Staff Midwife (Corniche Hospital)

Role Overview

Staff Midwife at Corniche Hospital, SEHA, providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to childbearing women and their newborns.

Role Purpose

Deliver comprehensive midwifery care to women throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period according to the Midwifery Scope of Practice. Support the organisation's mission, vision and values while maintaining professional standards and promoting health education.

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.
• Identify pregnancy complications and risk factors and refer to the appropriate physician.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in accordance with organisational policy and procedures and the unit scope of service.
• Coordinate individualized care from point of first contact throughout the episode of care, incorporating discharge planning in the plan of care.
• Prioritise patient care based on ongoing assessment of patient needs.
• Identify significant changes in patient conditions, initiate appropriate action and report to immediate supervisor or physician as appropriate.
• Promote normal physiological childbirth.
• Promote breastfeeding and comply with baby friendly organisational initiatives.

Patient Advocacy & Education

• Demonstrate service excellence and act as a patient advocate to support the patient's rights and dignity at all times.
• 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.

Medication & Emergency 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.
• Be accountable and responsible to practise within the Ministry of Health and HA-AD Narcotic Policies and Procedures.
• 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.

Team Leadership & 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.
• Perform in-charge duties as delegated.
• Promote and support a collaborative practice model.
• Promote an interdisciplinary team approach based on mutual respect and direct communication between health professionals.
• Supervise and teach other staff as needed.
• Promote a suitable learning environment for staff, acting as mentor or preceptor as needed.
• Actively participate in meetings, rounds and case conferences in the role of primary nurse.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family centred care.
• Facilitate effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary health care team as required.
• Liaise with other health care providers as necessary to ensure appropriate and timely interventions for patients and for discharge planning.
• Participate in the referral process and utilise available resources for the provision of comprehensive care to patients and families as per organisational policy.

Documentation & Communication

• Provide comprehensive clinical handover and reports as required to ensure patient safety.
• 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.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of patient, family and organisational information in accordance with the confidentiality policy.
• Participate in the use of information technology and relevant electronic medical records.

Safety & Quality Improvement

• Ensure provision of a clean and safe working environment that minimises 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, completing appropriate documentation according to organisation policy.
• Actively contribute to the organisation's culture of patient safety.
• 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.

Professional Practice & Development

• 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.
• Utilise evidence based practice in the provision of care.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource consumption and practise within a cost effective framework.
• Establish and maintain professional boundaries with patients and members of the health care team.
• Facilitate a climate of mutual understanding and appreciation of cross cultural differences inherent in a multicultural society.
• Actively participate in organisational change in a constructive manner.
• Participate in annual performance reviews of self and others.
• 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.
• Initiate or participate in Nursing and other disciplines research that contributes to continual improvement in standards of care.
• 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 organisational requirements.
• Uphold the organisation's customer service standards at all times.
• Ensure compliance with the requirement of the Health and Safety regulations of the hospital.
• Contribute to the wider corporate and organisational development needs as appropriate within scope of practice.

Qualifications & Experience

• DOH Licensed Midwife

Skills & Competencies

• Professional commitment to patients and fellow health care professionals
• Sound critical thinking, conflict management and problem solving ability
• Evidence based practice application
• Cost awareness and resource management
• Documentation and electronic medical records competency
• Patient advocacy and health education delivery
• Interdisciplinary collaboration and team communication
• Clinical leadership and mentoring
• Patient and family centered care delivery
• Cultural competence and multicultural awareness

Additional Information

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