Clinical Nurse Midwife – Labor and Delivery (Full Time)

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• Full-time position, 40 hours per week, day shifts with weekend rotation (1 weekend per month)
• Occasional, limited night shifts may be required based on department needs
• Primary shifts: Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, with occasional extended evening and weekend/holiday daytime coverage
• Provide direct patient care in an ambulatory and inpatient setting, supporting approximately 3,000 annual deliveries on the academic teaching service
• Serve as a key clinical and educational leader within the inpatient academic obstetric service
• Provide hands-on support for early labor management, labor inductions, delivery coverage, and collaborative labor floor management
• Support patient care in triage alongside APPs and residents with attending oversight
• Collaborate closely with MFM physicians, OB/GYN attendings, nursing leadership, and the resident team to ensure seamless, safe, patient-centered care
• Oversee appropriate risk stratification of postpartum patients, ensuring each patient is assigned to the appropriate level of care
• Function with a high degree of clinical autonomy in the management of mid-risk postpartum patients in collaboration with attending obstetricians
• Help coordinate postpartum patient flow and care distribution across teams to support safe and efficient inpatient care
• Teach OB/GYN residents and Harvard Medical School students the principles and practice of physiologic birth
• Mentor residents in postpartum care management and intrapartum clinical decision-making
• Model midwifery-informed approaches to low-intervention, patient-centered obstetric care
• Participate in departmental education initiatives, quality improvement efforts, and interdisciplinary conferences
• Opportunities exist for curriculum development, simulation education, interdisciplinary teaching, and scholarly collaboration
• Graduate degree in nurse-midwifery (MSN, DNP, or equivalent) required
• Current certification with the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) required
• Active Massachusetts licensure (or eligibility to obtain prior to start) required
• Valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA required
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Strong foundation in intrapartum and postpartum care in a hospital setting required
• Experience in a high-volume academic or tertiary-care obstetric setting preferred
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching, mentoring, or clinical education preferred
• Experience practicing within collaborative physician-midwife interdisciplinary care models preferred

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