Nurse midwife

• Provides perinatal care to patients
• Provides inpatient evaluation and management of prenatal patients
• First assist at cesarean births
• Outpatient prenatal office coverage if needed
• Assumes management responsibility for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for a plan of care
• Collaborates with the health care team
• Participates in Quality Management Program
• Assists in the development, implementation and revision of nurse midwifery guidelines
• Evaluates individual health care status of patients
• Issues prescriptions and medication orders
• Manages normal labor and conducts delivery
• Manages maternal postpartum course
• Provides on-call coverage
• Serves on nursing and hospital committees
• Develops annual objectives
• Initiates and participates in nursing research
• Participates in continued learning

• Graduate of an approved program of Midwifery
• 3-5 years of previous nurse midwifery experience required
• CNM - Certified Nurse Midwife
• Demonstrates clinical expertise to function in an independent role
• Excellent interpersonal relationships and communication skills
• Ability to work with frequent stress
• Ability to be self-directive and demonstrate initiative

Master's Degree preferred