Certified Nurse Midwife

Sanford Health • Weston, WI

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About The Position

Provides midwifery care for patients with obstetric and gynecologic needs during labor, delivery, and postpartum, and identifies additional needs of mothers and babies in birthing units. The role includes monitoring pregnancy, including co-management of high-risk pregnancies, performing examinations and procedures, and monitoring fetal development. The Certified Nurse Midwife maintains patient records and communicates patient information to other health care providers; educates expectant mothers about prenatal self-care; and provides prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, inter-conceptional, well-woman, and gynecologic care and education for women and their families. The role may include ordering and interpreting diagnostic or laboratory tests and prescribing medications as permitted by state regulations.

Midwifery encompasses primary health care services for women from adolescence beyond menopause, including primary care, gynecologic and family planning services, preconception care, pregnancy and childbirth care, postpartum care, care of normal newborns during the first 28 days of life, and treatment of male partners for sexually transmitted infections. Midwives provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; conduct physical examinations; prescribe medications, including controlled substances and contraceptive methods; admit, manage, and discharge patients; order and interpret tests; and order medical devices.

Care also includes health promotion, disease prevention, and individualized wellness education and counseling, provided in partnership with women and families in settings that may include clinics, private offices, community and public health systems, homes, hospitals, and birth centers.

Requirements

• Master’s degree, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), or Ph.D.-level education from an approved, accredited nursing educational program of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).
• Unencumbered Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license based on state requirements and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) certification.
• Maintain current RN and APRN/CNM licenses where practicing, or hold multistate licensure if practicing in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
• Work within the legal scope of practice and applicable state constraints and regulations for all licenses held.
• Pass the certification examination stipulated by the appropriate state board.
• Obtain and maintain appointment at the respective Sanford facility and approval of applicable scope of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Provide a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

Responsibilities

• Provide midwifery care for patients with obstetric and gynecologic needs during labor, delivery, and postpartum.
• Identify additional needs for mothers and babies in birthing units.
• Monitor patients’ condition during pregnancy, including co-management of high-risk pregnancies, and perform examinations and procedures.
• Monitor fetal development by assessing heartbeat, uterine measurements, fetal position, and estimated fetal size and weight.
• Maintain and record patient information in medical records, or provide narrative summaries to other health care providers.
• Guide expectant mothers in prenatal self-care, including nutrition, weight gain, and daily activity.
• Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, inter-conceptional, well-woman, and gynecologic care and education for women and families.
• Maintain records of patient conditions and test results within care plans.
• Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests and prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; conduct physical examinations; and admit, manage, and discharge patients.
• Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and individualized wellness education and counseling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time