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Certified Nurse Midwife

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

  • Your job is more than a job.
  • Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
  • CCPI at Touro Hospital
  • New Orleans, Louisiana

Full-Time

CCPI is seeking a compassionate, experienced, and patient-centered Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) to join our collaborative women's health team at Touro Hospital in New Orleans. This is an exciting opportunity to provide full-scope midwifery care within a respected healthcare environment dedicated to exceptional outcomes for women, newborns, and families.

As a Certified Nurse Midwife, you will practice in an advanced nursing role and provide comprehensive care for women throughout their lifespan, including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, gynecologic, and primary care services. You will collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to deliver safe, high-quality, evidence-based care to mothers and newborns.

What You'll Do

Clinical Care & Patient Management

  • Provide comprehensive nurse-midwifery care to women during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum recovery.
  • Deliver primary and gynecologic healthcare services for women across the lifespan.
  • Assess patients through physical examinations, medical histories, and clinical evaluations.
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans and care strategies.
  • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests and procedures.
  • Perform approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within scope of practice and demonstrated competency.
  • Manage the care of newborns in accordance with established protocols and standards.

Collaboration & Care Coordination

  • Partner with physicians, nurses, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Serve as a trusted clinical resource and advocate for patients and families.
  • Consult and seek appropriate supervision when needed to ensure safe, effective patient care.
  • Facilitate continuity of care through coordination of services and patient follow-up.

Patient Education & Advocacy

  • Educate patients and families regarding health promotion, disease prevention, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, and overall wellness.
  • Support informed decision-making and patient-centered care.

Maintain accurate, timely, and complete medical documentation in accordance with organizational and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

  • Required Experience
  • Minimum 2 years of full-scope midwifery practice.

Required Education

Successful completion of an accredited Nurse Midwifery Program.

Required Licenses & Certifications

  • Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) certification through the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB)
  • Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure through the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification through the American Academy of Pediatrics

Why Join CCPI?

At CCPI, you'll join a team that is passionate about delivering exceptional women's healthcare in one of the most vibrant cities in the country. We value collaboration, clinical excellence, and compassionate care, and we are committed to supporting our providers as they make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and families every day.

Work Shift

  • Variable Hours (United States of America)
  • LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

Touro

Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans' most enduring healthcare monuments. It’s where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction

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  • Deliver healthcare with heart.
  • Give people a reason to smile.
  • Put a little love in your work.
  • Be honest and real, but with compassion.
  • Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
  • Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
  • See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
  • Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
  • Love what makes you, you - because we do
  • You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive nurse-midwifery care, including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, gynecologic, and primary care services. Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to deliver safe, evidence-based care and manage patient treatment plans.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Antepartum careIntrapartum careGynecologic carePatient assessmentDiagnostic testingNewborn managementClinical collaborationEvidence-based practice

Labor & Delivery Nursing — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 62% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
7%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

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Below most Nurse Practitioner roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,352 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in New Orleans

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$209k
Typical market rent
$1,637/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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