Certified Nurse Midwife – Tomah (1.0 FTE)

What draws you to practicing as a certified nurse midwife in a community like Tomah?

What they are checking: Whether they understand and want the realities of practicing in a smaller community setting.

Teaching students, residents and staff is an expectation here. Tell me about your teaching experience.

What they are checking: Willingness to teach, which the posting calls a cornerstone expectation.

This role may include outreach service. How do you feel about providing care at other sites in the region?

What they are checking: Flexibility for outreach, which the posting says may be part of the role.

Tell me about a time you disagreed with a physician about a patient's plan. How did it resolve?

What they are checking: Ability to advocate for patients respectfully within a supervised practice.

Advanced practice clinicians here work under the direct supervision of a physician. How do you work with a supervising physician day to day?

What they are checking: Comfort with collaborative practice and knowing when to consult or transfer care.

How do you support a patient who wants a low-intervention birth while keeping her and the baby safe?

What they are checking: Balancing patient choice with clinical safety, the core of midwifery practice.

How do you talk with a patient whose birth plan has to change because of a complication?

What they are checking: Clear, compassionate communication when expectations must shift quickly.

A patient you are following develops high blood pressure at 36 weeks. Walk me through your thinking.

What they are checking: Recognizing preeclampsia risk and knowing when to consult or transfer to physician care.

During a delivery you encounter a shoulder dystocia. What do you do?

What they are checking: Calm, practiced response to an obstetric emergency.

How do you approach gynecologic and well-woman care outside of pregnancy?

What they are checking: Breadth of practice beyond labor and delivery.