From maternity support worker to midwife
23 of the 73 essential skills of a midwife are already essential for a maternity support worker — about 32% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from maternity support worker in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 23
- skills carry over
- 50
- would be new
- 32%
- of the target job covered
- 73
- essential skills of a midwife
What a midwife does
Midwives assist women in childbirth by providing the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, conduct births and provide care for the new-born. They advise on health, preventive measures, preparation for parenthood, detection of complications in mother and child, accessing of medical care, promoting normal birth and carrying out emergency measures.
What carries over
23 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- advise on family planning
- advise on pregnancies at risk
- advise on pregnancy
- assist on pregnancy abnormality
- care for the new-born infant
- childbirth
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- examine the new-born infant
- follow clinical guidelines
- health education
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- listen actively
- pregnancy
- provide postnatal care
- provide pre-natal care
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
50 skillsEssential for a midwife and not for a maternity support worker. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on childbirth
- anaesthetics
- analgesics
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- assess the course of breast-feeding period
- carry out treatment prescribed by doctors
- collect biological samples from patients
- conduct spontaneous child deliveries
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- dietetics
- educate on the prevention of illness
- embryology
- epidemiology
- female reproductive system pathology
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- lactation
- manage healthcare users' data
- microbiology-bacteriology
- monitor pregnancy
- neonatology
- obstetric ultrasonography
- pathology
- pharmacology
- postpartum legal protection
- postpartum period
- preparation for child delivery
- preparation for parenthood
- prescribe medication
- promote inclusion
- provide care for the mother during labour
- provide education on family life
- provide health education
- provide information on the effects of childbirth on sexuality
- provide pregnancy termination care
and 10 more
Other moves from maternity support worker
2 roles- healthcare assistant18 skills in common
- nurse assistant16 skills in common
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How far are you from being a midwife?
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