Midwife

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Location:

Kent Campus Hospital. Part-Time, 48 hours per week, variable shift.

Salary range: $79,510.00 - $ per year.

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Educational Reimbursement
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Critical Care Coverage and other voluntary benefits

• Collaborate and consult with Bayhealth physicians under practice guidelines and nurse-midwifery regulations.
• Perform initial evaluation of all labor and delivery patients, monitor labor, recommend appropriate interventions and report complications.
• Prepare patients and partners for delivery, teach breathing and relaxation techniques; provide breastfeeding instruction if requested.
• Provide continuous support throughout labor, monitor fetal status, administer medications, and notify physicians of prolonged labor or complications.
• Deliver infants and perform newborn assessments to ensure maternal and infant wellness.
• Conduct postpartum visits to teach feeding and newborn care.
• Lead classes for patients, families, and nursing students about pregnancy, delivery, and childcare.
• Offer family planning counseling and gynaecological services.
• Participate in performance improvement and continuing education activities, obtaining required CEUs.
• Adapt to changing workplace demands and work collaboratively with peers and other providers.
• Make referrals to other healthcare providers as needed.
• Participate in labor and delivery coverage and other duties as assigned within job scope.

• Master’s Degree in Midwifery.
• Graduate of an accredited midwifery program with a Nurse‑Midwife Certificate.
• Certified Midwife Practitioner or equivalent board certification.
• Required:
  
  Experience as a Midwife in a private or hospital setting.

• Basic Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certifications.
• Preferred:
  One year of experience as a Midwife in a private or hospital setting.

Apply through Bayhealth's career portal.