What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Nurse Midwife - UPMC Women's First position at UPMC?
UPMC Pinnacle Medical Services is hiring a Full-Time Certified Nurse Midwife to help support their UPMC Women's First OB/GYN team in Central PA! This position will primarily located in Harrisburg with regular travel to the other offices in Mechanicsburg, Millersburg, and Newport, PA.
Hours: Monday through Sunday shifts. Rotating weekends and holidays. On call required, 12 or 24 hour shifts.
Location: This position will support several offices based on staff needs. This position will also work at UPMC Harrisburg to support hospital needs. Office locations include the following:
- 4310 Londonderry Road, Suite 101, Harrisburg, PA 17109
- 2025 Technology Parkway, Suite 309, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
- 5210 East Trindle Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
- 1000 Evelyn Drive, Millersburg, PA 17061
- 300 Bretz Drive, Newport, PA 17074
Position Specifics: Obstetrics and Gynecology - Preferred Midwifery experience, preferred women’s health nursing/labor suite experience.
Department Details: Women First Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists-UPMC in Harrisburg, Pa. provides the highest level of professional personalized care, using the physicians’ expertise with the newest technology in childbirth services, obstetrics, and women's health for an exceptional health care experience. 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.