Midwife

Overview

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Midwife to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and North Central Bronx
. Jacobi Medical Center is a 457-bed, Level I Trauma Center and North Central Bronx Hospital (NCB) has 213 licensed beds. Jacobi and NCB remain respected leaders in emergency medicine, trauma surgery, burn care, pediatrics, primary care, and women’s health. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

• Provide antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, neonatal, interconceptional, and gynecological care.
• Plan and provide health care for women and individuals across the lifespan and newborn infants.
• Establish a complete database concerning the patient through history taking, physical examination, and ordering/interpreting appropriate laboratory data/tests.
• Provide guidance and education for patients and families concerning health maintenance, admission and discharge, labor management, and physical and emotional support.
• Manage labor and birth, including delivery of the newborn.
• Utilize medication and performs procedures.
• Provide immediate and the follow-up care of the newborn infant, including circumcision and ongoing assessment and follow-up with the postpartum family.
• Seek medical consultation, co-management, and/or referral for patients with medical, obstetric, or gynecologic co-morbidities.
• Provide contraceptive services and guidance.
• Evaluation and treatment for minor gynecological conditions.