Certified Nurse - Midwife (CNM), APRN

Clinical Staff - Nursing

The Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), APRN provides antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum and women's health patient care services. The CNM will be expected to provide women's health, prenatal and postpartum care to women in selected clinic settings, triage women who present to Labor and Delivery, and to manage the care of essentially healthy women admitted in labor, delivery and postpartum. New Grads with RN Labor & Delivery experience are encouraged to apply

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid License as an APRN by the State of Arkansas Required and National Board Certification for Nurse-Midwifery, Prescriptive authority and DEA license is required but may be obtained after hire. Will consider a new CNM graduate.
• CNM experience preferred.

Demonstrated communication (written and oral) problem-solving, leadership and collaborative skills, strong patient advocacy and patient education skills.

This position is subject to a pre-employment criminal background and registry check and drug screen. A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity. The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provides antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and women's health care services.
• Performs comprehensive health assessments and establishing diagnoses.
• Develops and implementing treatment and care plans.
• Prescribes medications, therapies, and diagnostic tests within APRN scope.
• Triages patients presenting to Labor & Delivery.
• Manages laboring patients independently or collaboratively with OB/GYN physicians.
• Monitors fetal and maternal well-being during pregnancy and birth.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams including physicians, nurses, and specialists
• Supports evidence-based, low-intervention, patient-centered maternity care.
• Consults or referring to physicians when complications arise.
• Documents patient care and maintaining compliance with APRN and hospital standards.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Stand: Frequently

Sit: Frequently

Walk: Occasionally

Bend, crawl, crouch, kneel, stoop or reach overhead: Frequently

Lift and carry weight: 25 lbs

Push and pull weight: 25 lbs

Use hands to touch, handle or feel: Frequently

Talk: Continuously

Hear: Continuously

Taste or smell: Occasionally

Read, concentrate, think analytically: Continuously

Physical Environment: Inside Medical Facility Environment

Salary Information: "Commensurate with education and experience"

Required Documents to Apply: Curriculum Vitae

Optional Documents:

Recruitment Contact Information: Please contact View email address on click.appcast.io for any recruiting related questions.

All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site

Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences