APP - Certified Nurse Midwife

Overview

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.

Work Shift:

Varies (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Union Position:
No

• Full-Scope Midwifery Practice:
  Provide comprehensive care including prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and gynecologic services.
• Collaborative Role:
  Partner closely with our OBGYN team to support:
  • Postpartum care for all OB patients
  • Initial triage of all patients presenting to the Family Birth Center
• Predictable Weekly
  
  Schedule:
  • 1 day of outpatient clinic (Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
  • 1 dedicated 24-hour inpatient shift per week
• Call Commitment:
  Light call rotation (approximately 2–4 shifts/month)
  • Call is for CNM patients only – no cross-coverage
• This is an excellent opportunity for a CNM looking for a balanced, meaningful career with a strong focus on patient relationships, team collaboration, and comprehensive women’s care.

Provides midwifery care for patients with obstetric and gynecologic needs during labor, delivery and postpartum. Identifies additional needs for mothers and babies in birthing units.

• Monitors patients' condition during pregnancies, including co-management of high-risk pregnancies, and performs examinations and procedures.
• Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
• Maintain and record information in medical records or provide narrative summaries to communicate patient information to other health care providers.
• Provide guidance to expectant mothers in prenatal self-care (nutrition, weight gain, daily activity levels).
• Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, inter-conceptional, well-woman, and gynecologic care and education for women and their families.
• Maintain records of patient conditions and test results within care plans.
• May order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests and prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
• Practices midwifery as a CNM or CM, encompassing a full range of primary health care services for women from adolescence beyond menopause.
• Provide primary care, gynecologic and family planning services, preconception care, care during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period, and newborn care up to 28 days old; manage care in partnership with women and families in diverse settings.
• Conduct physical examinations; prescribe medications including controlled substances and contraceptive methods; admit, manage and discharge patients; order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests; facilitate use of medical devices.
• Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and individualized wellness education and counseling.

• Master’s degree, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) level education required from an approved ACNM/AMCB-accredited program.
• Current unencumbered APRN license (CNM) per state requirements; maintain RN license and APRN CNM licensure where practice occurs; multistate licensure if in an NLC state.
• Pass certification examination as required by the state board.
• Appointment at Sanford facility and scope of practice approved.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required;
  Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred.
• DEA registration number required.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications; privileging documents may supersede this description where applicable.

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