Certified Nurse Midwife Lead

Organization: SPMF-Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation - South Position Overview: Provides standard maternity care and counseling to expectant women, including pregnancy, labor, comfort measures and pain management, delivery, caesarean birth (C-section), birth alternatives, postpartum, baby care, and tools to use during childbirth.
Manages the medical care of patients throughout the maternity cycle, including the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and gynecological phases.
Delivers age and specialty appropriate patient diagnosis, treatments/procedures, education, consultation and follow-up.
Follows ambulatory care and inpatient standardized procedures, protocols, policy and procedures regulated by the State of California Nurse Practice Act.
Is responsible for supervision, management and development of the clinical staff.
Job Description: These Principal Accountabilities, Requirements and Qualifications are not exhaustive, but are merely the most descriptive of the current job.
Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, staff changes, workload, or technical development).
JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES: Lead Administrative Role • Actively participates in program development and initiates improvements for assigned programs • Assists administration, medical director and department manager in actively marketing specialty care services to potential referral sources and third party payers to include hospital tours and Meet and Greet events • Identifies the need for new policies and procedures and communicates such to department manager.
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures as appropriate.
• Participates in data collection for approved research projects by collecting and analyzing data, revising protocols and procedures, revising educational materials, etc.
• Participates in setting annual objectives for the program; plans and leads team meetings; and participates in staff meetings and task forces.
• Evaluates educational materials to ensure adequacy, develops new materials when necessary, in collaboration with pertinent team members • Experience with quality management programs and current knowledge of best practices in quality management.
• Work in concert with nursing staff to improve bedside patient care of laboring women • Ability to lead and motivate individuals, delegate work, set priorities, anticipate and resolve operations issues • Adept at establishing and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships with a wide range of health care professionals and institutions.
• Demonstrated excellence in leadership and collaborative skills.
• Exceptional judgment, tact and discretion.
• Excellent conflict resolution skills.
• Hire, and take steps to retain, qualified and experienced CNMs • Maintain a reliable clinic/call schedule for the CNMs • Maintain an effective Doula program Provides intrapartum care to patients.
• Accurate in assessment of patients labor status.
• Manages total labor process in appropriate manner.
• Manages spontaneous vaginal delivery as per protocol.
• Performs episiotomy as per protocol • Suture episiotomy and 1st and 2nd tears as per Standardized Protocol.
• Performs administration of local anesthesia as per Standardized Protocol.
• Consults with back-up physician as is appropriate as per standardized protocols.
• Documentation is accurate, complete, and timely.
• Communication and care plan to patient, family and health care team members is timely and complete • Perform role as first assistant surgeon in C/S as per Standardized Procedure.
Maintains Standards of Perinatal Standards for quality and effectiveness.
• Assesses plans and organizes own individual work priorities.
• Builds flexibility into the daily routine to anticipate and handle unexpected emergencies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of pertinent information and current status of obstetric patients on a continuous basis.
• Maintains skills and knowledge related to all aspects of obstetric care.
• Actively participates in continuing education and inservices.
• Maintains knowledge of theory, principles, and techniques as demonstrated by standard of practice.
• Actively maintains confidentiality of patient information forums.
• Actively participates in case management CPSP programs forums.
• Participates in case management high risk programs.
• Completes charges system in appropriate time frame.
• Demonstrates accurate and comprehensive charting on each patient encounter.
• Demonstrates good telephone skills.
Provides routine and emergency prenatal and postpartum care to obstetric patients.
• Performs initial patient assessment history and physical.
• Performs appropriate prenatal care plan according to CPSP protocols.
• Utilizes appropriate consultation with MD.
• Adheres to Standardized Policy and Procedures and CPSP Standards.
• Monitors patient through antepartum and postpartum periods; interviews and instigates treatment as per protocols.
• Provides support and education to family and patient.
Inter-disciplinary activities: Establishes and maintains positive, effective relationships with other hospital departments, medical staff, and community entities.
• Resolves problems related to work assignments, departmental functioning and department services in a timely and effective manner, flexibly adapting to changes in the work environment and appropriately responding to urgent situations.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and compliance with confidentiality and medical/legal reporting requirements, and other significant regulations and ethical standards.
• Develops positive, effective working relationships with Health Care team members, providing information, consultation and collaboration to assist in resolution of patient care issues.
• Actively builds cooperation and rapport within the department, using effective interpersonal communication skills to resolve conflicts or unusual situations • Actively participates in the CPSP and Sweet Success Case Management and Collaborative Care committees.
• Responds quickly to requests, encourages feedback and keeps other informed of progress on work activities to ensure efficient coordination of interrelated activities.
• Establishes positive rapport with patients and families.
• Demonstrates a non-judgmental attitude toward all patients regardless of lifestyle, race, or religious beliefs.
Self-directed in professional and managerial development.
• Maintains current professional knowledge and skills within the health care environment to include knowledge in the specialty of obstetrics.
• Serves as, or facilitates, expert resources to the staff.
• Demonstrates accurate self-assessment ant takes appropriate action for optimal professional development.
• Utilizes effective time management and prioritization skills.
• Maintains membership in appropriate professional organizations.
• Seeks feedback about performance from colleagues in an effort to improve clinical judgement or technical skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of JCAHO and Title 22 requirements and complies as requested by Director of Maternal Child Health Service.
Others • Travel in accordance with job requirements.
• Build collaborative relationships with other healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, etc.
) to coordinate efforts and provide the highest quality of patient care.
• Prioritize and delegate assignments under varied/urgent conditions and work based on experience, procedures, policies, and best practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Master's: nursing CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE: RN-Registered Nurse of California CNM-Certified Nurse Midwife BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification required based on the department requirements TYPICAL EXPERIENCE: 8 years of recent relevant experience.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: Demonstrated expertise and technical competency in the medical care of pregnant women, including a solid knowledge of community resources and referrals and basic sonogram evaluation skills.
Working understanding of the dynamics and intervention techniques related to stressful or crisis, high-risk prenatal situations.
Awareness of available substance abuse and diabetic programs, in addition to standard Perinatal Education offerings (classes, materials, etc.
) Solid analytical and project management skills, including the ability to analyze problems, reach practical conclusions, and institute effective changes.
Possess written and verbal communications skills to explain medical lab results or sensitive information clearly and professionally to diverse audiences.
General computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, a laboratory information systems (LIS) to place orders/receive results, and EPIC to create/update patient electronic health records.
Work independently as well as be part of an interdisciplinary team, while demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
Ability to lead others to solve complex problems using sophisticated analytics to identify innovative solutions.
Influence individuals or groups with different opinions and to enlist cooperation without direct control or authority.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS: See required physical demands, mental components, visual activities & working conditions at the following link: Job Requirements Job Shift: Varied Schedule: Part Time Shift Hours: 8 Days of the Week: Variable Weekend Requirements: Occasionally Benefits: Yes Unions: No Position Status: Exempt Weekly Hours: 20 Employee Status: Regular Number of Openings: 1 Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $0.
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This range has not been adjusted for any specific geographic differential applicable by area where the position may be filled.
Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, department equity, training and organizational needs.
Base pay is just one piece of the total rewards program offered by Sutter Health.
Eligible roles also qualify for a comprehensive benefits package.