Job Description

Northwell Midwifery at Huntington is seeking a Certified Nurse Midwife/Certified Midwife who is passionately interested in pursuing a full scope midwifery position. This unique position encompasses sessions in our community office settings where we provide obstetrical and gynecological care for women throughout their life cycles including pregnancy. It is our continued goal to integrate the midwife model into our Women and Children/Perinatal Service. In addition to attending our triages and deliveries at our Magnet Hospital in Huntington, responsibilities also include sharing our 24/7 midwife coverage. Our midwife service also affords the opportunity to participate in research and in the education of Residents, PA, NP, and Midwife Students.

As part of an integrated, collaborative team approach to women’s care, our practice works with a professional leadership team including Maternal Fetal Medicine, Advanced Practice Nurses, Staff Nurses, Physician Colleagues, and strong Administrative Support.

Experience is a plus; however, we will support hiring novice candidates or midwives returning to practice. There is a competitive salary and an attractive benefit package.

Qualifications: Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing and Midwifery Program approved by ACNM; Certification by AMCB; BLS, and NRP Certifications; Acquisition of DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Number.

If you are interested in this innovative position dedicated to the midwifery model of care and supported by the Premier Health System in New York, please email your cover letter and CV to:

Jessica Hilsenroth, RN, NP, CNM

Supervisor Midwifery Practice

jhilsenrot@northwell.edu

Provides physical and emotional care for the mother during labor, delivery, and postpartum phases. Evaluates progress and manages the labor and delivery.

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.
• Follows progress of labor of all patients in labor and delivery suite in collaboration with the attending physician and nursing staff.
• Monitors fetal heart rate patterns and notifies the appropriate physician of significant deviations.
• Examines patients periodically to determine progress in labor with ongoing assessment of maternal and fetal reaction to the progress of labor.
• Reports any abnormalities in patient’s condition to physician including, but not limited to meconium, bleeding, hypertonic labor, fetal distress, failure of progress in labor, malpresentation.
• Participates in deliveries.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

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.

*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).