CNM Clinical Director

Birth Center of Denver is looking for a CNM Clinical Director to join and lead an incredible clinical team at Colorado's first and only hospital-owned, freestanding birth center!

The CNM Clinical Director, as appointed by the governing body, will function in accordance with the CDPHE Standards for Hospitals and Health Facilities:
Chapter 22 – Birth Centers, and the CABC Indicators of Compliance with Standards for Birth Centers as defined by the Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC). The CNM Clinical Director shall have the authority, responsibility, and accountability for clinical services provided by the facility and will fulfill the CNM Clinical Director responsibilities as outlined in Part 5 of the CDPHE Chapter 22 Standards for Birth Centers.

The appointed CNM Clinical Director shall be a clinical provider, as defined in Part 2.7 of these rules, and have the necessary professional scope of practice, as regulated under Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, to supervise the facility’s clinical providers. The CNM Clinical Director, individually or with a committee of the facility’s clinical providers, shall recommend and enforce rules, regulations, and policies for the proper organization and conduct of the facility’s clinical providers, and be the formal clinical liaison with the governing body for Birth Center of Denver (BCD).

The CNM Clinical Director will be one of the facility’s clinical providers and supervises the facility’s clinical services. The CNM Clinical Director will provide full-scope nurse-midwifery care within the BCD Clinical Practice Guidelines and must meet the criteria for Certified Nurse-Midwives as defined by the Saint Joseph Hospital (SJH) Medical Staff Bylaws, Clinical Rules, Medical Staff Rules as well as the BCD Clinical Staff Bylaws.

The CNM Clinical Director will function in accordance with the American College of Nurse-Midwives Standards for Nurse-Midwifery Practice and work in a collaborative relationship with nurse-midwives, physicians, attending physicians and residents from the SJH OB/GYN Residency Program.

The CNM Clinical Director shall designate in writing one of the facility’s other clinical providers to act as the CNM Clinical Director when the appointed CNM Clinical Director is temporarily absent. The designated clinical provider shall have the appropriate clinical privileges to carry out the responsibilities of the CNM Clinical Director.

Birth Center of Denver is an independent licensed facility that is owned and operated by Saint Joseph Hospital, Inc, with its own set of Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) privileges and bylaws that are separate from Saint Joseph Hospital. Certified Nurse Midwives will be provided by the Front Range Medical Group, who are exclusively leased back to Birth Center of Denver, and are dedicated to covering nurse-midwifery services only at Birth Center of Denver.

• Ensure the Birth Center is in compliance with regulatory agencies (CPDHE, CABC) that include readiness for licensed survey and accreditation site visits.
• Recommend and enforce rules, regulations, and policies for the proper organization and conduct of the facility’s clinical providers.
• See regulatory requirements of CNM Clinical Director role below under Clinical Care Guidelines and Policies & Procedures.

• Responsible for implementing, maintaining and assuring the quality of client care services through the BCD Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program and create plans to address any deficits.
• Oversight of quality initiatives and quality improvement projects, including KPIs specific to Birth Center of Denver.
• Provide ongoing evaluation of the professional clinical performance of all CNMs and RNs who practice at the Birth Center. This includes regular learning opportunities, skills assessments, and competency check offs through compliance with quarterly RQI skills check offs, e-learning modules, emergency drills, and annual competency training for all clinical caregivers.
• Conduct regular chart reviews for births and transfers of care to SJH.
• Provide a regular review of birth center metrics of…