OB/GYN - Certified Nurse Midwife

This Certified Nurse Midwife position is a rotating weekday/weekend position. Day shift only with no nights and no call.

The schedule will be 2 shifts per week covering Labor and Delivery from 7 AM to 7 PM, including rotating weekends. There will also be 2 clinic days per week in our ambulatory clinic at Decatur- 8 AM to 5 PM.

Our Advanced Practice Providers are an integral part of the Emory Healthcare integrated academic health care system. Some highlights of joining the Emory Healthcare team:

• Highly competitive compensation package.
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs.
• Paid Parental Leave benefit available to all qualified employees.
• Wellness incentives.
• Comprehensive health benefits that start Day 1.

• Manages the antepartal, intrapartal, postpartal, and interconceptional care of patients whose progress is essentially normal.
• Oversees the immediate care of these mothers and their newborns and may, as appropriate, provide direct nursing care.
• Promotes the effectiveness and the efficiency of Nurse-Midwifery Services and promotes the profession.
• Interacts and collaborates with and serves as a resource to other patient care team members in determining patient care priorities when establishing a care plan.
• Uses available resources to clarify standards of care, policies, and procedures.
• Supports and assists in clinical research activities pertaining to Nurse Midwifery Services.
• May provide clinical instruction and supervision in basic nursemidwifery courses when faculty needs temporary assistance.
• Reviews patient's medical history, patient chart, and physician's diagnosis and orders to determine a care plan for the patient.
• Develops a patient care plan, which includes clear, measurable goals.
• Determines the equipment, materials, and resources needed to successfully implement a patient's care plan.
• Identifies patient problems, symptoms, and behavioral changes and determines and prioritizes appropriate nurse-midwife interventions.
• Determines whether or not patient's condition requires nurse midwifery management, physician consultation or referral, collaborative management, or emergency care.
• Revises patient care plans to meet patient's changing needs.
• May administer direct patient care to assigned patients following established policies, procedures, and protocols of Nurse-Midwifery Services.
• Ensures optimum patient care including provision of prenatal care according to the Centering Pregnancy: model of group prenatal care.
• Discusses the care plan with the patient and family, teaching team to perform specific procedures satisfactorily, and documenting these activities to ensure a full understanding of the patient's continued care.
• Communicates patients' needs and responses through appropriate verbal and written communications.
• Keeps the patient's family and patient care team abreast of the patient's progress.
• When required, explains the rationale or principles behind the physiology or consequences of treatments.
• Obtains or updates the appropriate database based on the type of patient encounter, such as patient visit or medical round.
• Documents all aspects of patient care following the established charting procedure to show the patient's progress or any change in the patient's condition.
• Performs other related duties as required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. A master's degree in nursing required. Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Georgia or a current temporary permit to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Georgia. Certification by the American College of Nurse Midwives. BLS and Healthcare Provider certifications required.