Job description
Join Cascade Birthing Center, a premium, evidence-based midwifery practice in Portland, Oregon. We seek a dedicated Certified Nurse-Midwife to provide exceptional, woman-centered care across the continuum of childbirth.
Our team combines clinical excellence with compassionate support, offering a collaborative environment that values work-life balance, ongoing professional development, and community outreach.
As part of our multidisciplinary team, you’ll guide families through prenatal, birthing, and postpartum periods, advocate for informed choices, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives that advance safe, respectful birth experiences.
Responsibility
- Provide comprehensive, evidence-based midwifery care across prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods for diverse populations.
- Perform risk assessment, screenings, routine exams, and care planning; monitor fetal well-being; initiate timely transfers when needed in collaboration with obstetric and neonatal teams.
- Support natural birth and informed choices, including nonpharmacologic pain management options and mobility strategies while ensuring safety.
- Lead labor support with continuous monitoring, documentation, and patient education; coordinate care with physicians, nurses, lactation consultants, and social workers.
- Promote lactation support and newborn care education; provide postpartum follow-up to support breastfeeding success and family adjustment.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, adhere to evidence-based guidelines, and uphold patient safety standards.
- Educate, empower, and advocate for diverse patients; foster culturally competent, respectful care and community outreach.
Qualification
- Current Oregon CNM license and board certification (or eligible) with active practice rights.
- Minimum 2+ years of clinical midwifery experience in birth center or hospital settings; proficient in low- and high-risk situation management as appropriate.
- Excellent communication, empathy, and patient-centered care skills; ability to build trust with diverse families.
- Proficiency with electronic health records (EHR) and care coordination across multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong knowledge of evidence-based obstetric guidelines, lactation support, and newborn care.
- Flexibility to participate in on-call rotations, nights, and weekends as required.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development, quality improvement, and teamwork.