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Director – Midwifery, Nurse Practitioner practices and Birth Center

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Requisition Number: CHAP-2500-3

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is an award-winning public health system providing innovative primary, specialty and emergency care through an established network of outpatient clinics and two full service hospitals. We are a mission-driven organization passionate about serving our ethnically and socio-economically diverse patient population in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro North region. CHA is seeking a dedicated Certified Nurse-Midwife Director to join our team. At CHA, our Certified Nurse-Midwives provide compassionate, personalized care for people throughout every stage of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. CHA Midwives are an essential part of our medical staff, working closely with our Ob/Gyn, Family Medicine and Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians, and our award-winning maternity care team.  This role offers an expansive scope of clinical and administrative responsibilities leading  a multidisciplinary team across our clinics, birth center, and hospital. Key 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.
Qualifications:
  • Candidates will have a master’s degree, are registered nurse licensed, obtained certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board, and ideally have 5 years of experience providing full scope midwifery care as a certified nurse-midwife. Birth center experience preferred as well as experience with newborns. 
  • Current Basic Life Support “C” certification and NPR status is required. Bilingual skills are preferred but not required. However, a commitment to caring for everyone, every time is essential. 
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience of administrative oversight, managing fiscal responsibilities, and supervising staff.
  • Demonstrated success in operational roles is highly desirable, with a preference for candidates who possess strong experience in clinical operations management.
Salary range is $184,000 to $310,000 based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. For more information and to apply please visit www.CHAproviders.org. Candidates may also submit CV and cover letter confidentially to ProviderRecruitment@challiance.org. In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, relationship identity or relationship structure, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunities. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct that, in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.)

Cambridge Health Alliance brings Care to the People - including your neighbors, friends and family. Our local hospitals and care centers serve our vibrant, diverse communities, and play an integral role in improving health. As passionate advocates for the underserved, we actively partner with our communities to take on challenging public health issues, and conduct important research to help reduce barriers to care. We believe that everyone deserves access to high quality, convenient health care. This is why our employees believe in where they work and why many build long, rewarding careers at CHA.

Healthcare is changing rapidly. CHA has a strategic plan that charts a proactive course for our future. It is built on a vision of equity and excellence for everyone, every time. It also recognizes that our workforce is our most valuable asset and prioritizes competitive salaries, benefits and professional development opportunities for employees. The strategic plan is changing the way we provide care and improving the health and experience of our patients; we are looking for smart, committed, compassionate people who want to be part of making our vision of better health and equity a reality.

At CHA, you can believe in where you work and go home every day knowing you made a difference. Join our team and help us bring Care to the People.

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