A Brief Overview

The Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is an individual educated in the two disciplines of nursing and midwifery who has graduated from an ACNM-accredited education program and is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. CNM practice includes the independent management of womens health care, pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, care of the newborn, family planning and gynecological services. The CNM demonstrates a high degree of clinical independence and expertise, and educates patients and their families to promote wellness, prevent health problems and maintain current health. This care occurs within the clinics and offices of University Hospitals/Cleveland Medical Center and all affiliated hospitals, facilities, and satellites within the system.The certified nurse-midwife practices in collaboration with an OB/GYN physician group. Collaboration is defined as a process in which each health care professional contributes his or her expertise to provide more comprehensive care than one health professional alone can provide. A Standard Care Agreement (SCA) is established between the CNM and all collaborating physicians. The nurse-midwife will refer to the collaborative physician any patient with complications which are outside of the scope of practice of the nurse-midwife in accordance with the Standards of Practice of Nurse Midwifery, as defined by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. The CNM is credentialed and granted privileges by the Hospital Boards of the University Hospitals of Cleveland. The CNM will hold a faculty appointment in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and an academic appointment in the Department of Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The Certified Nurse-Midwife reports to the Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Division.

What You Will Do

• Performs direct patient care by examining, diagnosing, and analyzing the needs of female patients in relationship to their reproductive health.
• Develops short and long term patient care goals and treatment for patients in accordance with the standards established for certified nurse-midwives in collaboration with an obstetrician/gynecologist and established protocols.
• Identifies patient’s health problem and administers appropriate medications according to state statutory prescriptive authority or refers patient to a caregiver in a specialty area.
• Teaches and counsels individuals, families, groups and other health providers about health, diseases and illnesses and promotes health maintenance and prevention of diseases
• Participates as a preceptor for medical students, residents, nurse-midwifery students, and nurse practitioner students.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, receiving current literature, and attending in-service meetings and workshops.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Participates in current research protocols in accordance with the mission of University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.