Midwife TP

Role Overview

Midwife TP at American Hospital Dubai. The position provides direct and indirect age-specific care for assigned patients in the Labour and Delivery Unit per scheduled shifts.

Role Purpose

Deliver professional, safe, patient-centered care across the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and care coordination—for patients and families in the Labour and Delivery Unit. Maintain compliance with Joint Commission International requirements, including International Patient Safety Goals and national and international standards.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Assessment & Care Planning

• Provide age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process.
• Perform patient assessment using appropriate, problem-focused, and age-specific assessment techniques.
• Perform continual critical care assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Recognize subtle cues to anticipate potential problems.
• Coordinate and plan critical care and clinical pathway, prioritizing care based on individual needs.
• Revise the care plan as necessary.
• Initiate appropriate transfer plan.

Collaboration & Care Coordination

• Involve the patient, significant others, and healthcare providers in the plan of care when appropriate.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care.

Clinical Procedures & Interventions

• Perform nursing interventions and procedures per established standards of care and policy.
• Assess amniotic fluid using AmniSure.
• Provide care for a patient with amniotic fluid embolism.
• Assist with amniotomy.
• Examine the placenta.
• Assist with forceps delivery.
• Perform safe handling and administration of Narcotic, Controlled, and Semi-Controlled Drugs with documentation as directed by policies and procedures.
• Ensure completion of unit competencies including pain management and utilization of Emergency Department devices.

Documentation & Compliance

• Document all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital and departmental standards.
• Ensure availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care.
• Maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Assume responsibility for meeting Joint Commission International Accreditation required mandatory education including fire, safety, infection control, and others.
• Maintain clinical and professional competency based on the latest research and established standards of practice.
• Complete yearly critical care nursing competencies (basic).

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Participate in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement activities including data collection, CQI teams, incident reporting, customer complaint reporting, and medication error reporting.
• Participate in staff meetings and unit committees and projects.
• Participate in developing and achieving unit goals.
• Participate in ongoing educational activities.
• Maintain mandatory educational requirements.

Administrative & General Duties

• Perform clerical duties when needed.
• Perform additional duties when required.

Preceptor Responsibilities (When Applicable)

• Complete the Preceptor workshop and meet the criteria indicators for the preceptor role on the unit.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate individualized competency-based orientation in collaboration with the orientee, nurse manager, and clinical resource nurse.
• Provide appropriate feedback on time to orientee and Nurse Manager.
• Provide objective documentation to the nurse manager utilizing American Hospital Dubai's established standards of care including the Competency List "Green Book" and "Blue Book".

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Midwifery or equivalent qualification in Midwifery with a minimum three-year course duration, or
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent with a minimum three-year course duration and Midwifery Certificate with a minimum one-year course duration, or
• Associate degree in Nursing from Canada or USA with a minimum two-year course duration and successful completion of the National exam and Midwifery Certificate with a minimum one-year course duration.

Professional Experience

• Minimum of two years of recent post-graduate experience in Labour and Delivery Unit.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to render care and services based on age appropriateness and developmental needs of patients.
• Demonstrate skills in assessment of patient and family's physical and psychological needs.
• Demonstrate skills in coordination and planning of care and prioritizing care based on individual needs.

Licensure & Certifications

• Valid License or Registration to practice in home country and/or country of last employment, where applicable.
• Minimum of valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification or others according to the scope of practice.

Additional Information

Special Requirements for UAE Nationals and Non-UAE Graduates

• UAE nationals who are graduates of UAE or non-UAE universities are exempted from the experience and clinical training requirements for the applied title. UAE nationals must submit a copy of their birth certificate and the mother's family book.
• Non-UAE national graduates from UAE universities are required to successfully complete six months of clinical training post-graduation in an APS health facility, except for Registered and Assistant Nurse titles.