CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE

Sun Life Health•Chandler, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Promotes and maintains patients’ health by providing midwifery services within the scope of the employee’s license and certification, in collaboration with an OBGYN physician. The role provides ambulatory care, patient education and counseling, continuity of care, and support for the Center’s OBGYN patients who present to the emergency department, L&D triage, or are directly admitted to L&D during assigned on-call shifts. The position also responds to after-hours answering-service calls and documents them in the Center’s EMR as appropriate.

Requirements

Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program.
Current license in good standing as a Certified Nurse Midwife in the state of Arizona.

Responsibilities

Plan, direct, and evaluate patients in ambulatory health services.
Identify short- and long-range patient care issues, provide relevant information and commentary, and recommend options and courses of action.
Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, and obtaining, updating, and reviewing medical histories.
See ambulatory clinic patients for selected laboratory testing, examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic and acute episodic illnesses and minor injuries.
Provide or arrange health screenings, including Pap smears, mammograms, and colorectal cancer screenings.
Refer patients to physicians as needed, write prescriptions, and perform office procedures within the scope of expertise, protocols, and available equipment.
Work with the OB/GYN Chair in the care and treatment of patients.
Schedule office follow-up visits as needed and confer with patients’ private physicians as needed.
Instruct and counsel patients about therapeutic regimens, normal and abnormal development, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, prenatal and postpartum issues, wellness, and health maintenance.
Develop and implement patient management plans to provide continuity of care.
Act as a resource for decisions, planning, and policies affecting patient health.
Support the development of the health care team by providing information and educational and experiential growth opportunities.
Maintain outpatient records by documenting patient care services.
Record statistics, conduct research as deemed necessary, and compile reports concerning ambulatory care as required or requested.
Collaborate with staff to identify patient needs and help develop plans to meet them; follow patients’ health care as needed for continuity of care.
Serve on committees dealing with health care.
Manage the Center’s OBGYN patients who present to the emergency department or L&D triage, or are directly admitted to L&D, in coordination with the assigned collaborative physician during assigned on-call shifts.
Respond to after-hours answering-service calls and document them in the Center’s EMR as appropriate.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, and professional societies.
Participate in in-service education regarding Quality Improvement.
Perform other assigned duties as designated by the OB/GYN Chair, Medical Director, or Chief Executive Officer.