Division Director of Midwifery @ Brown University and Women Women & Infants Hospital

The Department of OB-GYN at Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode Island and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is searching for a Division Director of Midwifery. The Director of the Division of Midwifery will be responsible for assuring high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based patient care and medical education by our Midwifery staff at our in-patient and out-patient sites. The right candidate is an accomplished leader who has experience working with underserved families, and who is an outstanding clinician, educator, and mentor.

• An estimated 50% effort providing clinical care, with the remaining 50% effort spent on administrative and academic duties.
• Responsible for assuring the quality and sustainability of our midwifery-led programs, including outpatient, antepartum, labor and delivery and postpartum services, as well as development of our Midwifery Alongside Unit (Alongside Unit) and Obstetric Triage.
• Support and collaborate with other leaders in the midwifery group, including practice leads.
• Maintain a stable and productive work environment by obtaining feedback from midwives and other department employees regarding job satisfaction.
• Support development of the Midwifery Birthing Center (the Alongside Unit).
• Support development of a midwifery lead Obstetric Triage Unit.
• Supervise midwifery operations by establishing and monitoring staffing patterns to assure cost-effective utilization of resources in meeting patient care standards.
• Participate in OB-GYN department clinical efforts, ambulatory work groups, and labor and delivery work groups.
• Maintain clinical skills through the provision of direct patient care.
• Organize midwifery staff to meet the educational needs of the department.
• Oversee the Midwifery Practice Leads (Associate Midwife Directors) in ensuring the quality and effectiveness of midwifery participation in medical and midwifery education as well as in supervising quality assurance and data monitoring.
• Support research and scholarly activities.
• Collaborate with Development office and participate in grant-writing.

Minimum qualifications:

• Certification in Midwifery from the American Midwifery Certification Board
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant clinical experience
• Leadership and management experience and Experience with Teaching Residents and/or Medical Students

Women and Infants Hospital

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, is one of the nation’s leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns. A major teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics, as well as a number of specialized programs in women’s medicine, Women & Infants is the ninth largest stand-alone obstetrical service in the country and the largest in New England with approximately 8,700 deliveries per year. Women & Infants is a Designated Baby-Friendly® USA hospital and was recently ranked by Newsweek as one of America's Best Maternity Hospitals in 2024.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The Department ranked 11 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Medical Schools specialty ranking. It is one of the largest and most prestigious research facilities in high-risk and normal obstetrics, and gynecology in the nation.

The department consists of community-based faculty physicians in the community practices and hospital-based full-time faculty organized by divisions of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Urogynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. The robust residency training program includes 32 diverse residents. The department is home to all four American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology accredited fellowships as well as strong programs in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic surgery and Family Planning through superb faculty. The department’s robust research portfolio with annual research revenue of over $9 million from federal, foundation and industry grants. This includes membership of three prestigious national research networks: the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, and Pelvic Floors Disorders Network, and the National Cancer Institute’s Gynecologic Oncology Group.

Send CV and Cover Letter: online via INTERFOLIO at: http://apply.interfolio.com/158249 or email to Kathy Farnum (KFarnum@CareNE.org), Executive Assistant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a successful candidate has been identified or the search is closed.

Women & Infants/CNE is an AA/EEO employer and actively solicits applications from minorities, women, and protected persons.

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Women & Infants Hospital is the region’s premier hospital for women and newborns and a Designated Baby-Friendly® USA hospital. It is the nation’s ninth largest stand-alone obstetrical service and operates one of the nation’s largest single-family room neonatal intensive care units, with close to 9,000 births a year and 7,000 surgeries. It is also the leading hospital in the region for women seeking treatment for infertility, incontinence, gynecologic and breast cancers, high-risk and normal obstetrics, postpartum depression, gastrointestinal disorders and other medical conditions.

• Rhode Island has abundant cultural, recreational, and modern amenities with a 1.1M population but the friendliness and accessibility of a small town
• Over 400 miles of coastline with easy access to Newport, Block Island, and Martha’s Vineyard
• Exceptional educational opportunities with 12 Universities including Ivy League’s Brown University
• Lifestyle choices include urban, suburban, coastal, and country options
• Boston or Cape Cod-1 Hr, NYC-3hrs and the convenience of a local International Airport

Based in Providence, Rhode Island which combines the accessibility and friendliness of a small town with the culture and sophistication of a big city.  In addition to Brown University, Providence is home to a other well-renowned higher education institutions including Johnson & Wales, Providence College and Rhode Island School of Design.  The newly renovated airport was named the third best in the country by Conde Nast Traveler in 2015 and the railway service is juxtaposed between Boston and New York City. There are numerous destinations within a short drive, including the mansions of Newport the ferry connecting to Block Island as well as an easy drive to the amenities of bordering Massachusetts and Connecticut. Seafood, culture, the arts and sporting events abound. 

Care New England is a four hospital system affiliated with Brown University.  We provide the full range of wellness, primary care, medical and surgical services and home care – including specialty hospitals in psychiatry as well as women and newborn care. Teaching programs include family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, podiatric medicine and surgery as well as general and subspecialty obstetrics and gynecology.