Certified Nurse Midwife (APRN)

Hunter Health•Wichita, KS

About The Position

The Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) provides obstetric services in an outpatient setting, delivering accessible, high-quality prenatal, postpartum, routine gynecologic, preventive, and family-planning care. The CNM collaborates with Hunter Health Clinic providers, family medicine residents, and University of Kansas faculty physicians to coordinate care with hospitals and obstetric partners. The role supports the Medical Director and provides quality medical care in compliance with applicable federal grant requirements and regulations, Kansas State Board of Nursing requirements, and Hunter Health Clinic policies and procedures. The role does not include assigned deliveries. This is a 24-hour-per-week position. The CNM also coordinates clinical workflows and patient access, maintains accurate and timely medical records, contributes to quality improvement and provider training, and travels when necessary to meet operational needs.

Requirements

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from an accredited program with a nurse-midwifery specialty.
Current Registered Nurse (RN) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in Kansas.
Current certification through the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB).
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days of hire.
Current and unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license.
Ability to listen, identify, and respond quickly and effectively to internal and external needs.
Effective communication with patients, employees, and external stakeholders.
Organizational skills, ability to multitask, and effective use of time and resources.
Sound clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
Ability to collaborate, seek clarification, and confirm accuracy as needed.
Teamwork, contribution to projects, and ability to develop positive working relationships.
Initiative and commitment to pursuing goals.
Accuracy, thoroughness, reliability, time and priority management, and ability to develop and follow work procedures.
Ability to evaluate one’s own performance and accept constructive feedback.
Ability to adapt to changing assignments, clinic locations, schedules, and patient needs.
Ability to maintain appropriate clinical credentials and privileges.

Nice To Haves

3–5 years of relevant clinical experience preferred; outpatient prenatal, postpartum, gynecologic, or family-planning experience is strongly preferred.
Prior experience in a Community Health Center or Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
Bilingual abilities.

Responsibilities

Provide initial and routine prenatal care for patients appropriate for outpatient midwifery management, including history, examination, risk screening, care planning, and counseling.
Provide postpartum assessment and follow-up, including education, recovery and mood screening, contraception, interpregnancy counseling, and coordination of ongoing care.
Provide routine gynecologic and preventive services, including well-woman visits, cervical and sexually transmitted infection screening, reproductive and family-planning counseling, and appropriate procedures as needed.
Provide preconception counseling and pregnancy-related education, including nutrition, screening options, warning signs, and instructions on when and how to seek immediate care.
Collaborate with Hunter Health Clinic providers, family medicine residents, and University of Kansas faculty physicians in case review, consultation, coordinated care planning, and teaching.
Identify and escalate high-risk conditions, complications, urgent symptoms, or needs beyond the CNM’s approved scope; promptly consult, refer, or transfer care under established protocols.
Coordinate intrapartum and delivery care plans with patients’ hospitals and obstetric partners; the position is not assigned deliveries.
Coordinate prenatal laboratory, imaging, screening, and referral workflows, and track results and outstanding actions to ensure timely communication and follow-up.
Maintain timely, accurate medical records, including assessments, diagnoses, orders, patient education, referrals, consultations, and follow-up plans.
Coordinate with nursing, medical assistants, scheduling, revenue cycle, quality, and care-coordination teams to support patient access and reliable clinic workflows.
Provide respectful, culturally responsive, patient-centered care and support informed decision-making and continuity across the care team.
Participate in quality improvement, peer review, training and precepting of providers, residents, or students; perform audits and evaluate workflow effectiveness to support program development.
Support patient access by ensuring schedule accuracy and utilization, appointment completion, referral closure, prenatal entry, postpartum follow-up, and clinical escalation.
Travel when necessary to meet operational needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.