Midwife
Provide support to mothers before, during and after the delivery of a child.
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- What's it like to be a Midwife?
- How to become a Midwife
- Latest Midwife jobs
- Top skills and experience for Midwives
What's it like to be a Midwife?
A Midwife is recognized as a primary health care provider. They are taught to address the basic health needs of mothers and their children. They are expected to guide expectant mothers throughout their pregnancy, providing them with supervision, care and advice. Midwives usually form part of a team of healthcare staff (such as doctors and neonatal nurses) that look after a woman and their child’s health.
Tasks and duties
- Examining and assessing pregnant women, identifying high-risk pregnancies.
- Drafting care plans and determining health requirements.
- Providing antenatal care to expectant mothers in health clinics, at home or in a hospital.
- Equipping mothers and families with information, emotional support and reassurance.
- Monitoring the health of patients and their children.
- Assisting mothers in the care of their newborn.
- Ordering diagnostic tests and recording patients’ vital signs, including blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
How to become a Midwife
While a two-year diploma will prepare Midwives for primary healthcare services for women and children, a four-year degree will teach higher-level competencies, equipping Midwives with the skills to manage their own clinic, perform emergency measures and teach student midwives.
- Obtain a senior high school (SHS) diploma, preferably in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand to equip yourself for a healthcare program.
- Take up either a two-year diploma in midwifery, or a four-year bachelor degree in midwifery. While a two-year diploma can help you gain employment sooner and allow you to practice primary healthcare with expectant mothers and newborns, a four-year degree develops higher competencies, equipping you to manage or own clinics, or teach and design programs for student midwives.
- Take and pass the Midwife Licensure Examination by the Professional Regulation Commission.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Midwife employers on Jobstreet are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Midwifery
Post Natal Care
Philippines Professional Regulation Commission Licence
Patient Care
Newborn Care
Emotional Intelligence
Clinical Midwifery Practice
Family Planning
Postpartum Care
Continuing Education
Infection Control
Multitasking
Communication Skills
Psychological Support
Written Communication
Medication Administration
Care Planning
Hygienic
Life Support
Time Management
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