Certified Nurse-Midwife or Certified Midwife / Instructor / Senior Instructor / Assistant Professor of the Clinical Practice Track (Open Rank)

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Center of Midwifery at Longmont

Job Title: Certified Nurse-Midwife or Certified Midwife / Instructor / Senior Instructor / Assistant Professor of the Clinical Practice Track (Open Rank)

Position #:00683193 – Requisition #: 40679

Job Summary:

The University of Colorado Denver l Anschutz Medical Campus seeks individuals with demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment.  We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds.

Nature of Work:

The University of Colorado College of Nursing is seeking a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)/Instructor in the Clinical Practice Track for a 0.75 FTE benefits-eligible position with its CU Center for Midwifery (CFM) faculty practice in Longmont, Colorado.  This is a full scope position including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, well woman and gynecological care. This position is clinically based as a health care provider, and includes an instructor level,  clinical practice track appointment within the College of Nursing. The University of Colorado, College of Nursing currently has four academic midwifery faculty practices, one faculty women’s health nurse practitioner practice and a midwifery education program.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a public education, clinical and research facility serving 4,500 students, and a world-class medical destination at the forefront of life-changing science, medicine, and healthcare. CU Anschutz offers more than 42 highly rated degree programs through 6 schools and colleges and receives over $500 million in research awards each year. We are the single largest health professions education provider in Colorado, awarding nearly 1,450 degrees annually. Powered by our award-winning faculty, renowned researchers and a reputation for academic excellence, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus drives innovation from the classroom to the laboratory to the delivery of unparalleled patient care.

Faculty Practice Description:

The CU Center for Midwifery at Longmont is a private practice model that works collaboratively with the OB/GYN physicians on staff. We offer women and families many services including individualized care, alternative labor/birth options and water birth, with referrals to childbirth education, lactation services, and provider groups within the system and community. The practice provides full-scope midwifery care to patients at an outpatient clinic in Longmont and UCH Boulder with inpatient services at UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital. CFM believes that patients benefit from personalized and comprehensive care that focuses on the patient while including the family in the plan of care. We serve women who desire an alternative labor and birth experience with a water birth and nitrous oxide option. The CNM will be part of a midwifery service that has a long and successful history within the University of Colorado system. The CFM Longmont practice opened in 2017, and as a community-based practice, CNMs will be expected to actively participate in practice development and promotion.

Supervision Received:

Work is performed independently under the direct