OB Nocturnist

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title:

OB/Gyn Nocturnist

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Reports To:

AWC Medical Director

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Location:

Abrazo Arrowhead/Banner Thunderbird

EEO Class:

Professionals

Department:

Operations

Date:

August 2026

Job Summary

The OB/GYN Nocturnist provides overnight coverage for labor and delivery, obstetric triage, and inpatient gynecologic needs. This hospital‑based role focuses on managing urgent and emergent situations, performing deliveries and surgical interventions, and ensuring continuity of care for established patients. The Nocturnist works an average of two overnight shifts per week and collaborates closely with CNMs, OB/GYN Hospitalists, nursing, anesthesia, and Maternal‑Fetal Medicine to support safe, high‑quality care.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive overnight obstetric and gynecologic coverage, either in-house or remotely, with a maximum 30‑minute response time for remote coverage.
• Manage labor and delivery, obstetric triage, and postpartum patients.
• Evaluate and treat established practice patients presenting with urgent or emergent concerns.
• Assess and manage high‑risk labor, fetal distress, postpartum complications, and other acute obstetric conditions.
• Perform vaginal and operative deliveries, including primary and repeat cesarean sections and operative vaginal deliveries when clinically indicated.
• Respond to obstetric and gynecologic emergencies requiring immediate physician evaluation.
• Provide emergency department and inpatient gynecologic consultations as assigned.
• Evaluate and manage unassigned patients in accordance with hospital coverage protocols.
• Collaborate with nursing, anesthesia, neonatology, Maternal‑Fetal Medicine, and other hospital-based specialists.
• Communicate significant clinical developments to the patient’s primary OB/GYN when appropriate.
• Complete timely, accurate medical documentation consistent with Practice and hospital standards.
• Deliver thorough morning handoffs to the daytime physician team to ensure continuity of care.
• Work collaboratively with Practice CNMs in managing laboring patients, providing physician consultation, escalation of care, and operative support when needed.
• Partner with hospital-based OB/GYN Hospitalists to ensure timely evaluation and management of obstetric emergencies, unassigned patients, and other acute clinical needs.
• Provide physician and surgical backup for CNM‑managed patients, including cesarean delivery and management of higher‑acuity or complex obstetric conditions.
• Maintain clear communication among Nocturnists, CNMs, Hospitalists, and daytime Practice physicians to 
• support continuity of care and effective transitions between teams.