Certified Nurse Midwife

Company Description

At Wellness Pointe, everyone will receive an exceptional quality of care. The center has expanded into a multifaceted clinic that offers obstetrics, pediatrics, general medicine, family planning, and dentistry. Some of the other services offered by our well qualified staff include education, intervention, and management of the many social issues that impact our community. Everyone is treated in complete confidence. Medicaid, Medicare, and most private health insurance is accepted.

Job Description

Under a collaborative agreement with a physician, provides patient care and education to assigned caseload of obstetrical and gynecological patients in accordance with established midwifery practice guidelines. Educates and acts as a consultant for WP staff in normal child birth.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide direct prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum patient services and primary
care to low risk and at-risk obstetrical and gynecological patients, using general
accepted standards of practice, which includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment
consultation and co-management of at-risk patients, and referral when
appropriate to either MD/DO only management or referral to consultant, such as
Maternal Fetal Medicine.
• Assists with the follow-up care of referrals and provides the appropriate
information to the referral source.
• Provide inpatient care for obstetrical patients in accordance with hospital
protocols for Certified Nurse Midwife care.
• Participate in call rotation for the OB/GYN department per individual contract
obligation and with MD/DO backup.
• Monitors quality of patient records and ensures inclusion of all appropriate
findings, recommendations, follow-up care and referral.
• Provides educational and other related services for well women care; manages
well women care for essentially healthy women through their life cycle.
• Provides staff and student education.
• Assists in the review and development of standing orders and policies and
procedures.
• Provides consultative direction as needed.
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives,
continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or
infection control standards.
• Participates in a team approach to patient care and provides for effective
communication to other system staff to ensure continuity of care. Assumes
additional responsibility and performs other duties consistent with the
requirements of state licensure.
• Follows established guidelines for use and/or disclosure of protected health
information.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Advance Practice Nurse licensed to practice in the State of Texas. Board
Certified.
• Graduate of an approved and accredited program for Nurse Midwifery.
• Certified Nurse Midwife. Certification by National Organization, ACCE.
• One year of experience as a Certified Nurse Midwife preferred.
• CPR Certified.
• Requires a valid Texas Driver's License, appropriate driving record and auto
liability insurance that meets the minimum required by State of Texas statute.

Skills:

• Demonstrated clinical competence and in-depth knowledge of specialty area;
and demonstrated leadership, teaching, research and communication skills are
required.
• Knowledge of goals and general methods of practices used by other
professionals participating in public health programs.
• Ability to practice public health medicine; to work productively alongside
professional associates and other groups within the community.
• Energetic, forward-thinking and creative individual with high ethical standards
and an appropriate professional image.
• The ability to work independently and effectively under pressure.
• Superior organizational and problem solving skills.

Additional Information
Wellness Pointe is an Equal Opportunity Employer.