Certified Nurse Midwife - South Denver OBGYN

Certified Nurse Midwife

South Denver OBGYN and Midwives is looking for a CNM with a strong team spirit and a passion for birth to join our practice full-time. We work within a private OBGYN group with very supportive physicians who truly understand the Midwifery Model of care. In addition Littleton Hospital supports low intervention birth which creates a team spirit with the nurses and our Midwives. South Denver OBGYN is a member of the OnPoint Medical Group Network.

Responsibilities:

• Provide full-scope midwifery care including independent management of women's health care focusing primarily on pregnancy, birth, postpartum as well as family planning, gynecological and primary care of women.
• Practice that provides for consultation, collaborative management or referral to obstetrics, perinatology, and other specialties as indicated by client health status
• Manage hospital labor assessment and admission, normal and abnormal labor, cervical ripening and labor induction, postpartum care and discharge.
• Perform vaginal birth and laceration repair, limited 1st trimester and 3rd trimester OB ultrasounds as appropriate to training and experience, C-section first surgical assist, and IUD and subdermal contraceptive implant insertion and removal.
• Maintain medical records according to community standards of practice.

Education:

• Masters or Doctorate Degree in Nurse-Midwifery or Midwifery required.

License and Certification Requirements:

• Current CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) certification
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) License for the State of Colorado
• Current Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) license for the State of Colorado with prescriptive authority
• CPR/BLS certification
• Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) certification
• Active DEA registration
• Board Certification

Work Experience and Other Qualifications:

• Experience as a full scope midwife, including C-section first assist preferred
• Previous training or experience with OB ultrasound preferred
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age and acuity of the patients served
• Ability to appropriately counsel and educated patients and families about complex care issues
• Able to effectively and respectfully communicate and collaborate with midwife partners and others, including but not limited to physicians, management, nursing, and support staff

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Job Elements/Working Conditions:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Medical office and hospital settings.

Benefits Offered:

• Health insurance plan options for you and your dependents
• Dental, and Vision, for you and your qualified dependents
• Company Paid life insurance
• Voluntary options for short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• AFLAC Plans
• FSA options
• Eligible for 401(k) after 6 months of employment with a 4% match that vests immediately
• Paid Time-Off earned

Salary: $115,000 - $145,000 / annually