Registered Nurse Midwife

12 Aug 2026 Registered Nurse Midwife at Mary Begg Health Services

• Provide advice, care and support for women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period. • Diagnose, monitor and examine women during pregnancy and labour and delivery, including continually monitoring and assessing foetal heart rate. • Ensure all baseline examinations and assessments are completed (i.e. including routine vital signs, urinalysis, abdominal and vaginal assessment and examination, and foetal heart monitoring) and documented according to MBHS standard operating procedure (SOP). • Responsible for preparing and tidying up a consultation room before or after a medical procedure. • Provide support and advice for women seeking family planning services, including health education, contraceptive treatment options and on-going counselling. • Support and/or run the under 5 clinic services (including vaccinations programme) under supervision of a medical doctor. • Cold chain system is continually monitored, maintained and recorded to ensure proper storage of vaccines. Must be educated on vaccine vial monitor (VVM) quality assurance method. • Assist the medical doctors during clinical procedures, as requested. • Responsible for implementing any pre-natal or birthing plans ordered by the medical doctor in collaboration with the patient and their family. This should include the patient’s request for birth technique, pain management, visitor access and any cultural/religious considerations. • Ensure that all patient consent forms are completed and signed; midwifery assessment, examination and routine monitoring are clearly documented according to the clinic’s policy. • Provide full pre-natal care, including screening tests (only within scope of practice). • Monitor and administer medications, injections and IV infusions during labour as ordered. • Involve the medical doctor or doctor on-call immediately if there are any complications or deviations from the agreed ‘normal’ delivery plan such as foetal distress, severe bleeding, slow or quick progress, wrong presentation, meconium-stained liquor present etc. • Ensure that there is a post-delivery care plan, proper transfer to the post-natal ward and discharge planning protocol in place for all patients. • Offer support and counselling to women and their families following a miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormalities and neonatal death.