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Certified Nurse Midwife - OB Triage Hospitalist
Houston, TX, US
We are searching for a Certified Nurse Midwife — someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide independent midwifery services to patients but collaborate with the attending physician and interdisciplinary health team.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Skills & Requirements
• Graduation from a school of midwifery required
• RN - Registered Nurses and CNM - Certified Nurse-Midwife Required
• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred
• APN License, APN ACLS Cert, and ACLS NRP Cert preferred
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain a caseload of patients based on practice goals and objectives
• Provide direct clinical services and management of mothers and babies as defined in the Nurse Midwife Collaborative Guidelines of the practice
• Obtain patient health histories and complete physical examinations
• Document findings noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings
• Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests
• Perform approved therapeutic procedures based upon the patient’s clinical status
• Document patient preparation and response to procedure(s)
• Formulate and implement prenatal, intra-partum, postpartum, newborn and interconceptional care as defined by the nurse midwifery service
• Explain the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of procedure(s) to patient, family and staff
• Maintain professional practice and development
• Consult and/or serve as an expert consultant to nursing, members of the healthcare team and to the larger community
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
About Texas Children’s
Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children’s Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women’s Place – Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
