Licensed midwives in the community birth setting care for clients during the course of prenatal, labor, postpartum, and newborn care. Additionally, midwives provide inclusive well-person care, comprehensive family planning services, support shared decision-making and physiologic birth, and participate in quality assurance functions in accordance with practice policies and accreditation standards as dictated by the Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC).

The full-time Staff Midwife will have two (2) nine-hour office days and four to eight (4-8) twelve hour (12-hour) call shifts per week, dependent on practice volume, including rotating weekend call. Twelve (12) hour shifts may be scheduled consecutively as our practice does 125-150 births/year so is a relatively low-volume center. Although this position involves significant call, the midwife can expect to attend an average of approximately four to six (4-6) eight (8)-hour labors per month. 

Our birth center is committed to addressing inequities in healthcare for marginalized people—including but not limited to people of color and LGBTQAI+ people. Because we believe firmly these communities must be centered in the work we do, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or members of other marginalized communities to apply, even if they do not have experience providing care in the community birth setting. We value new graduate midwives and will offer appropriate compensation, even when a prolonged orientation period is required.

Benefits:

Fika Midwifery at The Coit House offers a competitive benefits package including health and dental insurance, generous 401(K) match, cell phone and mileage reimbursement, paid time off, some paid holidays, and a continuing education stipend. Fika Midwifery at the Coit House is also an NHSC student loan repayment site, which means that staff midwives are eligible to apply for and receive repayment of student loans. The amount varies year to year but has been $50,000-$75,000 for two years of service in the past, and can be renewed for additional years of service.

Qualifications:

• Midwifery license in NYS (can be obtained after job is accepted)
• Background check
• Physical ability to carry birth equipment up and down stairs, clean up after birth, and squat, bend, and reach to accommodate the woman’s chosen laboring positions
• Technical skills to perform basic charting functions
• NRP certification
• CPR/BLS certification
• Belief in midwifery model of care, out of hospital birth, physiologic birth, and breastfeeding
• Ability to be flexible with scheduling as is required by a small practice with a close-knit staff