Certified Nurse Midwife

Signature Healthcare•North Easton, MA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is seeking an experienced Certified Nurse Midwife to work as a Laborist in the hospital’s labor and delivery unit and see patients in its office-based outpatient practice. The schedule will be determined and is expected to include 12-hour hospital shifts and 8-hour outpatient practice sessions. The position has no night call. In the outpatient practice, the Certified Nurse Midwife independently manages well-women and low-risk obstetric and gynecologic patients, and co-manages at-risk obstetric and gynecologic patients. In the hospital, the midwife works independently and collaboratively with the obstetric team to provide labor, delivery, and postpartum care. Certified nurse midwives are an integral part of the OBGYN and Labor and Delivery team. Signature Healthcare is a southeastern Massachusetts integrated healthcare system that includes Brockton Hospital and Signature Medical Group. Brockton Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, 245-licensed-bed community teaching hospital. Signature Healthcare serves an area population of approximately 418,000 across 22 communities and has 2,500 associates. The organization uses LEAN as its management system and emphasizes continuous process improvement, with employees contributing through problem solving, improvement suggestions, goal setting, and measuring results.

Requirements

Must have completed a nurse midwifery program.
Must be licensed as a Certified Nurse Midwife.
Must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively.

Nice To Haves

Experience is preferred.
Language skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

Independently manage intrapartum and postpartum care for low-risk women and co-manage care for women at risk.
Interpret antepartal fetal testing.
Triage antepartal patients on labor and delivery.
Consult with the attending obstetrician and/or perinatologist as indicated.
Co-manage assessment, admission, and transfer of high-risk patients to a tertiary care center.
Work independently and collaboratively with the attending on-call obstetrician to assess and manage low- to moderate-risk intrapartum patients.
Assess, manage, and discharge patients during the postpartum period.
Provide surgical first assistance with C-sections.
Perform telephone triage and task management for nurse midwifery patients.
Participate in daily huddles and board rounds on labor and delivery as a member of the obstetric team.
Support the growth and development of nursing staff, new hires, orientees, and students on the labor and delivery unit.
In the outpatient practice, independently manage well-women and low-risk obstetric and gynecologic patients and co-manage at-risk obstetric and gynecologic patients.