Certified Nurse Midwife - Highland Hospital - Oakland, CA.
Company: Alameda Health System Careers
Location: Oakland
Posted on: May 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Summary
Highland Hospital, located in Oakland, California, is the largest
facility of Alameda Health System which serves a diverse patient
population in California's East Bay Area. -As a provider of care to
all patients, we provide high quality, accessible care to our
community's most vulnerable patients. -
We are currently recruiting for a Services As Needed (SAN)/Per Diem
-Certified Nurse-Midwife to join our team. This full scope
nurse-midwife position will be responsible for providing outpatient
care in our clinics in Oakland, Hayward and Newark as well as
working inpatient shifts on Labor & Delivery at Highland Hospital.
Shifts are variable and include days, nights, weekdays, weekends,
and holidays. This position will also require experience with the
Centering Pregnancy model of prenatal care. If you are interested
in this opportunity, we encourage you to apply!
SUMMARY: -Midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives (CNMs)
encompasses the independent provision of care during -pregnancy,
childbirth, and the postpartum period; sexual and reproductive
health; gynecologic health; and family planning -services,
including preconception care. Midwives also provide primary care
for individuals from adolescence throughout the lifespan as well as
care for the healthy newborn during the first 28 days of life.
Provides related duties as required. In the context of providing
midwifery care, the midwife may need to consult, collaborate, and
/or refer to other members of the health care team.
DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: NOTE: The following are the
duties performed by employees in this classification. However,
employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level.
Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual
in the classification.
1. Determines status of labor; assesses, confirms and manages
premature rupture of membranes; determines the need for amniotomy,
IUPC insertion, fetal scalp electrode application, catherization IV
fluid administration, episiotomy, medication, etc.; determines the
need for the presence of attending physician and/or nurse
anesthetist; initiates and manages IV oxytocin induction or
stimulation of labor after consultation with attending physician;
orders appropriate vital signs and fetal heart rate monitoring;
assesses uterine contractions/bleeding; injects local anesthesia
for episiotomy and repair as indicated; performs episiotomy as
indicated; repairs episiotomy, 1st and 2nd degree lacerations, as
indicated; examines placental membranes and cord vessels and
reports abnormal findings.
2. -Performs initial assessment of newborn status; assists in
promoting establishment of airway and maintenance of body
temperature; begins resuscitation efforts in the absence of
physician. -
3. Performs physical examinations including heart and lung, fundal
height, fetal heart rates and Leopold's maneuvers; performs vaginal
exams, breast exams, clinical pelvimetry and general health status
exams; determines presence or absence or abnormalities; consults
and/or refers complications to a physician.
-4. -Provides telephone consultation/referrals to any patient
phoning Labor and Delivery with concerns or questions; participates
in patient education programs and community education. -
5. Takes patients' medical, social, and obstetric history; provides
prenatal care to patients ; orders medications per obstetric
nurse-midwife protocols; documents in patients' medical records all
care rendered; does chart review and follow- up care.
-6. -Writes H&P and admission orders; orders and/or performs
approved laboratory examinations; supports patients during labor
and teaches relaxation and breathing techniques as needed;
encourages and teaches support persons to actively assist the
laboring woman; independently manages and delivers low-risk
patients; assumes co- management of high risk women when
appropriate; delivers patients followed by a physician when
attending in surgery; informs patient and their family of progress
and involves them in any treatment, decision or plan; acts as a
consultant to house staff and manages all patients in Labor and
Delivery when attending MD is in surgery or attending other duties;
manages complications and emergencies until physician arrives.
7. Determines appropriateness of discharge; writes postpartum
orders as indicated; manages postpartum care (physical/emotional
assessment, educational assessment); assesses need for referrals;
signs birth certificate.
Any combination of education and experience that would likely
provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as
possession of any required licenses or certifications is
qualifying.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Minimum Experience: -Demonstrated experience consistent with the
Core Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice as defined by The
American College of Nurse-Midwives (Appendix A), which would
provide the knowledge and skill necessary for successful
performance as a Nurse-Midwife.
Required Licenses/Certifications:
Highland General Hospital
Physician-MCH
Services As Needed / Per Diem
Varies
Nursing
FTE: 0.01
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