Posted: 27-Aug-24
Location: Lone Tree, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
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Internal Number: 109758558
Certified Nurse Midwife
General Purpose: In order to ensure quality healthcare services, the Certified Nurse Midwife provides direct patient care to women, which includes preventive, gynecologic, prenatal, and postpartum care. Additionally, the CNM provides clinical leadership to other providers around perinatal services.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Follows evidenced-based practice guidelines and standards of care.
- Provides direct patient care to women from menarche to end of life.
- Evaluates and treats patients for gynecologic, prenatal, and postpartum concerns.
- Provides family planning and contraceptive services.
- Performs newborn assessment at first post-birth appointment.
- Arranges referrals and consultation for patients with healthcare needs beyond the scope of practice.
- Coordinates group visits as needed for women’s health education sessions.
- Communicates and coordinates with hospitals for scheduling inductions and cesareans as needed.
- Reviews labs and ultrasound reports and develops a plan of care when abnormal.
- Prescribes medications to patients, including counseling patients regarding the proper use and contraindications of medications as well as detect and diagnose adverse drug reactions.
- Evaluates medical charts to determine appropriate patient care follow up and education.
- Accurately and completely charts information regarding patient interactions into the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
- Works within and supports a team based and integrated care model, which includes medical assistants, other medical specialties, dental, behavioral health, patient navigation, and care coordination.
Non-Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Attends clinic meetings, specialty meetings, provider meetings, all staff meetings, and all other meetings as assigned.
- Helps determine topics of interest for specialty meetings to evaluate the quality and efficiency of women patient care needs.
We Offer:
Competitive Compensation commensurate with experience.
Comprehensive Benefits:
Medical Benefits, Optional Dental, Vision & Short Term Disability
Time Off:
Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
Retirement Savings:
401K Retirement Savings Program
If you're seeking a rewarding career where your skills align with our commitment to providing quality care to women of all walks of life, we look forward to speaking with you!
Qualifications:
A successful candidate will possess the following education or formal training:
Education or Formal Training:
- Masters in nursing from an accredited Nurse Midwifery Program.
- Certified in Nurse Midwifery.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure in Colorado.
A successful candidate will possess experience:
Experience: Previous experience as a nurse midwife in a clinical setting is preferred.
Knowledge, skill and ability:
- Demonstrated knowledge in primary care specialty.
- Ability to interact positively and build rapport with patients, coworkers and/or external contacts.
- Ability to demonstrate the capability to effectively and sensitively respond to the needs and concerns of the full range of diverse patient population.
- Ability to work independently and organize work in a manner that ensures accuracy and efficiency.
- Ability to collaborate with other providers and clinical staff to develop continual quality improvement procedures.
- Ability to handle sensitive information ethically and responsibly.
- Ability to protect the confidentiality of patient, employee and business information.
- Skill in using a variety of computer software including but not limited to the internet and MS Office Products.
- Knowledge of and ability to work with electronic medical records (EMR) system.
Material and equipment directly used: Computer, printer, multi-line telephone systems, fax machine, copy machine, Microsoft Office Outlook, the internet and EHR. General medical equipment used for patient care.
Working environment/physical activities: Office environment within a clinical setting. Enters patient data into computer programs via use of EMR database system, mouse and keyboard. Moves about the office environment and occasionally to other locations. Communicates information to others. Discerns/analyzes and synthesizes information from others to assist in decision making.
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Heidi Oster, MD (a division of OB/GYN Affiliates) conducts a background check, including criminal history, education, license, certification.
Heidi Oster, MD recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our organization. Heidi Oster, MD is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status. Heidi Oster, MD does not discriminate against any "qualified applicant with a disability" as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
- Masters in nursing from an accredited Nurse Midwifery Program.
- Licensed CNM in Colorado or eligible to become licensed in Colorado
- Active unrestricted DEA or eligible to apply for an unrestricted DEA
- Board certified or Board eligible
