Certified Nurse MidWife

Salud Para La Gente is a nonprofit healthcare organization committed to providing high quality comprehensive and cost effective health care that is responsive to the needs of the communities it serves. The Certified NurseMidwife supports the organizations mission vision and values and works as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes physicians nurses midwives lactation consultants behavioral health specialists medical assistants and other staff.

The CNM provides services at Watsonville Community Hospital and various outpatient clinic locations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Model familycentered and traumainformed care and engage in shared decision making with patients.
• Perform outpatient antepartum and postpartum midwifery care as well as preventative health services gynecologic services and comprehensive family planning care as specified in written SPLG protocols. This includes health history physical examination lab ordering and interpretation diagnosis treatment and health education.
• Refer appropriately to team members in keeping with the concept of multidisciplinary teambased care.
• Consult and refer to OBGYNs as indicated per established collaborative care guidelines.
• Document all care rendered in EHR per standard professional expectations.
• Participate in department meetings peer review and quality improvement programs.
• Provide clinical consultation to the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (CPSP) and staff as needed and assist with evaluations of CPSP staff.
• Facilitate classes when needed for groups of patients and families to provide information concerning pregnancy childbirth and family planning.
• Work with scheduling staff to ensure that provider productivity standards of 2.5 patients per patient care hour are achieved at a minimum.
• Work in conjunction with supervisor support staff and operations team to ensure optimal patient flow.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills. Consistently adhere to or exceed SPLGs communication guidelines and expectations in interactions with colleagues patients and external partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS*

• Active Registered Nurse license to practice in California issued by the BRN
• Active NurseMidwife license to practice in California issued by the BRN.
• Active NurseMidwife Furnishing license issued by the BRN .
• Current certification through the American Midwifery Certification Board
• Active DEA certificate
• Current CPR and NRP certification
• Competence using personal computer tools including computerized healthcare information system word processing spreadsheets and presentation applications.
• Demonstrated critical thinking analytical and problemsolving skills.
• Valid CA Drivers License and current vehicle insurance; must be able to travel between sites.

*Must be able to show plan to meet all above requirements by the start date of employment.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Bicultural
• Minimum two years full scope clinical midwifery experience
• Interest in precepting students
• Experience with nonprofit community health centers

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Standing walking sitting typing reaching bending moving and/or lifting up to 50 pounds.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

Salary: $157615.22$191582.88/year

Benefits: available to all regular Salud employees working 24 hours per week. Parttime employees may receive some benefits on a prorated basis.

• Medical Dental Vision and Life Insurance Plans
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 19 days per year
• Paid Holidays: 12 per year
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer contribution
• 403 (B) FSA for dependent care
• Voluntary LongTerm Disability

Additional Information:

• Employees on temporary assignments are eligible for holiday pay and California sick pay both prorated based on hours worked.
• Oncall employees are eligible for California sick pay prorated based on hours worked.

** Salud is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or genetic information. Salud is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment its services programs and activities. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Salud Human Resources Departmentand **