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Certified Nurse Midwife, CNM OB Hospitalist [Per-Diem] (Berkeley, CA)

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

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  • 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

Labor and DeliveryHigh-risk Pregnancy ManagementPatient AssessmentCollaborative CarePerinatology SupportMedical DocumentationEmergency Response

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.

Nurse Midwifery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse 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 livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Midwifery listings in California35 active353 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 40% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia 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 specialtiespostings stay open a median 47 days · 15% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 131 postings, 106 closed
New Nurse Midwifery listings101 in the last 30 days93 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 40% of Nurse Midwife listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 349 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Berkeley

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.54M
Typical market rent
$2,853/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.