BIRTH CARE & FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES
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Certified nurse-midwife
Seeking experienced CNM for full-scope practice at our free-standing birth center. Birth Care and Family Health Services is a not-for-profit practice in beautiful, rural Lancaster County, PA. Our CNMs provide comprehensive OB/GYN care, attending births at our fully-equipped CABC accredited free-standing birth center, and at a local hospital. We are proud to be serving our local Amish community with culturally sensitive care for over 30 years, which currently accounts for about 60% of our 400-500 births per year. We offer a competitive salary, 403(b) with employer matching, health insurance contribution, 3 weeks paid vacation, flexible scheduling, and a collegial work environment.
Practice Summary:
  • Fully equipped free-standing birth center with 3 birth rooms, CNM call-room, separate office suite.
  • Low-risk births at the birth center, ability to attend IP transfers at local hospital.
  • 2 CNMs on call at all times; office hours 5 days/week at one of two locations.
  • Privileges and physician collaboration agreements at Ephrata Community Hospital, with good relationships with other local hospitals/specialists and emergency personnel.
  • CNMs provide water birth, birth stools, pharmaceutical pain management, lactation support, and childbirth education, postpartum home visits by nursing staff.
  • 30-40 births per month.
  • Well-care, family planning including contraception and fertility awareness teaching, pre-conception counseling, STI screening, pessaries, etc. offered.
  • Current clinical staffing includes 4.5FTE CNMs, RN/LPN birth assistants, MA/LPN office assistants.
​Details of position:
Position is FT, which is approximately 48 hours office or call and 12 hours 2nd call/week, +one weekend/month 2nd call. Call may be taken from home if within 30 minutes of birth center, 2nd call must be within 1 hour of birth center.
Requirements:
  • Must have at least one year of CNM experience, out-of-hospital experience strongly preferred. 
  • Specific interest in the out-of-hospital birth center model.
  • Ability to collaborate with a team and also practice independently with competence and confidence.
  • Knowledge of and comfort with common herbal/homeopathic/alternative therapies.
  • Must be able to obtain PA CNM license and prescriptive authority.
  • BLS/NRP certification.To apply,contact Maren Ketcham at ​Phone: 717.786.4010 • Fax: 717.786.4011
    ​E-mail: info@birthcaremidwives.com  ​
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Birth Care & Family Health Services • 1138 Georgetown Road  
P.O. Box 152 Bart, Pa. 17503 
• ​Phone: 717.786.4010 • Fax: 717.786.4011
​E-mail: info@birthcaremidwives.com        

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