Midwife Jobs

About The Position

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
• 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.