Corewell Health·Royal Oak, Michigan
The OB/GYN Laborist provides immediate, in-house clinical care and oversight for obstetric patients, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based outcomes. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, manage unit resources, and supervise resident physicians during labor and delivery.
The OB/GYN Laborist Role A is an in-house position which ensures that safe, high quality, evidence-based care is provided to obstetric patients and that hospital resources are managed in a clinically appropriate way. In sites where residents and/or medical students are present this may include resident supervision and education. The OB/GYN Laborist Role A is the primary, first line provider who is expected to be immediately available and present during the entirety of their shift.
Essential Functions
Prevention of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality by ensuring that all inpatient obstetric care meets and/or exceeds current standards of care.
The prevention of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality should result from role A’s identification and remediation of any area of clinical concern via collaboration with the members of the obstetric care team which may include a. Medical students b. nursing staff c. resident ob/gyn and/or family medicine physicians d. maternal fetal medicine fellows e. advanced practice providers including certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners f. private and/or faculty attending ob/gyn and/or family medicine physicians
Through collaboration with the charge nurse, ensure that unit resources are managed in a clinically appropriate need-based way which may include a. Prioritization of pending labor inductions b. Prioritization of pending cesarean deliveries
Provide on-site, restricted obstetric care for patients who a. have had no prenatal care b. if applicable, have had prenatal care with the staff service c. have had prenatal care with a provider who does not have privileges at the facility d. have had prenatal care with a provider who is unable to be present because i. the provider is taking call from home and there is emergent clinical situation which cannot safely wait for the provider to arrive ii. the provider has a personal emergency iii. the provider is managing another clinical emergency
Facilitation of transfers from outside hospitals which may include a. Accepting of all medically appropriate transfers b. Informing all relevant members of the obstetric/neonatal team of pending arrival of transfer c. Management of transfer upon arrival
Lead scheduled Safety Huddles and post-event debriefing sessions
Provide clinical assistance to other ob/gyn attendings, advanced practice providers, and if applicable, resident physicians which may include but is not limited to a. Second opinions for fetal heart rate interpretations b. Assistance in managing obstetric emergencies such as shoulder dystocia and postpartum hemorrhage c. Surgical assistance with complicated or routine cesarean delivery and obstetrical laceration repair d. Multifetal deliveries
In facilities which have resident physicians, supervise and support the resident physicians’ management of obstetrics patients which may include a. Triage evaluation and management b. Antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum management
SITE - Royal Oak Hospital - 3601 W 13 Mile Rd - Royal Oak
OBGYN Family Birth Center - Medical Group East WB Mkt
Employment Type: Full time
Shift: Variable (United States of America)
Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
Hours of Work
Weekend Frequency: Variable weekends
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Candidates must hold a Doctorate degree from an approved medical college and possess a valid Michigan state license as a Physician (MD or DO). Additionally, a valid DEA registration for the State of Michigan is required upon hire.
Market context
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