Green Card Certified Nurse Midwife Jobs
Certified Nurse Midwife roles qualify for employment-based green card sponsorship under EB-2 or EB-3, with employers filing PERM labor certification through DOL before sponsoring your I-140 petition. CNM shortages in hospital systems and birth centers make sponsoring organizations easier to identify, and your clinical licensure documents are central to the PERM prevailing-wage and recruitment requirements.
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- Providing comprehensive inpatient clinical care to inpatient and triage OB and postpartum patients consistent with existing practice protocols, organizational standards, legal and regulatory requirements
- Providing inpatient obstetrical coverage that involves initial evaluation of parturient and continued care and delivery of normally laboring patients under the guidance of the labor floor staff physician
- This position requires providing service to the adolescent & adult age populations in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served
Assessment & Management
- Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
- Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
- The APC may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
- Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
Diagnosis
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
- Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
- Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
- Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
Formulates Plan of Care
- Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
- Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
- Implements and modifies plan of care.
- Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
- May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
Documentation
- Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary)
- Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.
Communication and Collaboration
- Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
- Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
Professional Practice
- Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.
- Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidenced based practice.
- Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
- Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.
Qualifications
Master’s Degree from accredited Midwifery Program
AMCB Board Certification
BLS certification
RN License
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Primary Location Address
559 W. Germantown Pike, East Norriton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Certified Nurse Midwife
Verify your CGFNS credentials before applying
Foreign-trained midwives need CGFNS certification or a state-board-recognized credential evaluation before most U.S. employers can file PERM on your behalf. Get your evaluation started early, as processing runs several months and PERM cannot proceed without it.
Target health systems with active PERM history
Large hospital networks and federally qualified health centers file PERM more routinely than small private practices. Search the DOL PERM disclosure data by occupation code to find employers who have sponsored CNMs in recent filing cycles.
Confirm your state license is transferable before offers
PERM requires the employer to list the job's state-specific licensing requirement. If your foreign nursing license needs additional bridge coursework for state board eligibility, resolve that before an employer begins the PERM recruitment period to avoid mid-process delays.
Ask employers about EB-2 versus EB-3 routing upfront
CNM roles typically require a master's degree, which qualifies for EB-2 sponsorship and a shorter PERM-to-green-card timeline for most nationalities. Confirm whether your prospective employer's immigration counsel files EB-2 petitions, since not all sponsor only the EB-3 pathway.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
DOL's OFLC Wage Search shows the prevailing wage for CNMs by location and experience level. Your offered salary must meet or exceed this figure for PERM certification to succeed, so verify the local Level II or Level III wage before finalizing any compensation negotiation.
Use Migrate Mate to find CNM roles with green card sponsorship
Search Migrate Mate to filter Certified Nurse Midwife openings by employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. This cuts the research time of manually reviewing PERM disclosure filings and surfaces active roles aligned with your credential profile.
Green Card Certified Nurse Midwife: Frequently Asked Questions
Do CNM roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Certified Nurse Midwife positions qualify for EB-2 sponsorship because the role standardly requires a master's degree in nurse-midwifery. If your employer files under EB-3 instead, the pathway still leads to permanent residency but may involve a longer wait for applicants from high-demand countries like India or China, where EB-3 priority dates are further backlogged than EB-2.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a CNM position?
PERM-based green card sponsorship targets permanent residency rather than a temporary status, so there is no two-year or three-year renewal cycle and no annual lottery. H-1B visa requires employer sponsorship each cap season and is capped at 65,000 regular slots plus 20,000 master's-cap slots annually. EB-3 and EB-2 green card filings have no annual individual cap, though per-country visa backlogs can still extend the overall timeline for some nationalities.
What documents do foreign-trained CNMs need for the PERM process?
You'll need a credential evaluation confirming your foreign nursing and midwifery degree is equivalent to a U.S. master's degree, CGFNS certification or an accepted state board pathway, and your NCLEX results or equivalent licensure documentation. The employer's attorney assembles the PERM application, but you're responsible for providing these credentials in verified form before the DOL recruitment period begins.
How can I find CNM employers who actually sponsor green cards?
Search Migrate Mate to filter Certified Nurse Midwife openings by employers with a history of EB-2 and EB-3 PERM filings. Many job postings don't advertise sponsorship availability, so using a platform that cross-references DOL PERM disclosure data saves significant time compared to asking employers individually during the application stage.
How long does the PERM-to-green-card process take for a CNM?
The PERM labor certification stage alone currently averages over a year at DOL for analyst-reviewed cases. After PERM approval, your employer files the I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS, and then you wait for a current priority date before filing for adjustment of status or attending a consular interview. Total timelines range from roughly two years for applicants from most countries to significantly longer for Indian and Chinese nationals due to per-country backlogs.