Clinical Midwife

JOB SUMMARY

The Clinical Midwife is responsible for competently providing safe and effective care to Women during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and their newborn babies in the postpartum period with minimal supervision by the Clinical Nurse Leader/Clinical Midwife Leader. The Clinical Midwife assesses care needs, plans, implements and evaluates programs of care. The Clinical Midwife is responsible for ensuring that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, aligned to Sidra Standards of Practice.

The Clinical Midwife participates in the supervision, orientation and training of staff and is responsible for education of patients, families and students.  The Clinical Midwife is professionally accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer.

KEY ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Makes decisions related to the plans of care for women and their babies.

Professionalism and Ethical Practice

• Practices within the DHP Scope of Practice according to licensure within the State of Qatar
• Assumes responsibility for the delegation of aspects of care delivery.
• Provides total individualized woman-centered care and assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods, discharge planning for each woman, her baby and family.
• Ensure timely documentation of care, discharge planning and family education aligned to Sidra standards of documentation.
• Practices as an expert practitioner demonstrating critical and analytical thinking by problem solving and escalating appropriately in the process of care delivery in the client group.
• Independently initiates escalation of issues following the chain of command, utilizing resources as needed.
• Independently maintains licensure and regulatory requirements (e.g., life support certifications and CPD requirements)
• Meets requirements of organizational, profession and departmental/role specific orientation competencies
• Role model’s appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of midwifery.
• Adheres to time and attendance requirements.
• Participates in new staff/student orientation, assists in maintaining a suitable learning environment and acts as a preceptor/mentor in the supervision and teaching of new staff/students to develop their competence.
• Actively participates and/or contributes the Shared Leadership structure to promote and embed Shared Leadership

Woman and Family Centered Care

• Provides holistic, woman and family centered care based on evidence and best practice.
• Anticipates and responds to woman and family care requirements that involve the pre-conception, antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods, provides newborn care, family planning.
• Provides holistic care to women during labor, detects complications and abnormalities and initiates appropriate emergency interventions and escalates concerns. 
• Conducts normal births when required and carries out designated roles and tasks in the event of surgical intervention.
• Promotes the access of medical care and assistance to pregnant women as needed.
• Provides advice on the promotion of health and wellbeing.
• Evaluates learning needs of the woman and/or family and provides appropriate educational program and family education.
• Maintains confidentiality at all times.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Treats colleagues, patients, and visitors with dignity and respect at all times
• Promotes and maintains effective communication and teamwork.
• Promotes collaborative working within the multi-disciplinary team understanding the role of all members.
• Demonstrates collaborative and respectful behavior.
• Contributes to a positive work environment.

Evidence Based Practice

• Adheres to Sidra’s Nursing and Midwifery Standards of Practice
• Ensures Woman centered health care is based on best evidence.
• Promotes and supports breastfeeding in alignment with the current WHO/UNICEF Guidelines

Quality Improvement

• Identify ways to improve services through quality improvement initiatives.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and measure outcomes.
• Contributes effective use of resources and identifies any opportunities for efficiency.
• Participates in investigation of clinical incidents for safety and quality improvement.

Safety

• Acknowledges own limitations in knowledge, judgment and/or skills, and functions within those limitations.
• Demonstrates consistent and reliable use of technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality.
• Communicates observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families and the health care team.
• Use organizational error reporting systems for near miss and event reporting
• Demonstrates effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for own clinical decision, delegation and provides supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice

Informatics

• Accurately, concisely and appropriately documents care, interventions and outcomes in a timely manner
• Practices contemporaneous documentation, ensuring entries into the medical record are recorded and signed in real time
• Utilizes data from the patient record to make decisions and responds 
• clinical decision-making supports and alerts
• Protects confidentiality of protected health information in electronic health records
• Follows all Hospital related policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Adheres to Sidra’s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra’s Values

In view of the evolving needs and opportunities within Sidra, this position may be required to perform other duties as assigned and reporting relationships may vary.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS – SELECTION CRITERIA

ESSENTIAL

Education:   Bachelor’s Degree in Midwifery or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and recognized post graduate program in Midwifery AND Registered Midwife.
 

Experience: Overseas candidates: 3 years of clinical experience as a midwife after completing the midwifery program and registration / licensing as a registered midwife.

For Qatari Nationals, Qatar Universities graduates, offspring of Qatari women or offspring of residents, please refer to the DHP Circular No.24/2020

Certification and Licensure:   Valid professional Midwifery license for country of origin.

Job Specific Skills and Abilities:  

Effective communication skills
Excellent team player.
Motivated and enthusiastic.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite. 
Fluency in written and spoken English