Midwife - Waterloo

Overview

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Certified Nurse Midwife to join our team in Waterloo, Iowa

• Join a collaborative team of OB/GYN physicians committed to delivering outstanding, evidence-based care.
• Practice in newly expanded, state-of-the-art Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) suites with 24 beds
• Level II NICU support on site
• Total practice delivery volume averages approximately 1,300 deliveries annually
• Provide full-scope midwifery care in both inpatient and outpatient settings
• Independently manage high-risk obstetrical cases while collaborating closely with OB/GYN physicians
• Perform vaginal births, laceration repairs, and serve as first surgical assist for cesarean sections and gynecologic surgeries.
• Triage, assess, and manage emergent obstetric patients in collaboration with RNs and OB/GYNs.
• Manage hospital labor assessments and admissions, including normal and abnormal labor.
• Perform in-office procedures including IUDs, PAPs, Nexplanon insertion, EMB as needed
• Rotate with one other midwife to provide physician assistance, including labor support and surgical first assist coverage.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary care team including OB/GYNs, RNs, LCSWs, health coaches, lactation counselors, childbirth educators, and other specialists.
• Two clinic locations, including one located on the hospital campus.
• Benefit from on-site ultrasound availability at both clinic locations.
• Nurse Triage Service serves as the first line for after-hours patient calls, managing routine OB/GYN questions.
• Utilize a fully integrated Epic EMR system to enhance care coordination.

• No call and a 4-day work week
• 10-hour shifts with flexibility
• No evenings, nights, weekends, or holidays
• High level of autonomy with strong physician collaboration
• Serve as primary clinical presence on Labor & Delivery, including in house coverage
• Provide inpatient, full-scope midwifery care on Labor & Delivery, including in-house clinical coverage.
• Attend and manage labor and delivery, monitor fetal status, administer medications, and support patients through birth.
• Perform vaginal deliveries and laceration repairs.
• Serve as first surgical assist for cesarean sections and gynecologic procedures.
• Triage and manage emergent obstetric patients in collaboration with OB/GYN physicians and nursing staff.
• Manage labor assessments, admissions, and care for both normal and high-risk obstetrical patients.
• Provide occasional outpatient clinic coverage to support continuity of care, including prenatal, postpartum, and women’s health visits.
• Collaborate closely with OB/GYN physicians within a physician-led, team-based model to ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based care.

• Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
• Board Eligible or Board Certified
• Eligible for and able to obtain an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
• Current, unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as appropriate to the scope of practice
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required