Birthing Center

The Certified Nurse Midwife will:

Saint Peter’s University Hospital is looking to hire a full-time Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) for its growing midwifery practice. This position is ideal for an enthusiastic candidate who is looking to participate in a team-based model and values a variety of responsibilities.

Our Birth Center is equipped with tubs for hydrotherapy, intermittent auscultation, various tools for comfort measures, and supportive collaborative physician backup. The hospital rooms are also equipped with wireless monitoring for freedom of movement.

The certified nurse midwife (CNM) will:

Function independently but in collaboration with the attending physician and interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide midwifery services to patients
Responsible for the assessment, plan, implementation and evaluation of nurse midwifery care delivered to the antepartum, intrapartum and post-partum and newborn patients as well as routine well woman health care
Provide services on varying shifts within the department in Labor and Delivery, PET Unit, Birth Center and Family Health Center/Women's Ambulatory Care
Care for intrapartum patients at the free-standing Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center on campus and/or Labor and Delivery

Community Highlights

Thriving area that has experienced a dramatic transformation in the past few decades. New Brunswick’s robust downtown area, sitting along the Raritan River, provides a walkable, urban setting with bustling restaurants, bars, grocery stores, arts, entertainment, and it’s the home of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Enjoy fine cuisine as you walk these historical streets.
Home to several theatres including the State Theatre, museums, and local markets.
Centrally located within 1 hour access to New York City and Philadelphia

About Saint Peter's

Saint Peter's Healthcare System is an award-winning comprehensive non-profit healthcare network headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Anchored by Saint Peter's University Hospital, a 478-bed acute care teaching hospital sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen, it provides patient-centered care along unique culture that cultivates warmth, inspiration, respect, and continual learning. The system employs over 3,600 healthcare professionals with more than 1,000 doctors and dentists on staff, serving over 23,000 inpatients and 245,000 outpatients annually across 27 centers and facilities offering over 150 healthcare services. The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital is the state-designated as an acute care children's hospital, one of the most advanced hospitals of its kind in the nation. Through Saint Peter's Physician Associates, the network provides comprehensive primary care and specialty care services throughout New Jersey. In the recently expanded Saint Peter's Family Health Center, provides primary, specialty, pediatric, women’s health, child protections center, quality improvement services for underserved, uninsured, and underinsured populations, with the capacity to serve up to 100,000 visits annually.

Saint Peter’s Awards and Recognitions

Saint Peter’s Healthcare System has earned extensive recognition including 7 consecutive Magnet® designations for nursing excellence making it 1 of only 5 hospitals worldwide to achieve this distinction, along with The Joint Commission's Level IV NICU (first in NJ); America's Best Maternity Hospitals for 3 consecutive years and Best-in-State Hospitals 2025; Leapfrog 'A' Safety Grade, Women's Choice Awards for multiple specialties, High Performing Hospital 2024-25 in Diabetes, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure, Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma, and Urology; Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Awards for both Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments; Silver Beacon Award for Excellence for ICU by American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN); Silver Beacon Award for Excellence for PICU at The Children's Hospital by AACN and many more totaling 34 recognitions and awards.

Requirements:

Graduation from a nurse-midwifery education program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) (formerly known as the American College of Nurse-Midwives Division of Accreditation)
Master's or doctoral degree
Current CDS and DEA required
Current active certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board or be actively seeking initial certification and obtain the same on the first certification for which they are eligible.
Current active licensure to practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife in the nurse midwife category as per the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
STABLE Program Certification preferred.
Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) certified.
Current BLS and ACLS certification from the American Heart Association.
Neonatal Resuscitation Provider I (NRP) certification required, as approved by the American Heart Association. NRP II (Neonatal Resuscitation Provider II) certification to be obtained during clinical orientation.

Schedule: The position is flexible but will entail a combination of day/night/weekend/holiday call and office hours. All shifts are in-house and include a 24-hour call and two office days. This may be adjusted depending on the needs of the team. Experience is preferred but not required. First Assist and Limited Ultrasonography experience preferred but not required, will offer on-site training.

Salary Range: 128,502.00 - 205,608.00 USD

We offer competitive base rates that are determined by many factors, including job-related work experience, internal equity, and industry-specific market data. In addition to base salary, some positions may be eligible for clinical certification pay and shift differentials.

The salary range listed for exempt positions reflects full-time compensation and will be prorated based on employment status.

Saint Peter's offers a robust benefits program to eligible employees that will support you and your family in working toward achieving and maintaining secure, healthy lives now and into the future. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; savings accounts, voluntary benefits, wellness programs and discounts, paid life insurance, generous 401(k) match, adoption assistance, back-up daycare, free onsite parking, and recognition rewards.

You can take your career to the next level by participating in either a fully paid tuition program or our generous tuition assistance program. Learn more about our benefits by visiting our site at Saint Peter's .

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