TEMPORARY MIDWIFE
Brigham & Women's Hospital(BWH)

Excellent Care to Patients and Families • The Best Staff • In the Safest Environment

NURSE MIDWIFE, M.S. / TEMPORARY / 40 HOURS / ROTATING - BWH MIDWIFERY

Nursing at Brigham and Women's Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That's why we're committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level - not just as patients, but as individuals - to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.

At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision - to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.

Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents - a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception - physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there's no better place to be.

The Midwife will be responsible for:

• Assume management responsibility of a caseload of obstetrical and gynecological patients selected.
• Provides prenatal care to patients which includes physical assessment, patient education, nursing care and management of problems in accordance with approved nurse midwifery guidelines.
• Collaborates with the health care team in planning and implementing care for obstetrical and gynecological patients.
• The individual in this position must demonstrate appropriate knowledge of the principals of growth and development with newborn, adolescent and adult patient population.
• Provides patient care in Antepartum and deliveries.

Qualifications
To qualify you must have:

• Education: Graduate of an approved program of Midwifery. Masters Degree required. Doctorate Degree preferred.
• Experience: Experience working in health centers and with diverse populations required. 3 years Midwifery experience preferred.
• Licensure: Authorization to practice as registered nurse in Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • Current certification by American Midwifery Certification Board.
  • Authorization to practice in the expanded role in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    
  • Registration to issue controlled substances with U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
    
  • Registration to issue controlled substances with Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    
• Other: Membership in professional organizations is recommended and certification in a specialty area is encouraged.
• Weekend Rotation per MNA Contract.

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