Hospital Midwife

Job Summary

The Hospitalist Midwife will provide full scope midwifery care as part of a multi-disciplinary team on the Maternal Newborn unit at WLMH, working collaboratively with attending physicians and nursing colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day clinical support for the flow of low-risk obstetrical and newborn patients.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including prioritizing client needs, conducting well-baby assessments, and communicating with community midwives and other healthcare team members.
• Communicate and facilitate communication with the interprofessional team to execute the best plan of care for each client.
• Provide backup, support, and relief to community midwives.
• Provide clinical obstetrical coverage for Level 1B obstetrical patients.
• Provide Independent Double Check for nurses and midwives.
• Provide surge support to physicians to conduct deliveries.
• Provide coverage of the Triage unit and independently discharge patients when possible within scope.
• Insert foley catheters for cervical ripening following consultation with the obstetrician.
• Start IOL as requested based on acuity of the unit following consultation with the obstetrician.
• Support community midwives to facilitate patient discharge within 4-6 hours of birth for both midwifery and low-risk obstetrical patients, including assessments and newborn screening.
• Provide advice, assessment, and facilitate physician consult and/or transfer of care with community midwives.
• Discharge clients from the Maternal Newborn unit in the absence of community midwives or medical staff.
• Narcotic counts in all areas in collaboration with staff.

Qualifications

• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Midwives of Ontario.
• Postgraduate certificate in surgical first assist for caesarean birth completed or in progress.
• Active credentials at Hamilton Health Sciences.
• Relevant clinical experience, including clinical teaching and commitment to assisting low-risk patients on labour and delivery and postpartum units.
• Optimally 5+ years of recent clinical experience as a midwife working in a full-scope hospital setting.
• Optimally 5+ years as a clinical preceptor to midwifery students.
• Demonstrated role as a resource and role model to junior midwives and learners.
• Excellent physical assessment skills.
• Familiar with professional and hospital standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Demonstrated commitment to a woman-friendly/family-centered care environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within an interprofessional team as well as independently to support the needs of the Maternal Newborn unit.
• Proficient computer and writing skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teaching skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with an ability to prioritize with enhanced clinical management skills.
• Experience in leading organization and team change.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, continuing education, and leadership experience.
• Demonstrated excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated good attendance record with the ability to maintain this same standard.

Work Schedule

Days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays.

Hamilton Health Sciences

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values-Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.