Staff (full- or part-time) or Director (full-time)

Lebanon Valley Midwifery and Women’s Wellness and the Lebanon Valley Birth Center, an 18-year-old growing autonomous midwifery practice and birth center, is seeking a Certified Nurse-Midwife to join our practice in the beautiful Lebanon Valley.

This is a wonderful opportunity to work with other midwives and provide care in a community that desires and values midwifery care. The licensed, CABC (Commission on Accreditation of Birth Centers) accredited care the birth center affords is unique to this area and not otherwise available nearby.

We provide full-scope culturally sensitive, evidenced-based midwifery (and newborn) care to our population, about 75% of whom are from the Plain community (Amish, Mennonite, others) and a diverse group of additional families. All are committed to holistic, physiologic out-of-hospital birth and to a model of self-determination and shared decision making in their health care. We have a low cesarean rate and nearly 100% breastfeed.

We attended about 170 births in 2022. 75% registered for the birth center. About 10% were homebirths. We also attend births in our collaborative hospital (providing continuity of care), which is part of WellSpan Health. We offer water birth and a have a special service to those who wish to have a VBAC.

Our practice is well respected and valued in the community. We collaborate with many providers in the region. Among them are our Medical Director, our OB/CNM practice and a local MFM service who also perform ultrasounds at our office. The world-renowned Clinic for Special Children provides consultation, collaboration, and comprehensive care to our children and adults with genetic and other complex medical disorders.

About the Opportunity

• Full or part time position
• Experienced (preferred, but will consider new graduates)
• Full scope midwifery and newborn care
• We desire a CNM who is committed to and passionate about physiologic birth and the midwifery and birth center models of care. We are interested in a knowledgeable, energetic, warm, self-motivated CNM who will work well with our families, will function autonomously and who has excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• You’ll share office and call equitably with the other midwives and work with our birth assistant nurses, lactation consultant, and administrative team.
• Competitive salary benefits package includes health insurance, professional liability, worker’s compensation, retirement matching, continuing education, personal time off, mileage reimbursement, and relocation assistance.

 Lifestyle/Community

• A life-work balance may be best obtained if you live within about 20 minutes of the birth center, thereby taking call from your home and the local area.
• This area includes affordable housing options in rural, town, or city settings with many school choices.
• We have free accommodations for part-time CNMs while on call.
• We serve Lebanon, western Berks, northern Lancaster, and southern Schuylkill counties. We are close to Lancaster, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Lebanon, and Reading (and two-three hours from New York City and Washington, D.C.).

For the Director (full time)

• Passionate about midwifery and birth center and able to communicate this to a wide variety of local stake holders
• Passionate about serving the families in the area.
• Responsible with the team to develop policies and procedures.
• Responsible with the owner and Financial Director to make and propose a yearly budget to the Board.
• Develop and execute a strategic plan for continued growth.
• Provide some clinical care
• Previous clinical and administrative experience in a birth center, preferably CABC accredited.
• Reports to the owner and the Board of Directors

Prefer (for staff or Director)

• Current C.N.M. license in PA or eligible 
• BLS, NRP
• Must attain hospital privileges
• Prefer experience in full scope midwifery care 
• Prefer familiarity and comfort with out of hospital birth
• Prefer experience/knowledge of holistic health
• Computer: Microsoft Office (Macintosh), hospital uses Epic

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To apply or for inquiries contact the owner/director at lvmww@nbn.net