Nurse Midwife Certified Specialist

Legacy Health • Silverton, OR

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Legacy, we are committed to improving the wellness of others, providing compassion and excellent care to patients, community, and each other. This is a Supplemental position for Legacy Medical Group (LMG) – Women’s Health Clinic, which includes four physicians and a thriving Midwifery Group. Providers are part of the medical staff at Legacy Silverton Medical Center. Our midwives provide full scope midwifery in a team-based model, collaborating with physicians as indicated, and care for patients in Salem, Silverton, and Woodburn locations. The community served is approximately 60% Caucasian and 30% Hispanic, including a notable Orthodox Russian population. Legacy Silverton Medical Center (LSMC) has a well-respected Family Birth Center (FBC) with 18-LDRP rooms, an OR on the unit, and a tele-baby program linked to Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Portland. Silverton Hospital has been named a “Top 100” hospital and the FBC has received the JD Power Award for Excellence, consistently chosen as the valley’s “Best Place to Have a Baby.” The midwifery practice is highly engaged in quality improvement and leadership at the FBC, supporting a high-functioning interdisciplinary culture. Silverton is a quaint town with local businesses, a seasonal farmer’s market, summer festivals, and historic murals. It offers ample outdoor activities like Silver Falls State Park (hiking, biking, horseback riding) and The Oregon Garden. It's nestled between Salem and the Cascade Mountains, a one-hour commute to Portland, and close to ocean beaches and skiing, offering both professional satisfaction and an active healthy lifestyle.

Requirements

• Current applicable state license as a Registered Nurse/ Nurse Midwife/ Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Privileges (NP-PP) required.
• National Certification as a Nurse Midwife (CMW) required.
• Possess active BLS card from the American Heart Association.
• Possess Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification.
• Able to conduct research.
• Ability to work with people in a diplomatic and tactful manner, utilizing effective leadership and group process skills.
• Demonstrated competency in clinical care, as appropriate to the ages of patients served.
• Ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs; knowledge of growth and development; and an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual preferred but not required.
• Full scope women’s healthcare and midwifery experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides antepartum, intrapartum, post-partum, family-planning and well-woman gynecological care independently and with consultation to low, moderate, and high-risk adolescent and adult women based on scope of practice and established guidelines.
• This group provides in-patient newborn care and first assist at cesarean section.
• This care is guided by practice protocols and standards established jointly by the Silverton Hospital Midwifery Service Staff and the Midwifery Services Program Director under the direction of the Clinical Vice President of Women’s Services.
• Functions in collaborative relationships with consulting physicians as clinically indicated.
• Participates in the daily functions and staff rotations as directed by the Midwifery Services Program Director.
• Follows all organizational, regulatory, and human resource policies and procedures as established by Legacy Hospitals under the direction of the Program Manager of Midwifery Services.
• Practice includes full participation in outpatient care.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees