Obstetrics Physician Assistant

Nurse Midwife opening in Spring Valley NYFull TimePermanentHealth Center, a multidisciplinary community health center in Spring Valley, NY, seeks a Certified Midwife to join our women's health team. This is a unique opportunity to care for and support women who want low intervention and normal births. Our practice has had a 97% vaginal delivery rate over many years and 2.4% cesarean rate over many years.The certified midwife will provide comprehensive care, including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum care and well-woman gynecology exams. She will practice both, the art as well as the science of midwifery care and take hospital call at a community hospital with a level II nursery and 24-hour in-house OB backup and anesthesia. The midwife will work with a supportive midwifery team and office staff as well as community doulas.Midwife Responsibilities:Provide full scope midwifery care in the inpatient and outpatient settings which includes physical exams, prescribing medications including contraception, ordering laboratory tests as needed, providing prenatal care, gynecological care, labor and birth care as well as health education and preconception counseling.Midwife Requirements:A minimum of two years of certified midwifery experience, providing direct care to women in an inpatient and outpatient setting is required.Masters degree from an accredited midwifery education programCurrent AMCB certification and active unrestricted NYS Midwife License.Must enjoy and be good at providing education in the office and hands-on labor supportWho We Are:Health Center is a thriving, state-of-the-art Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with three sites, twenty-nine departments and more than two hundred medical professionals! This is an excellent opportunity to work with a seasoned group of health care professionals who are passionate about patient care. For more than two decades, group has been providing the highest caliber health care in Rockland, Sullivan, Orange, and Ulster Counties to nearly 60,000 patients annually. We are located in Spring Valley, NY, approximately thirty miles from New York City.What We Offer:Competitive SalariesRobust Benefits Package including: Paid malpractice insurance, Medical, Dental, Disability And Life Insurance Benefits, Eligible For NHSC Loan Repayment, Bonus Stipend For Final Year Residents, CME Allowance, Paid Time Off, 403b Retirement Savings Plan, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Discounts, Employee Assistance Programs and more.State-of-the-art facilitiesCollegial and Supportive Work EnvironmentFlexible Schedules for Optimal Work/Life Balance