Certified Nurse Midwife

The Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) at BACH provides specialized women's health care, including prenatal, family planning, and preventive services, as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This role involves collaborative efforts across departments to remove healthcare access barriers, delivering culturally sensitive care to a multicultural, multilingual patient population. The CNM operates under the general supervision of an Ob Gyn MD, Clinical Director, and Medical Director, ensuring adherence to standard medical practices and health center policies.

Practice Info

• Works as part of a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare providers under the leadership of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or designee
• Clinical care delivered under the general supervision of the Ob Gyn MD, Clinical Director and Medical Director
• Outpatient, primary care health center with a multicultural, multilingual patient population
• Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary healthcare team including CPSP, OB Gyn, PCPs, BH specialists, nutritionists and pediatricians
• Participates in women's health care coordination meetings to support comprehensive maternal and infant health care

Responsibilities

• Performs health assessments, including history and physical examination, ordering diagnostic tests, medication orders, and psychosocial evaluation to diagnose common acute and chronic conditions
• Promotes and maintains periodic health assessments and preventive screening, assessment and guidance with regard to health hazards, good family health habits and family planning
• Manages common acute and chronic illnesses, and initiates life-saving procedures in emergencies
• Directs medical assistants, lab personnel, and other non-professional medical staff as appropriate
• Performs all duties for successful electronic health records maintenance, including completion of medical records, documentation management, coding, and signing off charts within designated timeframes
• Assists in internal quality control audits, peer reviews, and maintains quality of care standards based on specialty and organizational standards
• Discusses or refers complex and high priority patient cases as needed
• Works as a member of the health care team and assists in education of patients and the community in preventive health care and health maintenance concepts

Shift & Schedule

• Work flexible schedule and overtime, as necessary
• Must be willing and able to work periodic evenings and/or weekends, as needed

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of women's health
• Demonstrated ability to build the trust and respect of patients, staff, colleagues, external contacts, and other organizational members
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, both independently and as part of a team
• Understands and is committed to maintaining highest level of confidentiality
• Must be willing and able to work periodic evenings and/or weekends, as needed
• Must have ability to travel to other BACH sites or locations to perform duties or attend meetings as needed
• Bilingual, especially Spanish, is preferred but not required
• Board certification or eligibility from a certified CNM or related program
• Current, valid license to practice medicine in the State of California, including DEA license and CPR required
• Two years of experience as a CNM preferred, but not required
• Previous experience providing medical care within a community health setting preferred