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Job Summary

Provides care to pregnant and birthing individuals throughout the childbearing cycle including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal care. Provides primary health care services from adolescence through menopause including the provision of gynecologic
and family planning services, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, health promotion, disease prevention, and individualized
wellness education and counseling. Supervises and teaches students and residents in the clinical setting. May perform
administrative support functions as required.

This is a PRN position.

Essential Functions:

• Evaluates and monitors health condition of patient in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, according to standards of care and current clinical practice guidelines. Refers to specialty services as needed. (15%)
• Assesses the health status of patients by performance of medical record review, thorough health history, and physical examination (15%)
• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests and provides patient care accordingly (10%)
• Admits and discharges patients to and from hospital inpatient care (10%)
• Performs gynecologic and obstetrical procedures within scope of expertise including but not limited to provision of long-acting, reversible contraceptives and limited OB ultrasound (10%)
• Prescribes medications including controlled substances and contraceptives (10%)
• Completes required clinical documentation in an accurate, thorough, and timely manner (10%)
• Supports patient autonomy in decision making through education about health condition and treatment options (10%)
• Teaches and supervises midwifery, nurse-practitioner, and medical students, and residents in the clinical setting (10%)

Education:

• Master's Degree Graduate of a nationally accredited midwife degree program Required

Work Experience:

• 1-3 years Inpatient and outpatient midwifery care Required

Licenses:

• CNM-Certified Nurse Midwife - AMCB - American Midwifery Certification Board Required and
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required and
• CNM-Certified Nurse Midwife - DORA - Department of Regulatory Agencies Required
• NRP-Neonatal Resuscitation Program - AHA - American Heart Association

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge base consistent with core competencies of basic midwifery practice.
• Prescribes medications including controlled substances, contraceptives, and hormone therapy
• Skill translating scientific evidence to clinical practice.
• Skill in diagnostic and treatment techniques
• Skill in empathic communication and trauma informed care
• Ability to educate other employees, midwifery students, nurse-practitioner students, medical students and residents in the clinical setting.
• Ability to exercise initiative and judgment in selecting proper treatment.
• Ability to respond appropriately in emergency situations.
• Knowledge of electronic health record systems preferred, specifically EPIC.

Shift

Work Type

Salary

Benefits

• Social security replacement retirement plan with employer contribution of 3%

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Community resource navigation support

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver?s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado?s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For more about our commitment to diversity visit: https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

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About Denver Health

Take your career to the next level at Denver Health, where we offer a robust benefits package and endless opportunities for growth. Denver Health is a nationally-ranked, locally-trusted, premier healthcare institution located in the heart of Denver, Colorado.Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or approximately 150,000 individuals, receive their health care here. We are known as an integrated health care system that encompasses multidisciplinary academic specialties, a community health system, a level I adult trauma center, pediatric emergency and urgent care center home to Denver Public Health and many of the nation's leaders in medicine.Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Denver Health we pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity. Equal opportunity is a fundamental principle of Denver Health. As an equal opportunity employer, Denver Health is committed to recruit, hire, promote and administer all human resource actions in a non-discriminatory manner. Denver Health is committed to providing equal opportunities in all business practices and to all persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion, sex, pregnancy, disab...ility, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or veteran status (collectively “protected status”). Denver Health strives to maintain a work environment that is free from unlawful harassment and discrimination and will not tolerate any such conduct by employees or directed at employees within the scope of their employment. Read the full Human Resources Employee Principles and Practices policy.

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