Nurse Midwife, Nocturnist

Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) – Nocturnist Triage Laborist

Are you passionate about providing exceptional obstetric care in a collaborative academic environment?

Christiana Care is seeking a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to join our Women's Health team as a full-time Nocturnist Triage Laborist at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. This inpatient-based position offers the opportunity to provide comprehensive, evidence-based care across the continuum of obstetric services while working alongside physicians, residents, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and learners in one of the region's leading healthcare systems.

As a key member of our OBGYN team, you will provide expert midwifery care during the antepartum, intrapartum, and immediate postpartum periods, while helping ensure high-quality, patient-centered outcomes.

• Inpatient Nocturnist position
• Provide care in Labor & Delivery and OB/GYN Triage
• Work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary Women's Health team
• Academic environment with resident physicians, medical students, and APC learners
• Opportunity to practice at the full scope of certified nurse-midwifery
• Hospital-based role at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware
• Night, weekend, and holiday coverage as part of a 24/7/365 service line

• Evaluate, diagnose, and manage obstetric and gynecologic patients presenting to Labor & Delivery and OB/GYN triage
• Independently manage normal labor and birth
• Monitor maternal and fetal well-being and adjust care plans as needed
• Perform vaginal deliveries and provide immediate maternal and newborn care
• Obtain histories, perform physical examinations, and develop treatment plans
• Order, interpret, and act on laboratory studies, diagnostic testing, fetal monitoring, and other clinical assessments
• Recognize high-risk or emergent situations and collaborate with or elevate care to obstetric physicians when appropriate
• Coordinate admissions, consultations, transfers, discharges, and transitions of care
• Educate and counsel patients and families regarding labor, delivery, postpartum recovery, newborn care, and family planning
• Collaborate closely with physicians, nursing staff, anesthesia, neonatology, and other healthcare professionals
• Support the education and development of residents, students, and members of the healthcare team

• Vaginal delivery
• Artificial rupture of membranes (AROM)
• Foley bulb placement for induction
• Repair of first- and second-degree lacerations
• Bedside ultrasound
• Fetal scalp electrode and intrauterine pressure catheter placement
• Contraceptive device insertion and removal
  
  Biopsies and other gynecologic procedures consistent with credentialing and scope of practice

• Graduate degree from an accredited nurse-midwifery or midwifery education program
• Completion of an accredited Certified Nurse-Midwife/Midwifery Program
• Advanced knowledge of obstetrics, gynecology, and labor and delivery management
• Board-certified or board-eligible Certified Nurse Midwife
• Eligible for active staff status within the Christiana Care OB/GYN Department

• Delaware licensure or eligibility for licensure
• Certified Nurse-Midwife certification through the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB)
• BLS certification required
• OBIS training for electronic fetal monitoring required
• OB/GYN ultrasound competency required
• ACLS and NRP preferred

• Strong clinical judgment and decision-making skills
• Expertise in labor management and obstetric care
• Commitment to patient-centered, evidence-based practice
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced inpatient environment
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Passion for supporting learners and interdisciplinary teamwork