Locum Tenens Certified Nurse Midwife

What these providers cover

Obstetric and gynecologic patients through pregnancy, delivery and well-woman care.

What the shift actually looks like

Prenatal care, labour support, delivery and well-woman care, with call structures that vary from shared to solo. Backup arrangements matter enormously.

Credentials and certifications

Typically required

MSN/DNP; AMCB certification; state license; DEA

Typical workload

Delivery-volume based

What to specify when you send the req

Delivery volume, whether the role includes call, physician backup arrangements and birth centre vs hospital.

Why this role is hard to fill

Backup and transfer arrangements are the diligence item every midwife raises. Have the answer ready.

What candidates ask before accepting

Answering these in the req itself shortens the process considerably, because they are the questions that otherwise surface at offer stage and cause declines: Delivery volume, call structure, physician backup arrangement, and birth centre versus hospital setting.

Contract or permanent?

Locums stabilises the schedule so a permanent search can run on merit rather than desperation. Hiring a permanent physician while critically short-staffed is how facilities end up with a bad twelve-month hire. Locum-to-perm is common and low risk.

Licensure

Physicians and advanced practice providers are licensed in all 50 states. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is widely described as portability and is not — it is an expedited route to obtaining several separate state licenses, each still issued and regulated independently. The physician assistant compact has been enacted but is not yet issuing privileges. Privileging, which runs on your medical staff committee calendar, is usually the binding constraint rather than licensure.

How we work this req

Every candidate is spoken to before you see them, with licensure for your state, certifications and unit-specific competency confirmed before submittal. We screen to the credential the unit actually needs rather than the title on the posting. Rates sit inside the ranges on our published cost breakdown.