Certified Nurse Mid-Wife-Ouptatient Communiy Health

Full Time Professional Park City Primary Care, Bridgeport, CT, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

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We are looking for an experienced Certified Nurse Midwife to join our OB/GYN department in Bridgeport.

The Nurse Midwife will provide holistic, quality, and cost-effective care for women, and participates in the medical management of uncomplicated prenatal and gynecological patients, to achieve or maintain optimal health status, manage disease, and reduce risk of illness. Practices within a health care system that allows medical consultation, collaborative management, and referral health care of women, i.e., well woman, gynecology, obstetrics (antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum), and family planning.

• Engages in independent decision-making regarding the health care of women across the lifespan and across the health care continuum.
• Assess health status, illness conditions, responses to illness, coping behaviors, environment and health risks of individuals, families, and groups to diagnose actual or potential health status or disease state. These assessments are accomplished by taking histories, performing physical examinations, ordering, and interpreting laboratory and/or diagnostic tests/data according to accepted protocols.
• Provides Medical coverage for uncomplicated Obstetrical and Gynecological patients.
• Follows established guidelines for use and/or disclosure of protected health information.
• Develops and maintains collaborations and coordination between OHC and community providers to ensure effective patient care.
• Ensures that documentation, record keeping, surveillance logs and procedures are complete, and in compliance with JACHO, CMS, DPH regulations.
• Translates relevant research findings into evidence-based practice
• Attend and actively participate in organizational committees, task forces and professional organizations.
• Participate in call rotation for OB/GYN department per individual contract obligation and with MD/DO backup.
• Monitors quality of patients and ensures inclusion of all appropriate findings, recommendations, follow-up care and referral.
• Assists in the review and development of standing orders and policies procedures. Provides consultative direction as needed.
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Participates in a team approach to patient care and provides effective communication to other staff to ensure continuity of care. Assumes additional responsibility and performs other duties consistent with the requirements of state licensure.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations, and procedures to administer patient care.
• Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.
• Knowledge of and skill in applying and modifying the principles, methods, and techniques of professional nursing to provide ongoing patient care.
• Skill in taking medical history to assess…