Certified Nurse Midwife, OB-GYN
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Job Location:
Amherst, MA - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 62 - 91
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
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 collaboration with a multi-disciplinary 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 LGBTQ patients) during labor delivery and the initial post-partum period.
We are seeking a per diem Certified Nurse Midwife to support our inpatient and outpatient clinic teams on an as-needed basis. All births are attended at the Childbirth Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Our outpatient clinics are located at 22 Atwood Dr in Northampton MA and 170 University Dr in Amherst MA.
Job Summary
Responsible for safe and personalized care to patients in the antepartum intrapartum postpartum and routine GYN settings.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.
Required for All Jobs
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Does this position require Patient Care (indirect/direct) Yes
Qualifications
Education
Masters Degree Nursing required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree No
Licenses and Credentials
Midwife Certified Nurse State License required
Experience
Minimum of two years of experience as a Nurse Midwife is required to be a Midwife II 2-3 years required
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
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
Remote Type
Work Location
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Employee Type
Work Shift
Pay Range
$62.62 - $91.48/HourlyGrade
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About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.
