Director of Midwifery

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Job Summary

Service Director of Midwifery Allied Health at Denver Health will be a master's prepared advanced practice nurse from an accredited school of nursing with completion of an accredited Nurse Midwifery Program. The Director will have a demonstrated reputation of excellence in clinical care, leadership, teaching, and mentoring.

The Director will have oversight of all care delivered by Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) and designated APPS in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Denver Health. The Director will provide leadership with the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology in an integrated practice environment. Specifically, the Director will provide overall strategic guidance of the midwifery team and will work closely with physician and nursing leadership. The Director will have responsibility for strategic planning, clinical services, professional performance, business performance, regulatory compliance, education, and departmental culture. The Director will be responsible for advancing a culture of excellence in an integrated midwifery service. The Director will be dedicated to performance expectations including the provision of the highest quality patient care and consistency in clinical care standards, driven by patient safety requirements and clinical outcomes monitoring.

This Director role is eligible for a leadership stipend consistent with Denver Health policy.

Essential Functions:

• Clinical Expectations:
  * Lead and participate in clinical quality initiatives focused on improving the patient experience, patient safety clinical outcomes, enhancing systems to assure timeliness and efficiency and assuring quality while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Areas of responsibility include Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, Obstetric Emergency Department, and outpatient clinical sites.
  * Promote and oversee development of critical pathways, protocols and practice guidelines that promote quality, cost-effective care for the patient population.
  * Ensure that appropriate quality improvement standards/metrics are established, maintained, and reported for the Midwifery Service and Advanced Practice Providers.
  * Ensure the application of best practices, incorporating regulatory requirements at the local, state, and national level; utilize benchmarking and data analysis from applicable sources.
  * Oversite and promotion of internal data collection and research.
  * Drive innovation in care management and establish efficient operational infrastructure in partnership with the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology to optimize resource allocation and timeliness.
  * Time will be spent providing full-scope midwifery clinical care as the needs of the service dictates.
  * Maintain and enhance professional growth and development. Maintain a working knowledge of applicable current medical literature.
  * Precept nurse practitioner, physician assistant, and medical students, residents and fellows by following Denver Health guidelines for trainees.
  * Develop, conduct and/or evaluate formal or informal health education programs for students in area(s) of expertise.
  (25%)
• Administrative Expectations:
  * Establish and maintain high standards of professional practice. Oversee and drive a superior patient safety and peer review program.
  * Oversee the administrative, professional, clinical, financial and educational activities of the Midwifery Service.
  * Ensure a culture of open dialogue and feedback with all staff, promote healthy team norms, and develop pathways to support staff and promote wellness.
  Provide leadership while building a cooperative, collaborative and cohesive department.
  Provide collaboration with key external entities.
  * Provide leadership for the development of standards and policies related to the Department.
  * Supervise all providers in clinical and assigned administrative duties.
  * Support and maintain provider development, recruitment, and succession plans.
  * Assume joint responsibility with Denver Health Administration for compliance with requirements and standards of regulatory agencies and accreditation organizations, including preparation for and participation in relevant surveys.
  * Ensure the department's compliance with the Medical Staff Bylaws and hospital policies. (25%)
• Communication/Change Management Expectations:
  * Establish appropriate communication channels with providers, nurses, and administration that result in trust, alignment and collaborative working relationships.
  * Lead by example: establish open non-judgmental dialogue, welcome constructive criticism from direct reports, admit errors openly, avoid a punitive response to honest mistakes, demonstrate timely responsiveness, and hold others accountable.
  * Coach, mentor, and develop others to build internal strengths and the talent that enhance individual engagement joy in the workplace and outside of work.
  * Foster open communication, teamwork. Effectively manage conflicts and look for opportunities for common ground solutions.
  * Communicate effectively and regularly to providers regarding the overall health and performance of the Department.
  * Ensure that information relevant to patient care and treatment options are communicated to patients, families and providers.
  (25%)
• Expectations for Leadership:
  * Establish oneself as a credible, trusted and highly collaborative clinical leader among the medical staff, administrative leaders at Denver Health, our community through performance as a professional leader.
  * Cultivate critical relationships inside and outside Denver Health in order to enhance clinical quality, education, leadership and recruitment.
  * Evaluate current clinical operations and make enhancements with department members and administration that result in improved performance, service excellence, patient experience and more efficient ways to meet patient needs.
  * Continue to enhance the collaborative culture that strengthens the partnership of all providers in delivering outstanding patient care.
  * Enhance quality parameters, metrics established and outcomes which will be regularly reviewed and monitored, with systems of accountability in place, and reporting methods in use.
  * Lead the performance improvement activities within the Department, ensuring high-performance in-service excellence and outstanding outcomes. Consistent performance measure quality, patient experience and throughput will be achieved. (25%)

Education:

• Master's Degree Graduate of a nationally accredited midwife degree program. Required

Work Experience:

• 4-6 years as a full-scope midwife required and
• 4-6 years This should include some experience with high-risk obstetric patients and triage required and
• 1-3 years Preferred of leadership experience.
  and
• 1-3 years Demonstrated leadership achievement in a high-performing midwifery service required and
• 4-6 years Prescriptive Authority required

Licenses:

• CNMRXN-Nurse Midwife Prescriber - DORA - Department of Regulatory Agencies Required and
• CNM-Certified Nurse Midwife - AMCB - American Midwifery Certification Board Required and
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association or American Red Cross Required and
• NRP-Neonatal Resuscitation Program - AHA - American Heart Association Required and
• DEAREG-DEA Registration - DEA - Drug Enforcement Agency Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A demonstrated reputation of excellence in clinical care, teaching, mentoring, and leadership.
• A strong understanding of the realities of healthcare delivery within academic, teaching and/or safety net hospital environments.
• A systems thinker with the proven ability to navigate and execute in a large, complex healthcare organization.
• A reputation for building clinical excellence and leadership experience directing high quality clinical activities.
• Strategic problem-solver who can create effective solutions for change.
• An ability to inspire and align providers, both those within Obstetrics & Gynecology and those with whom the department interacts
• A strong communicator and diplomat who is able to inspire and effectively communicate with wide and diverse audiences at all levels of the organization and externally.
• Analytical and data driven; ability to use metrics to support key decisions. Strong fiscal acumen with experience managing a budget.
• A management style that seeks to share information and welcomes input into the decision-making process.
• A collaborative approach and demonstrated ability to take an institutional view.
• Demonstrated political acumen and the necessary skills to orchestrate optimize and constructively balance the interests of diverse stakeholders.
• A mentor and developer of people who motivates others to be team players. The Midwife Supervisor will ensure accountability, as well as being supportive and open to providers.
• A role model of personal and professional integrity.
• Computer skills required.

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.