MIDWIFE-WITH MOH LICENSE

Job Description and Requirements
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

~~Patient Care
• Able to function efficiently in patient care in Labor room, operation theatre and obs-gyne ward.
• Completes care and safety of allocated patients.
• Organizes assigned duties.
• Develops, implement and evaluate the care plans.
• Accurately monitor & record patient’s condition.
• Performs a head-to-toe assessment and re-assessments on patient as per assessment policy.
• Adequately assess and reassess pain as per pain assessment policy.
• Assumes responsibility for delegation and supervision of midwifery care (direct and indirect), which is relevant to the context and the competence of the person to whom care is delegated.
• Reports any abnormality in patient’s condition immediately to the medical staff.
• Competent in all aspects of prenatal, perinatal and post-natal nursing care.
• Documents on patient record as per current standards and policies.
• Assists obstetrician with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
• Ensures to provide high quality, culturally sensitive care during labor, conduct a safe delivery and respond in emergency situation to maximize the health of women and the newborn.
~~Demonstrates an understanding of the physiology of labor
• Recognizes the relevant critical diameters and landmarks of the maternal reproductive anatomy.
• Identifies the signs which indicate onset and progress of labor.
• Identifies the measures to assess fetal and maternal well-being in labor; identifies the signs and indicators of complications.
Demonstrates competency in the skills needed to support the woman during childbirth.
• Promotes normal physiological childbirth.
• Identifies complications or deviations from the normal.
• Implements midwifery care which reduces risk and harm.
• Encourages and respects woman’s preferences throughout labor and delivery, involving the family as requested.
• Recognizes emergency situations and intervenes in a timely manner.
Demonstrates an understanding of the physiology of the puerperium.
• Identifies the normal process of involution and healing following childbirth.
~~• Facilitates the process of lactation and bonding, supporting the mother and infant.
• Recognizes maternal nutritional, physiological and emotional needs and acts accordingly.
• Educates the woman about discomforts of the puerperium and advises on strategies to relieve them.
• Recognizes complications and acts accordingly.
Demonstrates competency in the skills needed to support the woman and her family during the postnatal period.
• Uses the nursing process to plan, implement and evaluate holistic postnatal care in collaboration with the woman and her family.
• Performs focused physical examinations of the mother.
• Initiates and supports uninterrupted (exclusive) breastfeeding.
• Provides support for women who make an informed decision not to breastfeed.
• Counsels and provides education for the woman and her family on reproductive health issues, including sexuality, family planning and bereavement.
Provides safe and effective care of the newborn
• Ensures to provide high quality, comprehensive care for essentially healthy newborn.
• Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the physiology and needs of the newborn.
• Recognizes signs of newborn adaptation to extra-uterine life.
• Identifies factors relevant to infant growth and development.
• Identifies variations in the normal newborn and acts accordingly.
• Implements health promotion and disease prevention strategies.
Demonstrates competency in the skills needed to safely care for the newborn.
• Immediately assesses the newborn’s condition.
• Evaluates the newborn’s condition using the Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes.
• Performs an initial assessment of the newborn’s appearance and behavior.
• Performs a detailed physical examination of the newborn.
• Positions the newborn for effective breastfeeding.
• Performs interventions to facilitate adaptation to extra-uterine life.
• Recognizes complications and acts accordingly. Initiates emergency measures when necessary.
Promotes the health and well-being of the pregnant woman and the fetus
• Interprets and acts upon information from antenatal assessments.
• Interprets and analyses basic screening laboratory/ultrasound studies.
• Identifies health risk factors and refers care as necessary.
• Uses the nursing process to plan, implement and evaluate antenatal care in collaboration with the woman and her family.
Prepares the woman for labor, birth and parenting.
• Protects, promotes and supports breastfeeding in alignment with current guidelines.
• Educates the woman about the onset and process of labor.

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor of Science in Midwifery.
Minimum 2 years of experience.
LICENSE/REGISTRATION

• Valid Ministry of Health (MOH) license

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