Midwife-Tower -Ground - Labor and Delivery Wing

Job Purpose

The Staff Midwife (SM) is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education, and transitions of care. The SM’s role is to provide antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care to childbearing women and their newborns according to the Midwifery Scope of Practice as defined by the regulatory body. The SM supports professional nursing practice across practice settings and across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family.

The SM will understand, support, and promote the mission, vision, and values of SSMC; the SM will adhere to and promote the Professional Midwives Code of Conduct for Abu Dhabi and UAE.

As a Staff Midwife, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive care to pregnant women and their newborns, ensuring high quality safety and effectiveness. You will work collaboratively across teams to deliver culturally appropriate, evidence‑based care from antenatal to postnatal stages, and will support the broader nursing practice across the continuum of care.

• Assessment and Diagnosis: collects and analyzes assessment data to determine a diagnosis and/or issues. Assesses comprehensive data including physical, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs and interprets assessment for antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care, including risk assessment, recognition of complications, and initiation of appropriate action. Uses evidence‑based assessment techniques and instruments, validates the diagnosis or issue with patient, family, and health‑care team members as appropriate, prioritizes data based on the patient’s immediate condition or anticipated needs, and identifies potential risks or barriers.
  
  Documents the data and information collected in compliance with established guidelines.

• Planning and Outcomes Identification: identifies expected outcomes and develops a plan that addresses health promotion, health restoration, and health maintenance to attain these outcomes. Involves patient, family, and health‑care team members in formulating a culturally appropriate individualized plan of care and identifies expected outcomes based on nursing assessment and diagnosis. Identifies significant changes in patient conditions, initiates appropriate action, and reports to immediate supervisor or physician.
  
  Modifies the plan according to ongoing assessment, documents goals and plan using standardized language.

• Implementation and Coordination of Care Delivery: implements the plan of care with the patient, family and health‑care team in a timely manner using evidence‑based interventions and treatments. Performs procedures according to guidelines, administers medications per policies and procedures, ensures all components of the plan (including modifications) are documented, communicates relevant information across all levels of care, demonstrates cost‑effective practice and resource stewardship.

• Health Teaching and Health Promotion: utilizes teaching strategies appropriate to the patient’s condition and learning needs. Uses health promotion to support patients and families in developing skills that promote, maintain, or restore healthy lifestyles. Promotes breastfeeding and complies with ‘baby‑friendly’ initiatives. Seeks feedback, evaluates strategies, facilitates effective communication among the patient, family and interdisciplinary team, and documents all health education relevant to the clinical condition.

• Evaluation: evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes, assesses patient/family understanding and response to the plan, revises diagnoses and plan using ongoing assessment data, involves patient, family and team in evaluation, documents reassessment, and provides comprehensive clinical handover/report. Attends rounds, updates attending provider on changes, and communicates ongoing plan changes and unit activity.

• Evidence‑Based Practice and Research: integrates current evidence and research into practice, participates in research activities appropriate to level of education and position, shares findings with the team, and participates in performance improvement…