Lead Certified Midwife (CM/ CNM)

Oula•Yonkers, NY

2d•$150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Oula is hiring a Lead Midwife to guide its growing maternity care practice at a new clinic planned for Southern Westchester in early 2027. The role combines clinical leadership and full-spectrum perinatal care, with a standard schedule of approximately 65–75% clinical work—including call and office coverage for prenatal care and gynecology—and 25–35% administrative responsibilities, such as people and performance oversight, meetings, and assigned projects. Deliveries are scheduled at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester. The Lead Midwife leads and supports a team of midwives, works closely with clinical operations managers and midwifery leadership, and helps shape Oula’s clinical model and practice operations. The role includes staff communication, coaching, recruitment and onboarding support, quality and safety collaboration, and representing the team in external-facing work as needed. Clinical responsibilities include whole-person, full-scope midwifery care across gynecology, pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum in outpatient, hospital, and virtual settings. The Lead Midwife also helps coordinate coverage for schedule changes and may provide ad hoc clinical coverage outside scheduled shifts.

Requirements

Active state licensure required to practice midwifery in the clinic’s state.
Current AMCB certification as a Certified Nurse-Midwife or Certified Midwife.
Leadership experience, including mentoring or precepting midwifery students and new midwives, or a strong desire to lead and mentor a team.
Experience caring for diverse communities with a wide variety of needs.
Great professional references and a reputation for providing exceptional patient care valued by patients and colleagues.
Empathy and compassion for patients and team members, and the ability to motivate a team to provide an exceptional patient experience.
Commitment to reproductive justice, including body autonomy, self-determination, and cultural respect.
Ability to collaborate in a care model involving teams with varied skills and disciplines.

Nice To Haves

Experience with telemedicine or elements of virtual care.
Ability to communicate with patients in their preferred language.
Passion for birth equity work.
Lactation certification.
Nutrition or diabetes training.
Other additional skills or passions that could help serve Oula’s patients.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of midwives, hold regular team meetings, foster communication, and address difficult conversations.
Collaborate with clinical operations managers, the lead midwife team, and the Director of Midwifery to support coordination across Oula sites and teams.
Work with clinical operations to support team function and productivity, share clinic and people metrics, and provide ongoing feedback to direct reports, including during performance reviews.
Collaborate with people operations to support staff satisfaction and retention, establish two-way communication with the midwifery team, solicit feedback, and share information.
Solicit and provide midwifery input on process improvements, service rollouts, and company initiatives to the Director of Midwifery.
Serve as the primary point of contact for routine clinical and operational questions from the staff midwife team.
Support recruitment, training, and onboarding of midwives.
Lead and participate in meetings related to clinical care, clinical operations, midwifery leadership, and quality and safety.
Manage communication and feedback between leadership and midwives, including collecting input, supporting cross-functional problem-solving, and communicating decisions and key messages.
Support external-facing work, including national conferences, marketing events, and media or press activities as needed.
Bring a race and health equity lens to decision-making.
Collaborate with the Associate Medical Director and CX team members to facilitate care management for patients needing additional support and medical care.
Work with the Director of Midwifery on regular clinical care reviews and chart audits.
Collaborate with the Director of Midwifery, as assigned, to investigate patient and staff midwife complaints.
Help identify gaps in care, systems issues, potential incidents, and risks for escalation and further review by the Medical Director.
Provide whole-person care in collaboration with obstetricians, consultant specialists, RNs, NPs, front desk staff, MAs, care coordinators, doulas, therapists, and other care team members.
Communicate with patients during and between appointments, answer questions, and address concerns using Oula’s technology.
Provide full-scope midwifery care in gynecology, pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum across outpatient clinic, hospital, and virtual settings.
Serve as the primary point of contact for unforeseen clinician schedule changes and work to find coverage for call-outs.
Be available for ad hoc clinical coverage outside normally scheduled shifts.
Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.