Certified Nurse Midwife, UPMC Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists Lititiz, PA

UPMC•Lititz, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

UPMC Pinnacle Medical Services is hiring a Full-Time Certified Nurse Midwife to help support their UPMC team in Lititz, PA! This position will support multiple locations in the Lititiz area based on staff needs. The role involves seeing patients in the office for OB and Gyn care, including birth control services, and inpatient call shifts to triage, manage labor and postpartum patients. This is a large OBGYN practice with high demand for CNM care, offering CNMs autonomy over their patients and a strong shared decision-making practice. CNMs are managed by a CNM. UPMC offers a career path, health and welfare benefits, work-life balance, competitive pay, and a sign-on bonus.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited school of nurse midwifery required.
Bachelor's degree required.
Considerable degree of independent judgment to monitor and respond to changes in a client's condition.
Interpersonal skills to work effectively with clients, families and all members of the healthcare team.
Oral and written skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients, physicians and members of the healthcare community.
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Midwife
Registered Nurse (RN)
Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
Act 33 with renewal
Act 34 with renewal
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

Nice To Haves

Preferred Midwifery experience
Preferred women’s health nursing/labor suite experience

Responsibilities

Perform accurate history and physical examinations on essentially healthy women, order and interpret diagnostic tests, diagnose problems, and manage minor problems and illnesses.
Provide primary care in an ambulatory setting to women: preconception care, prenatal care, labor and delivery management, postpartum care, normal newborn care, well-woman gynecology, family planning, counseling in health promotion, maintenance and disease prevention.
Participate in research and continuing education activities.
Instruct and supervise nursing and medical personnel.
Follow the mandatory reporting procedures for any incident or serious event that did affect or potentially could have affected the clinical care of any patient.
Identify deviations from normal and consults, co-manages or refers as appropriate.
Provide individualized educational opportunities for students including mentoring, supervision and evaluation.
Provide individualized client teaching and counseling utilizing the nurse midwifery philosophy.