Nurse Midwife
Location: Detroit Michigan
Description: St. Joseph Mercy Health System is currently interviewing Nurse Midwife right now, this vacancy will be placed in Michigan. For detail informations about this vacancy opportunity please read the description below. GENERAL SUMMARY:
Participates in a program of comprehensive womens health care, from interconception counseling, to assessment of individual womans needs, evaluation of obstetrical nee! ds, preinatal follow up, normal spontaneous term labor management, vaginal deliveries, normal newborn evaluation, and well-woman gynecologic examination. Participates as member of the Womens Health Care Team and practices interdependently with the nursing and medical practitioners.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide obstetric care, interdependently with the medical team, to clients attending any of the patient care sites supported by the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and dedicated to Obstetric/Gynecology services.
Practices interdependently with a team of physicians with whom explicit practice commitments have been developed, within departmental polices and procedures.
Develops appropriate clinical tools jointly with the medical team to assess potential obstetric risk.
Develops care guidelines, jointly with the medical team, for obstetrical clients follow up, consultation and transfer when indicated by deviations from normal! .
Promotes and provides childbirth and breast-feeding educ! ation on an on-going basis to enhance the aspects of normalcy in human pregnancy.
Provides additional care to non-midwifery obstetrical clients interdependently with the medical team when mutually agreed upon.
Develops, in conjunction with nursing, medical team and administration, innovative programs for the care of obstetric clients.
Participates in educational programs for clients, medical students , graduate trainees, midwifery students and community.
Promotes the philosophy and education of nurse midwifery by participation in division of education programs for clients and health care providers.
In the Labor and Delivery area, participates in the initial evaluation of obstetrical clients and provides initial clinical impressions and assessments as needed, in cooperation with the medical team.
Participates and promotes a collegial interprofessional relationship with nursing, medicine and all other support personnel.
Participates in clinical or ! basic research, quality assurance and surveys related to institutional operational improvement in womens health care as it relates to midwifery education and care.
Performs all other duties and projects as assigned.
Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships. Approaches conflict in a constructive manner. Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.
Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, employees, and visitors to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
Behaves in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of St. Joseph Mercy Health System.
Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.
Po! ssess management ability to effectively coordinate the efforts of profe! ssional and support staff.
Provides quality patient care by considering the age specific, development and cultural needs through competent clinical practice. Demonstrates unit/area competencies.
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This vacancy starts available on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:52:13 GMT