Certified Nurse Midwife - Duke Maternal Fetal Medicine

As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

 

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program.  APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties.  APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

 

Job Location     

Duke Perinatal Consultants of Durham, Duke Perinatal Consultants of Cary and Duke Perinatal Consultants of Raleigh Duke Perinatal Consultants of Cary and Duke Perinatal Consultants of Raleigh

 

Job Summary

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for the Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine primarily at Duke Perinatal Consultants of Durham in Durham, NC as well as Duke Perinatal Consultants of Cary and Duke Perinatal Consultants of Raleigh

 

The APP will work in collaboration with the attending physicians and advanced practice providers providing direct patient care, performing consultations, collecting and documenting data, assisting in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and ordering and scheduling laboratory studies.

 

Job Hours

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday. Clinical and administrative sessions are generally 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients. There is a possibility of weekend hours in the future with extended and alternative hours expected upon request/scheduling needs. There is a possibility of assignment to other General OB-GYN sites as needed to provide the best patient access.

 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Collect patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in patient’s record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Order, schedule and review laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.

 

OBSTETRICAL CARE

Obstetrical care including but not limited to:

• Provide obstetric care to prenatal patients from the new obstetric visit throughout pregnancy and including the postpartum visit.
• Perform the new obstetric exam with identification of problems complicating pregnancy or pre-existent to pregnancy.
• Perform FHR assessment, NST interpre