ypical duties of the job include:
examining and monitoring pregnant women
assessing care requirements/writing care plans
undertaking antenatal care in hospitals, homes and GP practices
carrying out screening tests
providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners
taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
caring for and assisting women in labour
monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
monitoring the foetus during labour
advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies
helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death
writing records
tutoring student midwives