Midwife

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, a part of the Pacific Northwest Division of Common Spirit, is actively seeking a highly motivated and skilled Certified Nurse Midwife to join our esteemed team in Federal Way, WA.

Join a well-established physician and midwife women's health group located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We are currently seeking a Full-Time Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to join our team in Federal Way, WA.

Our Midwife team provides full scope midwifery care including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, GYN, annual exams, and family planning. This position is based out of our Federal Way clinic as part of VMFH Women’s Health. There are six OB/GYN physicians, 6 CNM’s and 2 ARNP’s based at this location. Midwives manage patients for hospital births and support in-house OB backup. Hospital culture is supportive of midwives and offers waterbirth, nitrous oxide, IV meds and epidurals.

Midwives practice full scope; managing labor, triage, inductions, attending births, assisting c/s, postpartum rounds, and normal newborn care. The weekly schedule is variable and includes two 8 hour clinic shifts and one 24 hour hospital/call shift in a 7 day work week.

We provide evidenced-based women's healthcare services to Federal Way and its surrounding communities. Ideal candidates would have prior experience in full scope midwifery, a passion for underserved communities and a desire to practice long term in the Federal Way location. We are seeking candidates who are hardworking, compassionate, and dedicated to providing top-level patient care.

As an employee of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and Franciscan Medical Group, you would be entitled to a great benefits package that includes medical, vision, dental and malpractice insurance coverage as well as a robust retirement plan. Market competitive compensation model.

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St. Francis Hospital is a 124 bed, Level III Trauma Center located in Federal Way, WA. The state of the art birth center has 22 beds and there is 24/7 in house Anesthesia coverage. St. Francis has a 6 bed Level II Special Care Nursery capable of caring for infants as young as 32 weeks. Our partner facility, St. Joseph Medical Center has a Level III NICU and is in close proximity for transfers if needed.

We also have a partnership with Seattle Children’s for specialty newborn care if needed. Our group does approximately 120 deliveries per month. St. Francis has achieved Baby Friendly designation as well as recognition by the International Lactation Consultant Association for excellence in lactation care.

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award winning health systems in Washington State – CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.

Our integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds including Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS;
Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety.

We commit to fostering an equitable, diverse and intentionally inclusive environment – we strive for all to feel valued, respected and that they belong. Our unique life experiences and backgrounds make our patient care extraordinary. Our diversity fuels our culture of innovation and transformative health care. Our differences are our…