Are you excited about a new and exciting opportunity? Do you have a passion for working with families and individuals in need of healthcare, housing, and community support services? Are you interested in working for a mission-driven and innovative organization? Well, look no further! At Community of Hope, we envision Washington, DC, where everyone is healthy, housed, and hopeful. If you are ready to make a positive difference in the community, this position is for you!

Our mission: To improve health, end homelessness, and partner with communities to make Washington, DC more equitable.

Our Approach and Values:

We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.

We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.

Position Summary:  

The Nurse Midwife is accountable directly to the Director of Midwifery. This is a part-time position based out of our Family Health and Birth Center in NE, DC.

The salary for this position ranges between $50.48 - $52.88 hourly and the offer amount is determined by the candidate's education, qualifications, and experience. Indeed provides their own estimated salary calculator and is not affiliated with COH's range.

Highlighted Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the care of women and their newborns and gives direct client services including: antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, family planning, and gynecological care, according to the standards of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Association of Birth Centers, and the policies, procedures and clinical guidelines of Community of Hope at Family Health and Birth Center and Washington Hospital Center.
• Consults with the physician, according to the established risk criteria, regarding any client who develops symptoms of medical or obstetric complications.
• Co-manages with the physician the care of women who develop complications.
• Refers to medical management any woman who develops complications which, in the judgment of either or both the physician and CNM, are best managed by a physician.
• Plans and provides continuing health supervision and education to all clients under her/his care.
• Completes and locks all progress notes within 3 business days after patient visit. Documents all patient encounters, including face to face, telephone, and electronic communications, in the medical record in a timely fashion.
• Maintains effective and efficient working relations’ with the birth center staff, consulting staff, other health disciplines, families and public.
• Participates in public relations programs that publicize midwifery, advanced nursing practice and/or birth center care. 
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor. 

• Current license as a Nurse-Midwife in in the District of Columbia required.
• National Certification as Certified Nurse Midwife required.
• Experience with both hospital and out-of-hospital births; experience with 40 or more births preferred; No new grads at this time.
• Current adult CPR certification (ACLS or BLS for the Healthcare Provider or equivalent) required.
• Current neonatal resuscitation certification (NALS or NRP or equivalent) required.
• Participation in appropriate continuous medical education;
• Bilingual in Spanish and/or Amharic preferred.
• Ability to work in a non-profit environment.
• In relation to remote work versus on-site expectations, this position is classified as the following: Hybrid: Remote work and on-site work requirements are generally split roughly 50/50. Please note that remote work designations are subject to change or fluctuate at any point in time and the supervisor may require in person learning for a specific amount of time after hire 

At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits: 

• Remote work opportunities are available for many, but not all, of our roles, promoting a culture of work-life balance. 
• 8-hour workdays, which include a paid lunch. 
• 11.5 paid company holidays, 1 personal floating holiday, paid vacation and sick leave based on the average number of hours per week and work schedule. 
• Vacation and sick leave accrual based on bi-weekly work schedule. 
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay. 
• Loan repayment for clinicians, licensing reimbursement, and continuing education unit funds for licensed staff. 
• Many opportunities for internal promotions and transfers across the agency as we continue to grow; we average 30+ promotions each year. 
• Ongoing internal leadership training for supervisors. 
• Ongoing well-being activities, culture compact activities and training, and trauma-informed care initiatives and training. 
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance. 
• 403(b) Retirement Plan. 
• And much more!   

About Us: 

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, and rapidly growing nonprofit. For 45 years, we have provided healthcare, housing, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, we provide medical, dental, emotional wellness, and care coordination services for the whole family at three locations in DC. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. In 2024, Community of Hope provided about 50,000 medical visits, 6,300 dental visits, and 17,000 behavioral health visits for about 16,000 patients. Community of Hope is also one of the largest providers of homelessness prevention and housing services for 1,600 households—1,384 families and 220 individuals—experiencing homelessness in DC. Community support through Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and perinatal care coordination for pregnant people experiencing homelessness reach hundreds more families. We believe that everyone in DC can be healthy, housed, and hopeful.   

We were selected as one of The Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces in 2024 and 6 other times since 2014 based on feedback from our staff. 

To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: hr@cohdc.org Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.