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) or a Certified Midwife (CM) for a full time (1.0 FTE) benefited position with its Center for Midwifery (CFM) faculty practice in Aurora, CO (on the Anschutz Medical Campus). This position is clinically based as a health care provider, and includes an instructor level, clinical practice track appointment within the College of Nursing and is full scope including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, well woman and gynecological care. The University of Colorado, College of Nursing currently has four academic midwifery faculty practices 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 Center for Midwifery is a private practice model that provides holistic, person-centered care. We offer people many services including individualized care, alternative labor/birth options, childbirth education, lactation services, mental health services, water birth and referrals to specialized care in other departments. The practice provides full-scope midwifery care to people at two locations with births occurring at the University of Colorado Hospital, the Anschutz Medical Campus. CFM believes that people benefit from personalized and comprehensive care that focuses on the patient while including the family in the plan of care. We serve people who desire alternative labor and birth experience with a water birth option. The midwife will be part of a midwifery service that has a long and successful history within the University of Colorado system.
Supervision Received:
Work is performed independently under the general direction and authority of the CFM Clinical Lead(s)
Supervision Exercised:
No supervision exercised
Examples of Work Performed:
- Provide full scope care to the gynecologic, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patient
- Provide care in the outpatient clinic, OBED, and intrapartum unit
- Utilize limited obstetric ultrasound skills in the outpatient and inpatient setting
- Recommended attendance at monthly practice meetings and participate in a minimum of one-practice and/or College of Nursing committee.
- Educate health care team students (APPs, medical students, residents) and actively participate in student evaluations
- Participate in practice development, promotion and community outreach.
- Active participation in health plan contracts.
- Remain credentialed by the health plans and ensure credentialing materials stay current.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Conditions of Employment:
- Must be willing and able to obtain current AMCB certification by date of hire.
- Must be willing and able to provide full scope contraceptive services and counseling on abortion services.
- Must be willing and able to obtain Colorado RN, APN, RxN licenses or applicable certified midwife professional license by date of hire.
- Must be willing and able to obtain current board certification as a midwife by date of hire
- Must be willing and able to obtain current DEA license within 90 days of hire.
- Must be willing and able to obtain valid NPI number by date of hire
- Must be willing and able to obtain valid Colorado Medicaid Provider number by date of hire
- Must be willing and able to complete CAQH and all credentialing requirements prior to by date of hire.
- Must be willing and able to obtain current BLS/CPR certification by date of hire.
- Must be willing and able to actively participate in health plan contracts.
- Must be willing and able to remain credentialed by the health plans and ensure credentialing materials stay current.
- Must be willing and able to work in a normal patient care environment with some exposure to biological hazards and infectious diseases.
- Must be willing and able to work extra shifts if and when necessary to cover practice needs
