Position Status:
Part time Shift:
First Shift (Days - Less than 12 hours per shift) (United States of America) Hours per week:
0
Job Information
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
A Brief Overview
A Certified Nursing Midwife provides medical care for women's reproductive health and childbirth. Their duties include providing reproductive care, family planning services and recordkeeping. Midwives provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment. They conduct physical examinations; prescribe medications including contraceptive methods and controlled substances; admit, manage and discharge patients; order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests. In providing care they consult, collaborate, and refer to and with other health care professionals to ensure individuals receive team-based medical care consistent with medical needs and personal preferences. The APP assumes the management of patients, functioning in both an independent and collaborative role with the physician, case manager, and other members of the health care team. As a practitioner, they perform select procedures, designs individualized treatment plans, evaluates outcomes, and modifies the treatment plan as needed in accordance with established management protocols and regulating bodies. The APP facilitates the transition of patients between service units and provides/coordinates complex patients and family teaching.
The delivery of professional nursing care at Stormont Vail Health is guided by Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and the theory of Shared governance, both of which are congruent with the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
Education Qualifications
Graduate of an accredited PA/APRN program. Meets educational preparation or other qualifications within specified time frames as determined/outlined by specific department policy. Required
Skills and Abilities
All APRN incumbents are required to maintain Registered Nurse competencies as designated by Federal and State organizations and as outlined in SVH policy.
Demonstrates supportive behaviors necessary for age-specific care as determined by specific department(s). Develops, maintains and fosters positive working relationships with customers and other staff members.
Receives peer’s and supervisor’s feedback for improvement in a constructive manner and accepts as an opportunity for growth.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Is knowledgeable of billing and reimbursement issues related to the management of patients.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
Licenses and Certifications
Physician Assistant (PA) - KSBHA Required or
Nurse Practitioner - KSBN Must hold a RN license with advanced practice certification Required
Additional certifications may be required for certain patient care settings or populations. DEA registration number is required.
Certified Nurse-Midwife - AMCB - Magnet Required
Neonatal Resuscitation Program - NRP required within 90 days of hire.
Basic Life Support - BLS required wihtin 90 days of hire.
What you will do
Functions independently and collaboratively with the physician and all disciplines to provide continuity of health care services for individuals, families, and/or groups. Provides prenatal and obstetric care for the M&I clinic in the outpatient and inpatient setting, including assessment of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care of M&I…