Cambridge Health Alliance

Director – Midwifery, Nurse Practitioner practices and Birth Center

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Description

Qualifications at a Glance

Education

  • Master's degree

Licenses

  • Active registered nurse license

Certifications

  • American Midwifery Certification Board certification
  • Basic Life Support "C" certification
  • NPR status

Preferred

  • 5 years of experience providing full scope midwifery care as a certified nurse-midwife
  • Birth center experience
  • Experience with newborns
  • Bilingual skills
  • Demonstrated success in operational roles with strong clinical operations management experience

Cambridge Health Alliance is seeking a Certified Nurse-Midwife Director to lead midwifery and Nurse Practitioner practices across our clinics, birth center, and hospital. In this role, you will provide high-quality, compassionate care for birthing patients and newborns while managing clinical and administrative responsibilities for a multidisciplinary team. You will work closely with Ob/Gyn, Family Medicine, and Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians as part of our award-winning maternity care team, serving an ethnically and socio-economically diverse patient population in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro North region.

Responsibilities

  • Provide high-quality, compassionate, and personalized care for birthing patients and newborns
  • Collaborate with operational, nursing, and provider leadership to facilitate strategic vision and Birth Center operations
  • Execute directives while managing the inherent pressures of a multi-faceted, high-volume healthcare setting
  • Develop and refine clinical processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead continuous quality improvement initiatives
  • Foster a robust High Reliability Organization (HRO) safety culture, prioritizing proactive reporting, transparency, and continuous learning
  • Manage scheduling, recruitment, compliance, evaluation, and development for CNMs and Nurse Practitioners across OBGYN clinical sites
  • Partner with operational leadership to serve as a resource for the utilization and productivity of CNMs and NPs, including identifying benchmarks to evaluate performance

Required Qualifications

  • Master's degree
  • Active registered nurse license
  • Certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board
  • Current Basic Life Support "C" certification
  • Current NPR status
  • Minimum 2 years of experience with administrative oversight, managing fiscal responsibilities, and supervising staff
  • 5 years of experience providing full scope midwifery care as a certified nurse-midwife (ideally)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Birth center experience
  • Experience with newborns
  • Bilingual skills
  • Demonstrated success in operational roles with strong experience in clinical operations management

Compensation

  • Salary range: $184,000 to $310,000 based on candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations
Specialty Midwifery
Experience Level Experienced
Compensation $184,000 - $310,000 a year

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