Job Description

Role Summary

A newly qualified midwife who is able to work autonomously in the provision of care during the normal child birthing process.

Responsibilities

• Prepare to undertake the preceptorship course designed to support and develop key additional competencies for newly qualified midwives.
• Interact with medical staff and other members of the multi-disciplinary team when deviations from the norm occur to promote a healthy outcome for mother and infant.
• Responsible for the assessment, planning, and implementation and evaluation of midwifery care needs of the individual in hospital and community settings.
• Provide holistic, women-centered/birthing people care, individualized to the needs of the mother/birthing person and her family.
• Examine women/birthing people, monitor observations, and report abnormal findings to medical staff or midwife in charge.
• Provide care in labor, perform normal vaginal births, assess mother/birthing person and baby post-delivery.
• Identify and report any changes from the ‘norm’ or emergency situations to senior midwife or medical practitioner.
• Assist medical staff with medical procedures when required.
• Participate in instrumental deliveries and assisting at operative deliveries.
• Assist experienced practitioners in neonatal resuscitation following delivery.
• Care for clients with medical complications who require increased dependency on health professionals during the antenatal, labor, or postnatal period.
• Provide midwifery expertise and advice, working as an autonomous practitioner accountable to the senior midwife.