Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Position Description:
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians OB/GYN is seeking a full-time Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to join their team. The CNM provides full-scope obstetric and gynecologic care to low and moderate risk patients in our several clinic locations and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Women & Babies Hospital. Inpatient responsibilities include assessing patients in Triage, managing low and moderate risk labor, attending births, and rounding on postpartum patients in our Couplet Care unit. Our midwives function independently within a team-based care model. We maintain excellent working relationships with our collaborating physicians, as well as with the residents and nurses on the labor floor, to provide midwifery services to patients. The CNM should be self-directed, responsible and accountable for clinical practice and also provide continuity, compassionate, culturally sensitive care to patients. Our CNMs interests and responsibilities extend to the community level where they strive to improve maternal/child health from a patient-centered/family centered approach.
Some travel may be required to satellite offices.
Hours: Full-time positions include a combination of inpatient and outpatient hours in rotating 8-hr, 12-hr, and/or 24-hr shifts to total 40hrs/week on average. Inpatient shifts may vary between 12-hour or 24-hour call (100% in-house at Lancaster General’s Women & Babies Hospital). Office setting hours are typically 8:00am-5:00pm.
Scheduling expectations include nights, weekends, and holidays, shared equitably amongst all midwives in the group.
Position Requirements:
- Valid Pennsylvania Registered Nurse Midwife licensure & Nurse-Midwife Prescriptive Authority
- Valid Pennsylvania Registered Nurse licensure
- DEA license
- Master of Science Nursing
- Active CNM credential through AMCB
- Minimum one year experience as CNM preferred, would consider new-graduate with strong clinical background
- Bilingual Spanish language skills, preferred
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
