About the Role
Vassar Brothers Medical Center of Nuvance Health is seeking an experienced Certified Nurse Midwife to join their growing OB/GYN group. This role offers the opportunity to help grow and shape a practice, providing 24/7 midwifery coverage alongside physician colleagues. The ideal candidate is dedicated to the midwifery model of patient empowerment and providing full-scope care grounded in compassion and shared decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Provide full scope midwifery care.
- Work two clinic days per week.
- Complete one 24-hour call shift per week.
- Share weekend and holiday call amongst the group.
Requirements
- Certified Nurse Midwife.
- Team player.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to establish rapport and trust with patients and families.
- Commitment to evidence-based care and practices.
- Values working with a diverse patient population.
- Reliable and adaptable.
- High level of clinical competence, compassion, and empathy.
- Commitment to patient education.
- Cultural sensitivity.
- Excellent interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Passion for lifelong learning and professional development.
Skills
- Midwifery model of patient empowerment
- Full scope care
- Compassion
- Shared decision making
- Evidence-based care
- Patient education
- Cultural sensitivity
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Lifelong learning
- Professional development
Location
- Poughkeepsie, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Certified Nurse Midwife
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000 - $200,000 annually, relative to experience.
Benefits
- Sign-on and Relocation bonuses - up to $20,000 in sign-on bonuses, plus relocation!
- Highly competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive benefits
- Generous allowances for CMEs, Dues, and Relocation assistance
About the Company
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center of Nuvance Health is joining Northwell Health.
- The practice has offices in Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, and Highland.
- The practice admits exclusively to Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
- The Labor and Delivery Unit sees about 2,800 babies born each year.
- The facility has a level III NICU staffed by neonatologists.
- The facility has an excellent Perinatology program.
- The facility has fellowship-trained breast surgeons and GYN-oncologists.
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center has a new 752,000 square-foot, eight-level inpatient pavilion with 263 private medical/surgical patient rooms and 30 critical care rooms.
- Vassar provides leading acute and critical emergency care, including Level II Trauma Service and Interventional Neuroradiology.
- Vassar has established centers of excellence in cardiac services, neurosciences, cancer care, and women’s health.
- Vassar is consistently ranked as one of the strongest cardiac programs in the United States and one of the Top 100 Heart Hospitals by Modern HealthCare Magazine.
- The Hudson Valley boasts a terrific quality of life with opportunities for hiking, biking, boating, cafes, art galleries, and local farmers markets.
- The region offers excellent housing and outstanding schools, including colleges and universities like Vassar College, Bard College, Marist College, SUNY New Paltz, and the Culinary Institute of America.
- Northwell Health cares for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond.
- Northwell Health has 28 hospitals and 18,600+ aligned physicians.
- Northwell Health has over 104,000 employees.
- Northwell Health has robust research, academic, and clinical programs.
- Northwell Health has a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and physician leadership.
