Midwives

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• examining and monitoring pregnant women
• assessing care requirements and writing care plans
• undertaking antenatal care
• carrying out screening tests
• providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners
• taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
• caring for and assisting women in labour
• monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
• monitoring the foetus during labour
• advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies
• helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death
• preparing electronic medical records
• identifying high-risk pregnancies

Midwives may work on a rota and be on call to provide care on a 24-hour basis.

Qualifications 

• Midwife Qualification
• Registered Midwife with the NMC
• At least five years of clinical post-registration nursing/midwifery experience comprising at least three years in midwifery

Required skills 

• Ability to deal with emotionally charged situations
• Excellent teamworking skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong observational skills
• An interest in the process of pregnancy and birth
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds
• Ability to follow instructions and procedures
• Caring and compassionate

Please send your resume to:  Rebekah.Brooks@healthcity.ky