Colorado - CNM Staff Midwife | CNM Fellowship

CNM Staff Midwife | CNM Fellowship
Beginnings Birth Center | Colorado Springs, CO

*REO Consulting is the recruitment partner of the hiring organization.

Salary: $95,000 DOE for experienced midwives | $85,000 for new graduate fellowship (one year)

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• CEU Allowances
• Potential for an annual bonus after 3 years

Our beautiful Beginnings Birth Center is a freestanding birth center located in Colorado Springs, CO. We are seeking a Full-time Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) to join our team. The Midwife has a genuine passion for midwifery and community birth, and is patient-experience focused. Community birth experience is highly preferred but not absolutely required. The CNM provides antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, family planning, and routine well-woman health care.

We want to make the midwifery model of care accessible to all who desire it. We are improving outcomes, one family at a time. We also aim to make this model of care sustainable for practitioners

If you are interested in joining us to focus on evidence-based midwifery, trauma-informed care, informed choice, and fostering health equity, please apply. 

Candidates from the Global Majority are strongly encouraged to apply.

New Graduate CNMs are also encouraged to apply.

FELLOWSHIP OVERVIEW:

The full-time fellowship includes approximately 8-10 clinic days, 8-12 twenty-four-hour call shifts every 4 weeks as well as team meetings, practitioner meetings, fellow meetings, emergency training days, and drill days. Weekend call shifts are expected every 2-3 weekends during fellowship. Holidays are required in rotation with the Staff Nurse Midwives.

The fellowship will transition to a full time, staff certified nurse-midwife position at the Beginnings Birth Center after 12 months in the position if the fellow is in good standing with the birth center. The orientation period during the fellowship is expected to last no longer than 4 months. Once the orientation period is complete, independent call and functioning independently in the office is expected for the remaining months of the fellowship. If hired into the staff certified nurse-midwife role, there will be no additional orientation period. All hours completed under the midwife fellowship role will count towards prescriptive authority hours for the Colorado RXN.

CNM EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s (Required)
• Master or Doctorate Degree in Nursing
• Certified as a nurse midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB)
• Active RN and APRN licenses in the State of Colorado (or Pending)
• Meets continuing competency criteria of Colorado and AMCB
• Current NRP and BLS certifications
• Committed to a trauma-informed approach to care
• Ability to be added to the practice's current malpractice policy 

CNM PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & QUALITIES:

• Previous community birth setting experience
• Prioritizes safety and client/family experience
• Ability to maintain professionalism and compassion in high-stress situations
• Desire to impact a small organization in a positive way
• Knowledge of complementary therapies and holistic health

CNM RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates in direct patient care activities and on-call schedule rotation with other CNMs.
• Manages the care of families in all areas of maternity, newborn, and well-woman care, according to the standards of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Association of Birth Centers, and the policies, procedures, and clinical practice guidelines of Beginnings Birth Center.
• Performs skills as listed on the CNM Skills Checklist found in the CNM’s EHR Profile. Functions based upon the best-available evidence and consistent with current national standards of practice for specific medications and treatments for well-woman care, the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn periods.
• Keeps a cell phone in working condition, with hotspot availability in the event of workplace internet outage, notifies CNM Director of any contact information changes, and always keeps a cell phone on-hand while a patient is admitted to the birth center in case of emergency.
• Supervises the orientation and functioning of birth assistants.
• Responsible for delegated aspects of daily operation, including acting in absence of the Director.
• Participates in administrative activities including staff meetings, regular chart reviews.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities including emergency drills (at least 3 of 4 annual trainings and at least 6/12 monthly drills) and in-service programs.
• Maintains relevant certifications including completing CEUs/courses to maintain skill competency in areas needed to perform job duties.
• Serves as an advocate for nurse-midwifery and community birth in contact with media, the public, and other health professionals.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the CNM Director, Administrator, or Manager.
• Participates in at least one professional organization locally or nationally and reports back to Beginnings Birth Center Team
• Participates in or creates at least 1 birth center community outreach activity per year and reports back to Beginnings Birth Center Team
• Serves as a liaison/participant between Beginnings Birth Center and one local organization per year and reports back to Beginnings Birth Center Team
• Participates in peer review through smooth transitions or other protected peer review forum outside of the birth center at least once per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Colorado Springs, CO 80920: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work - within 20 minutes of the center (Required).

HOW TO APPLY:

• Please send your CV and cover letter to our Talent Acquisition Consultant, Ellie Karre at Email: ekarre@reoconsulting.org