Midwife Job Description
Midwife
provides direction and supervision for nurse midwives, nurse midwifery students, YSN three year nursing students and on occasion as negotiated, medical students rotating through the Women's Center.
Midwife Duties & Responsibilities
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To support the SARC Manager and SARC Administrator in the daily running of the SARC service
To support the SARC Manager with Clinical Governance (Audit, Training, Supervision, Clinical Incidents) and maintaining CQC standards
Produce and deliver presentations about the SARC service to partner agencies (eg
Attend meetings on behalf of the SARC Manager and maintain the service in their absence
Experience of dealing with victims of sexual assault will be an advantage, although full support and training will be provided
Scheduling, admitting and discharging of patients
Management of prenatal care, normal labor, delivery, postpartum, and immediate newborn periods in both the inpatient and outpatient setting
Provide approved obstetrical/gynecological interventions, physician and social service consultation/referrals, outside agency referrals
Prescribes medications and therapeutics according to the nurse-midwifery guidelines and the mandates of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Evaluates the individual health care status of patients through completion of detailed history, physical exam and laboratory tests as appropriate
Midwife Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Midwife
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, NRP, CPR, ACLS, AHA, DEA, ALSO, CRNPS, BCLS, AMCB
Education for Midwife
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the midwife job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Midwifery, Nursing, Graduate, Education, Health, Medical, Science, Management, Healthcare, School of Nursing
Skills for Midwife
Desired skills for midwife include:
Adolescent and adult patient population
Principals of growth and development with newborn
Clinical practice standards
Normal maternal / fetal growth and development
Professional nursing theory
Requirements of nurse midwifery practice
Hospitalized prenatal
Intranatal
Licensing regulations
Medical/legal principles
Desired experience for midwife includes:
Ability to accurately read measurements on patient related equipment
Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergent, critical, unusual or dangerous situations
Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure
Ability to maintain both a high standard of courtesy and cooperation in dealing with co-workers, patients, and visitors, and satisfactory job performance despite the stress of a hospital work environment
It is essential that candidates are a Registered Nurse with at least 4 years post-reg experience in a relevant area
Must be able to attend designed SARC within 60 minutes of call out
Midwife Examples
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Midwife Job Description
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of midwife. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for midwife
- Provision of direct nursing care Administration of IV medications, wound dressings clinical observations
- Long tradition of delivering low risk women
- Serves as a member of a healthcare team that includes faculty obstetricians, Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists, OB/GYN residents, faculty anesthesiologists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists
- They also communicate with outpatients regarding planned admissions and with inpatients regarding treatment plans and/or test results
- The CNM staff is supported by 24/7 ObGyn and MFM faculty coverage
- Perform procedures that are privileged and credentialed to perform within the scope of practice of a CNM in the state of Texas to include Vaginal delivery, repair of lacerations (not including 3rd degree or greater), first assist at cesarean section, circumcision, interpretation of NST
- This position includes assessing triage patients on labor and delivery, formulating treatment plans in collaboration with the covering attending, admitting and managing patients in labor or with acute obstetrical problems
- This position may include coverage in the Hospital or Centering Pregnancy group and experience with Centering Pregnancy(TM) prenatal care model preferred
- Performs appropriate emergency interventions and manages complications
- To work towards acquiring the LSOM qualification or equivalent
Qualifications for midwife
- Previous experience in women’s health preferred
- Ability to participate in multidisciplinary team as patient care provider
- Master’s or Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from an accredited nurse midwifery program
- APRN licensure in the state of Minnesota board certification 2 years of work experience as a CNM preferred
- Bi-Lingual proficiency also preferred
- Demonstrated understanding of all regulatory requirements and legal consequences of midwifery care
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of midwife. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for midwife
- Upon hire will proctor up to 25 deliveries with collaborating physicians
- Utilizes evidence based practice, along with prescribing appropriate pharmacologic (includes medication reconciliation) and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
- The skill of improving one's own practice engaging in interdisciplinary peer and colleague review
- Maintain collaborative/supervision agreement as required through the Ohio Medial Board/Ohio Board of Nursing
- Add essential duties as instructed in the directions above
- Instruct and supervise nursing and medical personnel
- Participate in research and continuing education activities
- Perform accurate history and physical examinations on essentially healthy women, order and interpret diagnostic tests, diagnose problems, and manage minor problems and illnesses
- Provide individualized client teaching and counseling utilizing the nurse midwifery philosophy
- Provide individualized educational opportunities for students including mentoring, supervision and evaluation
Qualifications for midwife
- Previous experience as a Licensed Midwife is preferred
- Membership in related professional specialty organizations desirable
- NRP certification every 2 years
- Infection Control Certification every 4 years
- One-two (1-2) years of practical experience as an NP or CNM in an OB/GYN physician’s office or OB/GYN medical office setting preferred
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) - Ability to converse in Spanish preferred
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of midwife. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for midwife
- Provides on-call coverage for the hospital and may First-Assist with surgeries
- Develop a comprehensive plan of care and discharge plan based on the assessment and integration of the medical plan
- Takes history
- Performs physical examination
- Orders and evaluates laboratory tests
- Provides methods of contraception
- Provides patient teaching
- Manages common GYN and primary care problems
- Antepartum Care.Teach, counsel and support
- Intrapartum Care.Teach and support women in labor
Qualifications for midwife
- Must have awareness of patient confidentiality and be able to follow directions well from physician and work autonomously with little direction
- Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and critical analysis skills
- Demonstrates ability to multi-task and work under stress
- Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice
- Demonstrates assessment skills, diagnosis with critical thinking and implementation of a plan of care
- Professional Role- skill includes clinical reasoning and builds collaborative intra and inter-professional relationships to provide optimal care to patients with complex acute, critical and chronic illness
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a midwife. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for midwife
- Provides referrals to other health professionals/community agencies, as needed
- Initiates selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures (including non stress testing and biophysical profiles), consultation and laboratory examinations, as needed
- Provides maximum continuity of care for patients and families transitioning throughout the phases of antepartal/ labor/ delivery/ postpartal/ family planning-intercontraceptional care periods
- Responsible for the management of the medically uncomplicated and low-risk patient throughout the maternity cycle
- Follows progress of pregnancy in the office and labor of all patients in labor and delivery suite within the scope of midwifery practice
- May assume management of labor and delivery of the medically, uncomplicated low risk patient, including management of frequently encountered problems with medically approved orders mutually agreed upon by both physician and midwife
- Makes daily rounds on routine postpartum floors independently
- Examines patients
- Writes progress notes
- Informs attending and nursing staff of any problems including, but not limited to fever, hemorrhage, UTI, mastitis, maternal/infant problems
Qualifications for midwife
- State of Nebraska midwifery license required
- Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license preferred
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification preferred
- Masters or higher degree in nursing or midwifery required
- One year of experience preferred, but not required
- Current licensing as a Registered Nurse and status as an Advanced Practice Nurse/Nurse Midwife by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
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Our company is looking for a midwife. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for midwife
- Participates in quality and safety initiatives within the scope of midwifery services/ practice
- Maintains all required professional documentation, such as licensure, certification, infection control, mandatory health system requirements
- Initiates selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures (including non stress testing and biophysical profiles), consultation and laboratory examinations
- Discusses new admissions with the attending physician and nursing staff including noted complications
- Decides who will follow the patient and develops a plan for care
- Performs admissions diagnostics and care including, but not limited to pelvic examination, cervical cultures, drawing bloods, starting intravenous lines
- Follows progress of labor of all patients in labor and delivery suite in collaboration with the attending physician and nursing staff
- Monitors fetal heart rate patterns and notifies the appropriate physician of significant deviations
- Examines patients periodically to determine progress in labor with ongoing assessment of maternal and fetal reaction to the progress of labor
- Reports any abnormalities in patient’s condition to physician including, but not limited to, meconium, bleeding, hypertonic labor, PIH, fetal distress, failure of progress in labor, PROM, malpresentation
Qualifications for midwife
- Certified prior to employment
- Certified Nurse Midwife required
- Experience with CenteringPregnancy(TM) prenatal care model preferred
- Delivery of primary specialized care provided in the labor and delivery, high-risk, and postpartum units
- Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN), specializing in Nurse Midwifery (Preferred) or
- Current and valid California Nurse-Midwife furnishing certification (including any needed education in pharmacy) and didactic education and supervised clinical experience in third trimester limited obstetric ultrasound preferred