Certified Nurse Midwife, CNM OB Hospitalist [Per-Diem] (Berkeley, CA)
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Job Description
- Opportunity Information
- Employment Type: Per Diem
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Opportunity Information
Certified Nurse Midwife-Per Diem
Sutter East Bay Medical Group OB/CNM Hospitalist Program is searching for a Per Diem CNM who is available to assist as needed for coverage and unexpected open shifts.
Alta Bates (Berkeley, CA) is a regional referral center with a level 3 NICU. Our team serves two perinatology groups and several FQHCs. We attend all out of hospital (birth center and homebirth) transfers and all unassigned patients.
While the CNMs care for all low risk inductions and labors, we also care for many moderate and high-risk pregnancies. The CNMs enjoy working supportively and collaboratively with the OB and MFM team. Our staffing consists of two OBs and one CNM for 12 hours shifts and one OB rounder every day.
Must have availability on weekdays, week nights, and weekends. It is expected that the per diem will cover to short notice call outs per year, one if which must be a night shift.
Qualifications
- An active and unrestricted CA license
- Active CA DEA license
- 3 years work experience preferred
Organization Details
We are a multi-specialty medical group with over 600 clinicians, including physicians, certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants practicing in 25+ specialties in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Our medical group is recognized for excellence and has received multiple awards for our quality of care, innovation and leadership.
Sutter East Bay Medical Group is affiliated with Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization, providing operational and administrative support, including the latest technology, allowing physicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care
Community Information
Berkeley is a vibrant and dynamic city that is consummately Californian in setting, international in cultural outlook, and filled with superb restaurants, shops, theaters, and cafes. Berkeley has a creative scene that extends from the performing and visual to the culinary arts. In the East Bay, Berkeley is a stylish arts and entertainment destination. Berkeley is a town with live theater and music almost every night and its theatrical and cultural venues keep the arts front and center, citywide and year-round. Berkeley is also known for its food. Berkeley is passionate about cuisine, and it shows on the menus of the city's innovative, influential restaurants, inside the dozens of specialty food stores and stands that line its avenues, and at the trio of weekly farmers markets in town. With so many cultural and culinary experiences to savor indoors, Berkeley also has many ways to enjoy the great outdoors. The city extends from San Francisco Bay into a forested coastal range, offering hiking and biking trails that run along the bay and up into the city's landmark regional parks. People can enjoy sailing, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing, skateboarding, golf, and beautiful gardens. Berkeley is also careful to honor and celebrate its past with dozens of historic monuments and architectural treasures.
Equal Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.
We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.
Key Responsibilities
The Certified Nurse Midwife will provide clinical care for low, moderate, and high-risk pregnancies within an OB Hospitalist program. Responsibilities include attending out-of-hospital transfers, managing inductions and labors, and collaborating with OB and MFM teams.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Nurse Midwifery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
In California, the Nurse Midwifery weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$176k (35 salary observations; 86 listings), vs ~$140k nationally (238 salary observations; 873 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Nurse Midwifery listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 40% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Nurse Midwifery median $165k (middle half $158k–$177k)20 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| California vs national | $176k median in California | $140k nationally (+26%)35 state / 238 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | California index 110.7 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Midwifery listings in California | 35 active | 353 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 38% remote · 40% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California Nurse Practitioner listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 12% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Midwifery hiring demand | #3 of 19 specialties | postings stay open a median 47 days · 15% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 131 postings, 106 closed |
| New Nurse Midwifery listings | 101 in the last 30 days | 93 the 30 days before (+9%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Nurse Midwifery pay trend | +5.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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