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POSITION SUMMARY Full scope group nurse-midwifery practice – gynecology (including contraception and menopause), antepartum, intrapartum, post-partum, initial newborn. Rotating schedule between clinic and the hospital. Collaborates with obstetrician/gynecologists and other providers, co-manages and/or refers as appropriate. Admits patients. Performs complete history and physical examinations on adults, teens, and newborns. Determines dosage and timing of medications, orders and/or administers medications. Utilizes fetal monitoring equipment including application of fetal scalp electrodes, IUPCs, and/or amnioinfusion, and interprets the meaning of the information recorded. Determines the content, orders and/or administers intravenous solutions and medications and performs other specialized procedures. First-Assistant in Cesarean Sections. Performs limited ultrasound. Represents midwives and/or the OB Department on various hospital committees. Accepts responsibility for...

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Promotes and maintains patients’ health by providing OB/GYN medical services to the extent to which she/he is licensed and/or certified. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Plan, direct, and evaluate patients in ambulatory health services Identify short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommend options and course of action Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical histories See ambulatory patients in the Clinic for selected laboratory testing, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and acute episodic illnesses and minor injuries Perform physical examinations to include Pap smears. Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests such as Pap smears and laboratory studies and interpreting test results Perform referrals to physicians as...