmental problems.
Managing the care of women (including women of diverse backgrounds and LGBTQ patients) during labor delivery and the initial postpartum period.
We are seeking a parttime 20hour Certified Nurse Midwife to support our inpatient and outpatient clinic teams. Weekly schedules consist of 1 12hour oncall shift and 1 8hour clinic shift. Our inpatient services are offered on the Cooley Dickinson Hospital main campus. Our outpatient clinics are located at 22 Atwood Drive in Northampton and 170 University Drive in Amherst.

Are you ready to bring your talent to this team and join us in driving medicine forward In this parttime role you will have access to a competitive benefits package tailored to meet your needs!

Job Summary

Responsible for safe and personalized care to patients in the antepartum intrapartum postpartum and routine GYN settings.

Does this position require Patient Care Yes

Essential Functions
Provide prenatal intrapartum postpartum and/or newborn care to patients.
Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat taking external uterine measurements identifying fetal position or estimating fetal size and weight.
Document patients health histories symptoms physical conditions or other diagnostic information.
Provide patients with direct family planning services such as inserting intrauterine devices dispensing oral contraceptives and fitting cervical barriers including cervical caps or diaphragms.
Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.
Explain procedures to patients family members staff members or others.
Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.

Education
Masters Degree Nursing required

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree
No

Licenses and Credentials
Midwife Certified Nurse State License Generic HR Only required

Experience
Minimum of two years of experience as a Nurse Midwife is required to be a Midwife II 23 years required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Excellent organizational skills.
Familiarity with Electronic Medical Record systems.
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Ability to teach others.
Excellent problemsolving case management and communication skills.
Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.

• Applicants must be familiar and/or experienced with the centering model of care and possess the desire to work as part of a collaborative progressive team.
• 3 years of midwifery experience preferred

Onsite

22 Atwood Drive

20

Regular

Rotating (United States of America)

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