Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

Fair Haven Community Health Care 

For over 54 years, FHCHC has been an innovative and vibrant community health center, catering to multiple generations with over 165,000 office visits across 21 locations. Guided by a Board of Directors, most of whom are patients themselves, we take pride in being a healthcare leader dedicated to delivering high-quality, affordable medical and dental care to everyone, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. Our extensive range of primary and specialty care services, along with evidence-based programs, empowers patients to make informed choices about their health. As we expand our reach to underserved areas, our commitment to prioritizing patient needs remains unwavering. FHCHC's mission is to enhance the health and social well-being of the communities we serve through equitable, high-quality, and culturally responsive patient-centered care.

Job purpose

The Certified Nurse Midwife is an exciting opportunity to join a mission-driven midwifery service that provides high-quality, patient centered, full-scope (inpatient and outpatient) care in a community health center model in partnership with a pre-eminent academic medical center

Duties and responsibilities

• Reporting to the Site Medical Director, the Certified Nurse Midwife’s duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Provides care of and management of the essentially normal uterus-bearing individual throughout the reproductive cycle.  This may include care of the normal newborn as well as the peri and post-menopausal individual
• Develops a plan of care for each patient, including medical history, physical examination, diagnosis and appropriate treatment and/or referral, including hospitalization if necessary
• Uses all available resources in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory and others test in an appropriate and cost-efficient manner
• Confers with other clinicians, patients’ families and other support staff concerning treatment and care of patients when appropriate
• Refers those cases which require specialist services, but maintains primary care responsibility to assure continuity of care
• Maintains accurate medical records and performs appropriate charting and follow up on patients
• Participates in Medical & General staff meetings and appropriate clinical teams
• Participates in the Health Center’s Performance Improvement program, in other task groups as needed, and pursues continuing education opportunities to update medical knowledge and assure quality patient care
• Performs other necessary duties as required by the FHCHC to achieve the goal of providing high quality service and health care

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of midwifery
• Certified or eligible for certification by American College of Nurse Midwives; if eligible, certification must be received within 1 year of starting employment
• At least one year of experience practicing full-scope midwifery, ideally with delivery privileges at Yale New Haven Hospital
• Licensed by the State of Connecticut as a Licensed Midwife
• Ability and willingness to serve on the active medical staff of the hospitals used by FHCHC
• Qualified in Basic Life Support [required]
• Bi-lingual in Spanish and English preferred
• Experience in a full scope midwifery practice
• Ability to relate with warmth and effectiveness to patients and other staff
• Experience with Epic EMR preferred

• None

Salary: $116,306.00 (Commensurate with qualifications and Experience)

You may qualify for loan forgiveness and repayment programs through HRSA for working in a Federally Qualified health Center.  Please see link for more information: Health Resources and Services Administration | HRSA

American with Disabilities Requirements:

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job specific functions (listed within each job specific responsibility) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by the organization on a case by case basis.

Fair Haven Community Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FHCHC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.