NURSE MIDWIFE (225040)

Montefiore Health System • Full-time • Bronx, NY, US • 1d ago

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Overview

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This vacancy will be posted on internal Career Website for 10 work days.

Associates are eligible to apply for a transfer after completion of one (1) year of service in their present position, with the following exception: an Associate who has received a written warning is not eligible for a transfer/promotion prior to six (6) months from date of issuance; an Associate who has been suspended is not eligible for transfer/promotion prior to one (1) year from date of suspension. Probationary period is four (4) months for full-time employees, and six (6) months for part-time employees.

The Nurse Midwife maintains standards of the practice for nursing as defined by the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and Nursing's Social Policy Statement. The Nurse Midwife actualizes the vision, mission, values, and balanced scorecard performance measures for Montefiore Medical Center.

Responsibilities

The Nurse Midwife participates in performance improvement/research activities; maintains professional practice standards and clinical expertise; and demonstrates leadership skills.
The Nurse Midwife demonstrates core and unit specific competencies based on the patient population served.
The nurse midwife assumes complete responsibility for the care and management of essentially healthy women in accordance with the midwifery practice agreement and with institutional practice privileges.
The nurse midwife participates in educational activities for healthcare students and assists with research studies.

Requirements

Current New York State license as a Registered Nurse.
Current New York Midwifery License.
Certification for prescriptive rights by NYS Department of Education.
Participation in ACNM Continuing Competency Programs.
Baccalaureate Degree and Master's Degree plus satisfactory registered professional nurse experience.
Five (5) years of satisfactory clinical nurse-midwifery experience may be substituted for a Master's Degree.
Current DEA registration.

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.