Job Title: RN Midwife Client
Profession: Level 4 RN Midwife
Specialty: Midwife
Duration: 12-week contract, extendable
Shift: 3x12.0
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: Minimum years of experience required
License: OK license
Certifications: AMCB, ACLS, BLS, NRP, OBDNN, OK DEA
Must-Have: Certified midwife credentials
Description:
This position requires 24-hour shifts for in-house deliveries.
Typically, there are 7-24 shifts per month.
Some shifts may fall on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, but weekends may be covered by locum or full-time family practice providers.
Midwives will always be off post-call.
Opportunities are available to see patients in the Women's Clinic, though this is not the primary focus of the midwives.
A designated call room is provided.
Midwives triage all patients, admit, and deliver uncomplicated vaginal deliveries.
They also perform discharges on non-cesarean section patients.
Consultation with a physician is required for complicated patients, operative deliveries, and rounding on those patients.
Currently, there are 5-6 births per day, with an expected increase due to a new facility, anticipated several months ahead.
Midwives may work two shifts with a required 24-hour break in between.
They deliver patients' babies in birthing centers, homes, or hospital settings.
Midwives provide emotional support and guidance before, during, and after labor.
They identify high-risk pregnancies and educate patients and their families on antenatal care and reproductive health.