Certified Nurse Midwife bei Community of Hope

Description

Washington, DC | Hybrid | $105K - $115K | Washington Post Top Workplace (8x Winner)   

Community of Hope is seeking a dedicated and experienced Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to join our collaborative and compassionate Midwifery care team.  This position is located at our Family Health and Birth Center in NE, Washington, DC.

Our Approach and Values

We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.

We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.

What You'll Do

• Manages the care of women and their newborns and gives direct client services including: antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, family planning, and gynecological care, according to the standards of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Association of Birth Centers, and the policies, procedures and clinical guidelines of Community of Hope at Family Health and Birth Center and Washington Hospital Center.
• Consults with the physician, according to the established risk criteria, regarding any client who develops symptoms of medical or obstetric complications.
• Co-manages with the physician the care of women who develop complications.
• Refers to medical management any woman who develops complications which, in the judgment of either or both the physician and CNM, are best managed by a physician.
• Completes and locks all progress notes within 3 business days after patient visit. Documents all patient encounters, including face to face, telephone, and electronic communications, in the medical record in a timely fashion.
• Maintains effective and efficient working relations’ with the birth center staff, consulting staff, other health disciplines, families and public.
• Participates in public relations programs that publicize midwifery, advanced nursing practice and/or birth center care. 

Requirements

 Must-Haves

• Current license as a Nurse-Midwife in in the District of Columbia.
• National Certification as Certified Nurse Midwife.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current neonatal resuscitation certification (NALS or NRP or equivalent).
• Proof of vaccinations.  COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason, subject to applicable law.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with both hospital and out-of-hospital births; experience with 40 or more births; No new grads at this time.
• Participation in appropriate continuous medical education.
• Bilingual in Spanish and/or Amharic.
• Ability to work in a non-profit environment. 

Why You'll Love Working Here!  

At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner.
• 8-hour workdays with paid lunch.
• 3 weeks vacation (additional week after two years), 2 weeks sick leave, + 11.5 paid holidays and one personal floating holiday on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay.
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP), Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding.
• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance + 403(b) retirement.
• Leadership development, internal promotions and career growth opportunities.
• A culture grounded in equity, compassion, and well-being.

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, rapidly growing nonprofit, and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years, we have provided health and housing services, perinatal care coordination, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DC’s largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and our various partnerships, we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy, housed, and hopeful. With the help of our amazing staff, we have successfully provided:

• 50,000+ medical visits
• 6,300+ dental visits
• 17,000+ emotional wellness visits
• 1,384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Ready to bring hope and health to our DC community? Apply today! To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: [email protected] Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.