UPMC Pinnacle Medical Services is hiring a Full-Time Nurse Midwife to join their Lititz OB/GYN Specialists team in Lititz, PA! This position will primarily located in Lititz with regular travel to the other offices to support staffing and patient needs. Hours: Monday through Sunday shifts. Rotating weekends and holidays. On call required, 12 or 24 hour shifts. Location: UPMC Lititz OB/GYN Specialists - 1575 Highlands Dr., Suite 205, Lititz, PA 17543 Position Specifics: Obstetrics and Gynecology - Preferred Midwifery experience, preferred women’s health nursing/labor suite experience. Department Details: UPMC Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists provides comprehensive, compassionate obstetric and gynecologic care to women of all ages and stages of life. Our board-certified physicians, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse practitioners and other staff members strive to provide women with the best care possible. We are a group of trained and compassionate professionals, dedicated to caring for each woman as an individual. Our providers and staff work together, proud of our history of providing generations of women of all ages in Lancaster with quality care. Our midwives also are career ladder eligible! See what being an Advanced Practice Provider can do for UPMC and what UPMC can do for Advanced Practice Providers – it’s more than just a job! What Can You Bring to UPMC? Contribute to UPMC’s mission of Life Changing Medicine Set the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team Provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. Demonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession What Can UPMC Do for You? A career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful in the position you want to obtain now and, in the future Health and welfare benefits like medical, vision, dental, and life and disability, and an exceptional retirement program Work life balance to help manage other important aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave Competitive pay for the work that you do – base pay, merit, and premium pay Sign-on Bonus available if applicable Purpose: Provides comprehensive primary health care to a select population of essentially healthy women. Participates in the care of women with medical complications in collaboration with obstetricians/gynecologists. Responsibilities: Perform accurate history and physical examinations on essentially healthy women, order and interpret diagnostic tests, diagnose problems, and manage minor problems and illnesses. Provide primary care in an ambulatory setting to women: preconception care, prenatal care, labor and delivery management, postpartum care, normal newborn care, well-woman gynecology, family planning, counseling in health promotion, maintenance and disease prevention. Participate in research and continuing education activities. Instruct and supervise nursing and medical personnel. Follow the mandatory reporting procedures for any incident or serious event that did affect or potentially could have affected the clinical care of any patient. Identify deviations from normal and consults, co-manages or refers as appropriate. Provide individualized educational opportunities for students including mentoring, supervision and evaluation. Provide individualized client teaching and counseling utilizing the nurse midwifery philosophy. Completion of an accredited school of nurse midwifery required. Bachelor's degree required. Considerable degree of independent judgment to monitor and respond to changes in a client's condition. Interpersonal skills to work effectively with clients, families and all members of the healthcare team. Oral and written skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients, physicians and members of the healthcare community. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Midwife Registered Nurse (RN) Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state. UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Job Details The Certified Nurse-Midwife serves as a member within the General Division in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The CNM is responsible for full-scope midwifery care. The CNM provides independent clinical management of essentially healthy people, including: routine office well gynecologic care, management of minor gynecologic issues, antepartum/intrapartum/postpartum care, and immediate care of the newborn. The CNM will work in the hospital, office-based, and health center care settings as a member of a collaborative care team. The care team consists of OB/GYNs, CNMs, NPs, RNs, social workers, medical assistants, nutritionists. Job Description Provides well person gynecologic care, treatment of minor gynecologic conditions, family planning care, STI diagnosis/treatment, and antepartum/postpartum care in the office-based setting. These offices include: 833 Chestnut Street and Wolf Street Provides antepartum/postpartum care in Philadelphia Department of Public Health Centers. Provides intrapartum/immediate postpartum care to clients Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The CNM would independently care for people with essentially normal labor and spontaneous vaginal deliveries, precept and teach residents and medical/midwifery/PA students, participate in postpartum rounds, and provide telephone triage coverage. Typical work schedule would include two 8-hour office/health center days and one to two 12- hour hospital shifts in a seven-day period. Weekend coverage is rotated. Care is provided in a collaborative, team-based approach. The need for consultation, collaboration, and/or referral is based on jointly developed practice guidelines to optimize the physical, social, and emotional needs of our clientele. Will participate in various Department, University, and Hospital committees; attend meetings within the Division, and other divisions at the discretion of the Division Director Provide didactic lectures and simulation-based training for residents and medical/midwifery/nursing students Education/Certifications Master in Nursing degree, completion of an ACME accredited graduate program, passing score on the AMCB certification exam. Certification by the AMCB, Pennsylvania RN license, Pennsylvania CNM license. Must meet requirements for Pennsylvania Nurse-Midwife Prescriptive Authority license and US DEA registration. Experience Requirements: Minimum of 2 years of experience is required. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Strong observational skills and attention to detail. Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Jefferson University Physicians Primary Location Address 833 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance. For more benefits information, please click here
