Certified Nurse Midwife, Inpatient & Outpatient - Northampton (massgeneralbrigham)

Job Description

Site: Mass General Brigham Medical Group Western Massachusetts, Inc.

 

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.  We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.

 

The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.

Certified Nurse Midwives at Cooley Dickinson OB/GYN & Midwifery provide expert care and support throughout a patient’s reproductive life span from teen years through menopause. During pregnancy, Midwives partner with pregnant people and their families to promote optimal health in pregnancy and childbirth, with a focus on personalized care, education and informed choice. Our team of midwives provides prenatal care in the Louise Finn house on the campus of Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a beautiful yellow Victorian referred to as the yellow house. They also offer select hours at our Amherst and Atwood Drive locations. All births are attended at the Childbirth Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of health care professionals.

Under the general direction of the CDMG Practice Manager, and Practice Physician(s), the Midwife is responsible for:

• Assessing the health status of patients by obtaining health and medical histories, performing physical examinations, and diagnosing health and developmental problems.
• Managing the care of women (including women of diverse backgrounds and LGBTQ+ patients) during labor, delivery and the initial post-partum period.
We are seeking a part-time, 20-hour Certified Nurse Midwife to support our inpatient and outpatient clinic teams. Weekly schedules consist of (1) 12-hour on-call shift and (1) 8-hour clinic shift. Our inpatient services are offered on the Cooley Dickinson Hospital main campus. Our outpatient clinics are located at 22 Atwood Drive in Northampton and 170 University Drive in Amherst.

Are you ready to bring your talent to this team and join us in driving medicine forward? In this part-time role, you will have access to a competitive benefits package tailored to meet your needs!

 

Job Summary

Responsible for safe and personalized care to patients in the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and routine GYN settings.

Does this position require Patient Care? Yes

Essential Functions
-Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and/or newborn care to patients.
-Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
-Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information.
-Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms.
-Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
-Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.
-Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members, or others.
-Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.

 

Education
Master's Degree Nursing required

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
No

Licenses and Credentials
Midwife, Certified Nurse [State License] - Generic - HR Only required

Experience
Minimum of two years of experience as a Nurse Midwife is required to be a Midwife II 2-3 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Familiarity with Electronic Medical Record systems.
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Ability to teach others.
- Excellent problem-solving, case management, and communication skills.
- Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.

 

• Applicants must be familiar and/or experienced with the centering model of care and possess the desire to work as part of a collaborative, progressive team.
• 3+ years of midwifery experience preferred

 

Onsite

 

22 Atwood Drive

 

20

 

Regular

 

Rotating (United States of America)

 

Mass General Brigham Medical Group Western Massachusetts, Inc. is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

 

Mass General Brigham Competency Framework

At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.