Certified Nurse Midwife PRN

Our client is the most important non-profit center for nursing excellence, specializing in the midwifery model of care. WBWC is dedicated to providing people of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds person-centered, holistic, trauma-informed, and gender-affirming healthcare throughout the life cycle.

Summary

The Midwife (CNM) assists patients in labor and delivery, as well as postpartum care. Provides professional care for patients with obstetric and gynecologic needs. Ensures safety and health of mother and child and identifies need for additional care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• Certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board.
• Current Approval to Practice granted by the NC Midwifery Joint Committee OR meets qualifications for Approval to Practice pending Physician Supervision requirement.
• Graduate degree in Nursing or Midwifery

Job Expectations:

• Competency in the practice of nurse midwifery within the limits of the specialty.
• Acceptance of several principles of community health care that include but are not limited to the following: Commitment to midwifery model of care, commitment to practice of health promotion and disease prevention, appropriate risk stratification, provision of trauma-informed and gender-affirming care, commitment to actively addressing health inequities and to providing safe spaces for marginalized people and communities.

Job Requirements

• Takes 24-hour call shifts in rotation with other midwives in practice covering laboring patients at the birth center and at transferring hospital, as needed.
• Maintains compliance with ACNM, AABC and all state and federal laws and regulations.
• Assists with maintaining appropriate systems to assure quality patient care such as participation emergency skills drills and in-services; participates and utilizes quality management principles through weekly chart review.
• Contributes to maintaining productive and positive working relationships with staff at WBWC, consulting physicians and with health care facilities and agencies.
• Participates as part of a professional team by performing any other duties as assigned or needed.

All WBWC Employees are expected to adhere to the following organizational values:

• Integrity: Our decisions, actions, and behaviors are based on honesty, trust, fairness, and the highest ethical standards.
• Kindness: We are friendly, generous and considerate of others. We provide honest feedback in an effort to help others.
• Respect: We embrace the differences amongst people. We listen, acknowledge and are thoughtful towards others.
• Stewardship: We maximize the resources entrusted to us to deliver a positive return.
• Advocacy: We actively support causes that are important to us, the patients that we serve and the work that we do.

Physical Demands

Certain jobs at WBWC may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Work Environment

Birthing Center, Clinic, Direct Patient Care

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