Job Summary
Job Description
Our private OB/GYN practice is looking for an experienced midwife. We would consider a recent graduate with previous labor and delivery experience. Our current team includes two physicians, two midwives and a nurse practitioner. We have two offices, in Lakewood Ranch and in Sarasota, FL. Call is shared with two other private practices. We deliver at one hospital, Sarasota Memorial with level 3 NICU, MFM and OB laborist support. We offer competitive compensation and full benefits package. Come join our growing, friendly and supportive team that values work-life balance.
Job Responsibilities
• Identifying high-risk pregnancies and referring such patients to the relevant medical specialists
• Doing routine checkups, such as collecting patients’ samples and taking their blood pressure and temperature
• Liaising with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure that mothers and babies receive continued postnatal support
• Providing support and counselling to mothers following events like miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal abnormality
• Providing training and guidance for junior colleagues
• Running pregnancy and parenting classes and workshops
• Overseeing and monitoring the labour process and advising mothers on their options to manage pain
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