Nurse Midwife

About This Role

This role as a Nurse Midwife focuses on providing comprehensive healthcare to women throughout their reproductive cycle, including prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, as well as newborn care and well-woman services.

Responsibilities

• Provide women's health care with emphasis on the reproductive cycle
• Plan and provide antepartum or prenatal health care
• Plan and provide intrapartum health care, including delivery through six weeks postpartum
• Plan and provide newborn care
• Plan and provide well women gynecology and family planning services
• Educate, counsel and advise patients, families and staff

Requirements

• Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed
• Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States
• Completion of an organized program of study and clinical experience recognized by the American College of Nurse Midwives
• Certified Nurse Midwife, certified to practice as a Nurse Midwife by the appropriate certifying body (as required by IHS)
• GS-12: One year of experience providing nurse midwife services, including women's health care with emphasis on the reproductive cycle and management of the intra-partum period, health care for normal newborns, and educating, counseling and advising patients on all aspects of the reproductive cycle and related psychosocial issues
• Transcripts (or a list of courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades) must be submitted; unofficial transcripts are accepted in the application package, official transcripts will be required prior to entering on duty

Important Details

• Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level for Time-In-Grade Requirements