Certified Nurse Midwife - Full Scope Practice | New Grads Welcome!

SUMMARY

Join a collaborative Midwifery team and make a meaningful impact through every stage of a patient’s reproductive health journey. As a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), you’ll provide comprehensive, patient-centered care spanning antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, family planning, and well-woman care.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced CNM or a highly motivated new graduate looking to build their career in a supportive environment with a broad scope of practice. You’ll have the opportunity to develop lasting relationships with patients while supporting individualized, evidence-based care throughout pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond.

STATUS: Full Time

LOCATION: Batavia Medical Campus

DEPARTMENT: Midwifery Obstetrics and Gynecology

SCHEDULE: 8:00AM - 5:00PM

WHAT MAKES THIS OPPORTUNITY STAND OUT

• Full-scope Certified Nurse Midwife practice
• Care for patients across the continuum from pregnancy and childbirth through postpartum and well-woman care
• Opportunity to build meaningful, long-term patient relationships
• Collaborative and interdisciplinary practice environment
• Hands-on involvement throughout labor and delivery
• Opportunities for teaching, precepting, and professional development
• New graduates encouraged to apply

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to practice across the full scope of nurse-midwifery care.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Passion for patient-centered maternity and women’s health care.
• One to two years of related clinical experience preferred, but highly motivated new graduates will be considered.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide comprehensive antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including assessment, education, counseling, treatment, and ongoing support.
• Manage patients throughout normal labor and birth, evaluating progress and collaborating with physicians when higher-level medical management is needed.
• Perform full-scope midwifery procedures, including amniotomy, administration of appropriate analgesia and local anesthesia, management of spontaneous vaginal births, and repair of episiotomies and lacerations.
• Provide immediate newborn assessment and care, including emergency stabilization and resuscitation when needed.
• Deliver routine well-woman and gynecologic care across the reproductive lifespan, including preventive care, family planning, health maintenance, and management of minor gynecologic concerns.
• Order and interpret appropriate laboratory testing and diagnostic studies.
• Educate and counsel patients on pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, parenting, nutrition, family planning, and preventive health.
• Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to provide safe, individualized care.
• Serve as an advocate for nurse-midwifery, patient choice, and individualized maternity care.
• Participate in quality initiatives, peer review, continuing education, emergency preparedness, and ongoing professional development.
• Support the next generation of healthcare professionals through precepting and clinical education of nurse-midwifery, nursing, medical, and other healthcare students.

OFFERINGS

• Lucrative compensation
• Paid malpractice with tail coverage
• Additional benefits; Relocation services
• 4 weeks of vacation, 1 week of CME
• Comprehensive health benefits

EDUCATION:

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS: 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Moderate - Clinical - Moderate clinical roles are patient facing roles that require continual movement, including standing, walking, and lifting 20–50 lbs., along with pushing and pulling medical equipment and assisting with patient positioning. Employees perform frequent bending, twisting, and reaching while completing fine motor tasks in busy or confined clinical environments. High sensory acuity is essential for monitoring patient status and responding to alarms or safety concerns. Emotional and cognitive demands are substantial, involving decision-making under pressure, responding to emergencies, and maintaining sustained focus. Environmental exposures include infectious agents, bodily fluids, chemicals, and radiation. TB testing, mask-fit testing, and physical exams are common requirements.

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

PAY RANGE:

$100,000.00 - $150,000.00Batavia14020

The posted pay range is a good faith representation of potential base pay for this position. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates could vary based on position details and FTE. Pay is determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, locations, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.