Nurse Midwife

Northwell•New York, NY

About The Position

Provides physician-supervised physical and emotional care for the mother during labor, delivery, and postpartum phases. Evaluates progress and manages the labor and delivery. Evaluates and provides immediate care for the normal newborn.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and Master’s Degree in Nurse Midwifery from an accredited midwifery educational program, required
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required and current licensure as a Nurse Midwife in the State of New York, required.
American Midwifery Board Certification, required.
Has a collaborative practice agreement with a physician and designated protocols, both filed with the New York State Department of Education.

Responsibilities

Performs complete history and physical examination on new patients admitted to the labor room, and writes admission notes utilizing the attending physician when appropriate.
Discusses new admissions with the attending physician and nursing staff including noted complications.
Decides who will follow the patient and develops a plan for care.
Performs admissions diagnostics and care including, but not limited to pelvic examination, cervical cultures, drawing bloods, and starting intravenous lines.
Follows progress of labor of all patients in labor and delivery suite in collaboration with the attending physician and nursing staff.
Monitors fetal heart rate patterns and notifies the appropriate physician of significant deviations.
Examines patients periodically to determine progress in labor with ongoing assessment of maternal and fetal reaction to the progress of labor.
Reports any abnormalities in patient’s condition to physician including, but not limited to meconium, bleeding, hypertonic labor, fetal distress, failure of progress in labor, malpresentation.
Participates in deliveries.
Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.