Staff Midwife (Corniche Hospital)

Role Overview

Staff Midwife at SEHA, Corniche Hospital. The role provides antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to childbearing women and their newborn according to the Midwifery Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body.

Role Purpose

Deliver comprehensive midwifery care across the full episode of pregnancy and childbirth, promoting the organisation's mission, vision and values while ensuring safe, evidence-based practice and advocating for patient rights and dignity at all times.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care Delivery

• 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.
• Coordinate individualized care from point of first contact throughout the episode of care, incorporating discharge planning in the plan of care.
• Identify pregnancy complications and risk factors and refer to the appropriate physician.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in accordance with the organisation's policy and procedures and the unit scope of service.
• 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.
• Promote normal physiological childbirth.
• Promote breastfeeding and comply with 'baby friendly' organisational initiatives.

Medication & Safety Management

• Administer medications according to organisation policies and procedures.
• Understand actions of medication and contraindications, evaluate patient's response and identify side effects and initiate appropriate action.
• Practice within the Ministry of Health and HA-AD Narcotic Policies and Procedures and maintain accountability and responsibility for own practice.
• Report Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) and medication errors in accordance with organisation policy.
• Respond to all levels of emergencies according to the organisation's policies and procedures.

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 health care needs and empower them to make informed choices about their care.
• Engage in health promotion activities in the healthcare organisation and community.
• Participate in promotion of health and delivery of health education.

Safety, Infection Control & Environment

• 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 organisation's Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Identify, manage and report incidents to immediate supervisor and to physician as required.
• Complete appropriate documentation according to organisation policy.
• Ensure compliance with the requirement of the Health and Safety regulations of the hospital.
• Actively contribute to the organisation's culture of patient safety.

Supervision, Mentoring & Development

• Supervise practical nurses and practical midwives, junior staff and student nurses to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.
• Act as a preceptor to new staff as required.
• Act as role model and mentor to fellow nursing staff.
• Supervise and teach other staff as needed.
• Promote a suitable learning environment for staff, acts as mentor or preceptor as needed.

Communication & Documentation

• Maintain confidentiality and security of patient, family and organisation information in accordance with the confidentiality policy.
• Ensure nursing documentation is compliant with organisation policies and procedures.
• Ensure documentation reflects a continuous, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of all patient care events.
• Facilitate effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary health care team as required.
• Provide comprehensive clinical handover and reports as required to ensure patient safety.
• Liaise with other health care providers as necessary to ensure appropriate and timely interventions for patients and for discharge planning.
• Actively participate in meetings, rounds and case conferences in the role of primary nurse.

Collaboration & Interdisciplinary Practice

• Promote and support a collaborative practice model.
• Promote an interdisciplinary team approach based on mutual respect and direct communication between health professionals.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family centred care.
• Participate in the referral process and utilise available resources for the provision of comprehensive care to patients and families as per organisational policy.
• Facilitate a climate of mutual understanding and appreciation of cross cultural differences inherent in a multicultural society.
• Establish and maintain professional boundaries with patients and members of the health care team.

Leadership, Delegation & Organisational Duties

• Perform in-charge duties as delegated.
• Participate in annual performance reviews of self and others.
• Actively participate in organisational change in a constructive manner.
• The midwife will also be expected to contribute to the wider corporate and organisational development needs as appropriate within scope of practice.

Quality Improvement & Professional Practice

• Utilise evidence based practice in the provision of care.
• 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 or other disciplines research that contributes to continual improvement in standards of care.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource consumption and practices within a cost effective framework.

Professional Development & Learning

• Complete mandatory and unit specific competencies and demonstrate ongoing competence.
• In conjunction with, but not limited to, 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 the organisation's requirements.

Professional Standards & Values

• Understand, support and promote the mission, vision and values of the organisation.
• Adhere to and promote the Professional Nurses Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi.
• Demonstrate a professional commitment to patients and fellow health care professionals.
• Demonstrate sound critical thinking, conflict management and problem solving ability.
• Assume accountability and responsibility for own practice and do not carry out tasks beyond level of competence.
• Demonstrate service excellence and act as a patient advocate to support the patient's rights and dignity at all times.
• Uphold the organisation customer service standards at all times.
• Responsible for documentation and participate in the use of information technology and relevant electronic medical records.

Qualifications & Experience

• DOH Licensed Midwife.

Additional Information

• This job description is not definitive and following periodic review may be subject to change.