Certified Nurse Midwife - SMS-3616 (Decatur)

CLINICAL
Provide direct gynecologic and prenatal care in the inpatient and outpatient settings under the guidance and direction of the physician collaborator.

• Assess the physical and psychological status of patients through health history, physical examination and diagnostic studies.
• Triage patient problems and determines urgency for physician evaluation
• Provide women's health care maintenance and promotion services with an emphasis on healthy lifestyles.
• Performs or orders preventive and diagnostic studies based on assessment findings and AGOG guidelines.
• Interprets test/study results.
• Identify and refer to physicians and other health care professionals those patients
• requiring further evaluation or services.
• Acts as a liaison between referring providers, faculty, residents, and patients/family members, answering routine questions and concerns.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment in accordance with collaborating physicians scope of practice.
• Documents history, physical, plan of care, and referrals through the electronic health record.
• Work with the department billing and coding staff to complete the required pre-certifications and referrals.
• Reports actual or potential risk management situations utilizing the practice notification system.
• As a certified Midwife, ability to supervise births in a hospital and birthing centers.
• Participate in obstetrical call in collaboration with physicians as needed.
• Attend Faculty and Departmental meetings on a regular basis.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Assist in teaching Nurse Practitioner students, Physician Assistant students, Medical Students and Residents general Obstetrics and Gynecology practices and procedures as assigned by the Clerkship Director and Residency Director.
• Provide general obstetrics and gynecology education to patients and families.
• Works with the Administrative Nurse and Clinic Charge Nurses to provide continuing education and mentoring of clinical staff, nursing and medical assistant students.
• Attend pertinent CME courses both within the School of Medicine and externally.

• Assist the Obstetrics and Gynecology faculty in research projects as requested.

• Certification as a Midwife
• Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
• Received passing score on national certifying exam
• Ability to be licensed in the State of Illinois as a Nurse Practitioner
• At minimum maintains BLS certification.

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