Staff Midwife (Corniche Hospital)

Role Overview

Staff Midwife at Corniche Hospital, SEHA. This role provides comprehensive midwifery care to childbearing women and their newborns in accordance with regulatory standards and organizational policy.

Role Purpose

Deliver antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to women with normal and uncomplicated pregnancies, identify complications and risk factors requiring physician referral, and support the health and wellbeing of mothers and newborns throughout the episode of care.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice & Patient Care

• Act as the lead care provider for women with uncomplicated pregnancy.
• Provide routine antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for normal pregnancy including risk assessment, recognition of complications and initiation of appropriate action.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in accordance with organizational policy and unit scope of service.
• Identify pregnancy complications and risk factors and refer to the appropriate physician.
• Identify significant changes in patient conditions, initiate appropriate action and report to immediate supervisor or physician as appropriate.
• Prioritize patient care based on ongoing assessment of patient needs.
• Utilize evidence-based practice in the provision of care.
• Assume accountability and responsibility for own practice and do not carry out tasks beyond level of competence.
• Promote breastfeeding and comply with baby friendly organizational initiatives.
• Promote normal physiological childbirth.

Medication Management

• Administer medications according to organizational policies and procedures.
• Understand actions of medication and contraindications, evaluate patient response and identify side effects and initiate appropriate action.
• Practice within the Ministry of Health and HA-AD Narcotic Policies and Procedures.
• Report Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) and medication errors in accordance with organizational policy.

Care Coordination & Communication

• Coordinate individualized care from point of first contact throughout the episode of care, incorporating discharge planning in the plan of care.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family-centered care.
• Facilitate effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Liaise with other healthcare providers as necessary to ensure appropriate and timely interventions for patients and discharge planning.
• Participate in the referral process and utilize available resources for the provision of comprehensive care to patients and families as per organizational policy.
• Actively participate in meetings, rounds and case conferences in the role of primary midwife.
• Provide comprehensive clinical handover and reports as required to ensure patient safety.

Professional Practice & Leadership

• Understand, support and promote the mission, vision and values of the organization.
• Adhere to and promote the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi.
• Demonstrate a professional commitment to patients and fellow healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrate sound critical thinking, conflict management and problem-solving ability.
• Promote and support a collaborative practice model.
• Promote an interdisciplinary team approach based on mutual respect and direct communication between health professionals.
• Act as role model and mentor to fellow nursing staff.
• Act as a preceptor to new staff as required.
• Supervise practical nurses and practical midwives, junior staff and student nurses to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.
• Perform in-charge duties as delegated.
• Participate in annual performance reviews of self and others.
• Actively participate in organizational change in a constructive manner.
• Establish and maintain professional boundaries with patients and members of the healthcare team.
• Demonstrate service excellence and act as a patient advocate to support the patient's rights and dignity at all times.
• Facilitate a climate of mutual understanding and appreciation of cross-cultural differences inherent in a multicultural society.
• Uphold organizational customer service standards at all times.

Patient & Family Education

• Assess patient and family education needs, plan for and provide education and evaluate outcome.
• Provide a suitable environment that supports patient and family learning.
• Ensure patient and family are provided with comprehensive information and resources to meet their healthcare needs and empower them to make informed choices about their care.
• Engage in health promotion activities in the healthcare organization and community.
• Participate in promotion of health and delivery of health education.

Documentation & Information Management

• Responsible for documentation and participate in the use of information technology and relevant electronic medical records.
• Ensure nursing documentation is compliant with organizational policies and procedures.
• Ensure documentation reflects a continuous, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of all patient care events.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of patient, family and organizational information in accordance with confidentiality policy.

Safety & Quality

• Respond to all levels of emergencies according to organizational policies and procedures.
• Ensure provision of a clean and safe working environment that minimizes risks to patient, visitors, other staff and self.
• Identify faulty or defective equipment or furniture, remove from service and report to immediate supervisor for action.
• Comply with International and HAAD patient safety goals.
• Actively promote and comply with the organization's Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Identify, manage and report incidents to immediate supervisor and to physician as required. Complete appropriate documentation according to organizational policy.
• Actively contribute to the organization's culture of patient safety.
• Ensure compliance with the requirements of Health and Safety regulations of the hospital.

Quality Improvement & Professional Development

• Participate in quality improvement activities by assisting with the development of standards, implementation and review of policies, procedures and guidelines, evaluation of indicators and reporting of outcomes and trends.
• Monitor and assist in evaluating unit operation and services in order to correct problems, improve systems and ensure safe patient care.
• Participate in interdisciplinary teams and Performance Improvement Projects for the evaluation and improvement of processes and clinical practice.
• Initiate or participate in nursing and other disciplines research that contributes to continual improvement in standards of care.
• Complete mandatory and unit-specific competencies and demonstrate ongoing competence.
• In conjunction with the Manager, Charge Nurse or CRN, identify own professional learning needs and develop an annual learning plan.
• Demonstrate improvement in clinical practice as a result of application of new theoretical knowledge.
• Develop and maintain own Professional Portfolio as per HA-AD policy.
• Obtain accredited and non-accredited Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Units in compliance with HA-AD and organizational requirements.
• Promote a suitable learning environment for staff, act as mentor or preceptor as needed.
• Supervise and teach other staff as needed.

Resource Management

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource consumption and practices within a cost-effective framework.

Qualifications & Experience

• DOH Licensed Midwife.

Skills & Competencies

• Sound critical thinking, conflict management and problem-solving ability.
• Collaborative practice and interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Patient advocacy and cultural sensitivity.
• Evidence-based clinical practice.
• Electronic medical records and information technology.
• Medication administration and pharmacological knowledge.
• Emergency response capability.
• Teaching and mentoring ability.
• Quality improvement and research participation.

Additional Information

• This job description is not definitive and following periodic review may be subject to change.
• The midwife will be expected to contribute to the wider corporate and organizational development needs as appropriate within scope of practice.