Job Description
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.
Job Responsibility
- 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.
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Job Qualification
- 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.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).