Certified Nurse Midwife - Jefferson

Responsibilities

• Providing comprehensive inpatient clinical care to OB/GYN patients consistent with existing practice protocols, organizational standards, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Providing outpatient gynecologic and obstetric care in a collaborative practice with EMCM Ob/Gyn physicians.
• Providing inpatient obstetrical coverage that involves initial evaluation of parturient and continued care and delivery of normally laboring patients under the guidance of the labor floor staff physician.
• This position requires providing service to the adolescent and adult age populations in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• The APP may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.

• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidence‑based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Implements and modifies plan of care.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.

• Documents/dictates key components of patient’s progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary).
• Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
• Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.

• Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.
• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidence‑based practice.
• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.

• Master’s Degree from accredited Midwifery Program.
• AMCB Board Certification.
• BLS certification.
• RN License.

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.

Positions posted as annual salaries reflect an estimated amount for a 1.0 Full‑Time Equivalent (FTE) (i.e. 40 hour equivalent), positions for less than 1.0 FTE will be prorated.

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Kennedy Medical Group, Practice, PC.

205 East Laurel Road, Stratford, New Jersey, United States of America.

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