Mid Level Certified Nurse Midwife Jobs

As the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner for Swope Health's Central location, you will be a part of a team that delivers quality care to the people who need it the most. Our Women's Health Nurse Practitioners provide general healthcare assessments, treatment, and follow-up commensurate with clinical skills and comply with clinical guidelines, administrative policies/procedures of our organization, the licensing state, and accrediting/funding agencies. If you have a passion for working with a team of dedicated caregivers to make care visible every day, this role is for you.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Obtain a health, psychosocial and obstetric/gynecologic; history and record findings in a systematic, accurate, legible and succinct form.
• Perform a physical examination with specific emphasis on evaluation of the breasts, abdomen and pelvis (including speculum), bimanual, and rectal examinations.
• Order/perform and interpret routine laboratory tests.
• Develop a health promotion and maintenance plan, including disease prevention, health education and counseling.
• Provide periodic health supervision of normal, non-pregnant and asymptomatic female adolescents and adults.
• Provide clinical management of women having minor gynecologic illnesses.
• Provide assessment, education and management for family planning.
• Provide ambulatory prenatal care for women with uncomplicated pregnancies with attention to both maternal and fetal health.
• Provide general health education and counseling, with emphasis on physical and psychosocial dimensions of nutrition, adolescence, sexuality, childbearing parenting, climacteric and family life.
• Provide care for selected complicated patients as directed and supervised by department physician(s).
• Arrange referrals as needed to other members of the health care team in accordance with SHS policies/procedures and/or third party payers.

Successful Candidates will have:

• Active License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri and the State of Kansas.

• Master of Science in Nursing Degree (specialized in Women's Healthcare required)
• Completion of a recognized Nurse Practitioner program in a university setting
• 3-5 years of Labor and Delivery experience (preferred)
• Licensed Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP)

About Swope Health Services (https://swopehealth.org/what-we-do/):

Each year, Swope Health serves over 45,000 patients, encompassing more than 200,000 visits in four counties on both sides of the state line. Our team members are proud of the work we do and the promise we have made – delivering coordinated care that values the needs of the whole person and championing better health in our community.

Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community. As part of our promise to battle health inequities and provide high-quality, comprehensive care, we make care visible. That means we proudly deliver our promise through every action, every day.

Swope Health Services supports its team members with:

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option), dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Days Off beginning at 20 days annually, effective the first day of employment
• Nine (9) annual company-paid holidays; One annual paid personal day

Swope Health is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

Experience

• 3 - 5 years: Labor and Delivery experience

Education

• Bachelors or better in Nursing
• Masters or better in Nursing

Licenses & Certifications

• Registered Prof Nurse
• Womens Health Nurse Prac

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

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