Certified Nurse Mid Wife - OBGYN

Summit Health•Hartford, CT

78d•Onsite

About The Position

We currently have an excellent opportunity for a Certified Nurse Midwife to join our OBGYN Department. This role involves providing full-scope midwifery care, including comprehensive prenatal care for low-risk obstetric patients and performing deliveries at Hartford Hospital. The position requires one in five call for labor management and deliveries, initiating diagnostic procedures, ordering and interpreting various tests, providing patient counseling and education, prescribing medications, documenting patient visits thoroughly, ordering and administering injections and IV medications, interpreting Non-Stress Test results, and screening for Postpartum Depression.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Nurse Midwifery program-Certificate.
Maintain certification through the American Midwifery Certification Board.
Valid Connecticut license is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience as CNM is a plus
labor and delivery experience preferred but not required
new graduates with labor and delivery experience welcome to apply

Responsibilities

Provide Full Scope midwifery care.
Provide comprehensive prenatal care of low risk obstetric patients.
Perform deliveries at Hartford Hospital with access to a level 4 NICU.
One in five call for labor management and deliveries.
Initiate diagnostic procedures, order and interpret laboratory, radiological, interpretation of fetal heart rate tracing, and other diagnostic studies as appropriate for OB/GYN patient care.
Provide OB/GYN patient counseling and OB/GYN patient education.
Prescribe medications and controlled substances allowed by CT law and as appropriate for therapeutic plan for OB/GYN patients.
Document all aspects of OB/GYN patient visit in chart including date of service, chief compliant, history, social history, family history, office course, diagnosis, therapeutic plan, medication administered, medication reconciliation, physical exam including pelvic and cervical exams.
Order and administer injections and intravenous medications as necessary for OB/GYN patient care.
Interpret Non-Stress Test results for OB/GYN patients.
Screen for Postpartum Depression in OB/GYN patient.