Job Details
Nurse Midwife
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| Type: | Tribal |
| Salary Range: | $0 to $0 / Per Year |
| Open Period: | 12/14/2018 to 2/1/2019 |
| Summary: |
Tuba City Regional Health Care Corp is located in the unique community of Tuba City in Northeastern Arizona and offers a culturally rich environment. We provide healthcare services to Native American tribes located in the area (Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute). A Joint Commission accredited regional health center, provides services to a 6,000 square mile area and serves as a referral center for the western part of the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. Full scope group nurse-midwifery practice – gynecology (including contraception and menopause), antepartum, intrapartum, post-partum, initial newborn. Rotating schedule between clinic and the hospital. Collaborates with obstetrician/gynecologists and other providers, co-manages and/or refers as appropriate. Admits patients. Performs complete history and physical examinations on adults, teens, and newborns. Determines dosage and timing of medications, orders and/or administers medications. Utilizes fetal monitoring equipment including application of fetal scalp electrodes, IUPCs, and/or amnioinfusion, and interprets the meaning of the information recorded. Determines the content, orders and/or administers intravenous solutions and medications and performs other specialized procedures. First-Assistant in Cesarean Sections. Performs limited ultrasound. Represents midwives and/or the OB Department on various hospital committees. Accepts responsibility for departmental administrative projects. Performs other functions generally accepted as typical of a Certified Nurse-Midwife, as requested. Night-shift rotation on the Labor & Delivery Unit is an essential part of this position. (This advertisement is for a .75 FTE) |
| Duties: | 1. Conducts spontaneous vaginal delivery without the use of forceps or vacuum. 2. Determines methods and administers anesthesia such as local blocks, and arranges intrathecal analgesia and epidural anesthesia as indicated. 3. Performs episiotomy and does repair of episiotomy and/or lacerations, records the delivery in permanent record book or computer, and signs the completed birth certificate. 4. Determines the need for ultrasound, non-stress tests, oxytocin challenge tests, interprets the results of the tests, and uses the results to plan and carry out a course of treatment. 5. Manages the care of patients during the postpartum period. 6. Provides family planning education/services, and gynecological services, to women (including teens). 7. Assumes responsibility for the triage of common health problems presented by women (including teens) and for management, collaboration, co-management and/or referral to appropriate levels of health care services. 8. Prescribes the full range of contraception including, but not limited to, birth control pills, emergency contraception/ |
| Qualifications: | Education: A Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited school of nursing License/Certification: • Certified Nurse-Midwives must be Registered Nurses, hold current certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) and must have graduated from a nurse-midwifery education program accredited by the ACNM Accreditation for Midwifery Education (ACME. • Must possess and maintain a valid, current, full and unrestricted license to practice as a nurse in any state within the United States, District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. • Certified Nurse-Midwives must be certificated by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) or the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) (formerly known as ACNM Certification Council, Inc.) and have graduated from a post-baccalaureate midwifery education program which is accredited by the ACNM Division of Accreditation. A Master's degree with a major in Midwifery or Public Health is strongly recommended. Experience: One year of experience as a full-scope Certified Nurse-Midwife with hospital-based birthing including high-risk pregnancy. Experience as First Assistant at C-section. Credentialing: Must be credentialed to serve on the Medical Staff (provide all related information as requested and needed for credentialing process). Other Skills and Abilities: A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas: • Must be proficient with basic computer skills, including word-processing and e-mail. • Positive working relationships with others • Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints • Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences. |
| Work Type: | Permanent, Full |
| Announcement #: | TC-2018-0308 (DH3658A) |
| Who May Apply? | All Groups of Qualified Individuals |
| Get Details & Apply: | http://www.tchealth.org/careers/ |
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| Name: | Bitsui, Alex |
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