Nurse Midwife
Northwell•Riverhead, NY
•$121,200 - $212,100
About The Position
Provides a full range of direct and collaborative obstetrical and gynecological health care services for women in a variety of clinical settings. Uses advanced clinical knowledge and expertise to provide ongoing physical and emotional care, support, education, and counseling to women and their families throughout the childbearing cycle. Services include family planning, preconception care, care during pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum care, and care for the normal newborn.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nurse Midwifery from an accredited midwifery educational program.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
- Current license to practice as a Midwife in New York State.
- American Midwifery Board Certification.
- Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications.
- Collaborative agreement with a physician and designated protocols.
Responsibilities
- Conduct complete patient histories, physical examinations, and health assessments.
- Manage women's gynecological health needs.
- Refer patients to other health professionals and community agencies when needed.
- Initiate selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, including non-stress tests, biophysical profiles, pelvic examinations, cervical cultures, and laboratory examinations; consult as needed.
- Provide continuity of care for patients and families through antepartum, labor, delivery, postpartum, family planning, and intercontraceptional care periods.
- Manage medically uncomplicated and low-risk patients throughout the maternity cycle.
- Monitor pregnancy progress in the office and labor of patients in the labor and delivery suite within the scope of midwifery practice.
- May manage labor and delivery for medically uncomplicated, low-risk patients, including frequently encountered problems under medically approved orders mutually agreed upon by the physician and midwife.
- Promptly notify the physician if a patient's condition deviates from uncomplicated, low-risk status.
- Make daily rounds on postpartum floors.
- Provide on-call coverage as required.
- Perform related duties as required.
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