The Certified Nurse Midwife provides comprehensive prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and routine gynecological care to patients. They are responsible for monitoring fetal development, managing health plans, and performing clinical procedures in both hospital and outpatient settings.
Requirements summary
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Nursing and a valid Certified Nurse Midwife license. A minimum of two years of experience is required, along with certification in electronic fetal monitoring and proficiency in first-assisting with Caesarean sections.
Wentworth-Douglass Physician Corporation Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. 126838.40 Job Summary The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites. The Center for Women’s Health & Wellness brings together OB/GYN physicians and midwives with specialists in maternal fetal medicine and genetic testing. Through our affiliation with Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Mass General Brigham our patients also benefit from state-of-the-art care in breast health, cancer care and more. The Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Center for Women’s Health & Wellness offers a new model for women’s healthcare on the Seacoast. Inpatient care consists of two Certified Nurse Midwives per shift who work together to provide primary coverage of the Women and Children's unit, with an in-house OB/GYN physician present at all times for consultation, collaboration, or transfer of care when clinically indicated. The unit is also staffed with 24/7 in-house NICU and anesthesia providers. Our spacious and comfortable Birth Center welcomes more than 1,700 babies each year, making us the most popular center on the Seacoast. Private rooms offer mom, baby and family all the comforts of home, while facilitating education of the whole family by our nurses on caring for a new baby and postpartum care. We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to support our inpatient and outpatient clinic teams. Weekly schedules consist of 36 hours of clinical, patient-facing time and 4 hours of administrative time. The CNM will split their time between the hospital in the antepartum, delivery, and postpartum units and at the outpatient OB/GYN clinic. Our inpatient services are offered at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital main campus. The inpatient component of this role is rotating shifts – day and night. Our outpatient clinic is located at 67 Corporate Drive Portsmouth, NH 03801.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits
Career advancement opportunities
Bonuses
Recognition programs
Differentials
Premiums
The office is open
Monday through
Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.
We anticipate that the
CNM’s weekly schedule will be as follows: - (1) 12-hour inpatient shifts from 7:00
AM to 7:00
PM (day shift) or 7:00
PM to 7:00 AM (night shift) - (3) shifts in the outpatient clinic – (3) 8-hour shifts - Our weekend rotation is approximately (1-2) 12-hour shifts per month consisting of some combination of Friday PM, Saturday AM/PM, or Sunday AM/PM hospital coverage. - Holidays are tracked and evenly distributed from year to year Summary Responsible for safe and personalized care to patients in the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and routine GYN settings. Essential Functions Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and/or newborn care to patients. Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight. Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information. Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms. Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations. Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management. Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members, or others. Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests. Required for All Jobs Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all policies and standards Does this position require Patient Care (indirect/direct)? Yes Qualifications Education Master's Degree Nursing required Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No Licenses and Credentials Midwife, Certified Nurse [State License] required Experience Minimum of two years of experience as a Nurse Midwife is required to be a Midwife II 2-3 years required Additional Job Details (if applicable) Open to all experience levels Applicants must be certified in electronic fetal monitoring by the National Certification Corporation (NCC) or be willing to obtain within 1 year of hire Applicants are required to have completed 20 vaginal births in the past 12 months Applicants must be experienced first-assisting with Caesareans or will be required to complete an additional course upon hire Remote Type Onsite Work Location 15 Old Rollinsford Road Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Employee Type Regular Work Shift Rotating (United States of America) Pay Range $130,249.60 - $190,278.40/Annual Grade 8 At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.
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Statement: 1812 Wentworth-Douglass Physician Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642. Mass General Brigham Competency Framework At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline. Combat disease. Hold a hand. Help people. Impact the world. Mass General Brigham is a passionate, welcoming community where minds meet caring hearts. Come be a part of the world’s most powerful force in medicine, where every role is important in changing lives. Are you ready? Our history includes New England hospitals founded over 200 years ago, some of the first and most prestigious hospitals in the world. Built on the legacy of two leading academic medical centers, we’re more than a system—we’re leaders in the practice of medicine. Mass General Brigham is committed to serving the community. We are dedicated to enhancing patient care, teaching and research, and taking a leadership role as an integrated health care system. We recognize that increasing value and continuously improving quality are essential to maintaining excellence.
