Hospital Midwife

The Hospitalist Midwife will deliver full scope midwifery care as part of a multi-disciplinary team on the Maternal Newborn unit at WLMH while working collaboratively with attending physicians and nursing colleagues.
We are seeking strong, strategic leaders with exceptional relationship building and interpersonal skills. You must be a team player with excellent communication, critical thinking, clinical management and customer service skills. You have vision, flexibility, transparency, honesty and practicality. You support the patient experience, your colleagues and cultural and spiritual beliefs of others. You encompass Hamilton Health Sciences criteria of excellence in care delivery.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• The Hospitalist Midwife is responsible for the day to day clinical support of the flow of low risk obstetrical and newborn patients.
• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care, including but not limited to prioritizing client needs (antepartum, admission and discharge timing, conducting well baby assessments, communication with community midwives, consultants and other members of the healthcare team, supporting learners, planning for emergencies, reviewing outcomes, teaching, mentoring and providing support to the midwifery, obstetrical and nursing team actively participating in pandemic planning, handover and daily huddles.
• The Hospitalist Midwife communicates and facilitates communication with the other members of the interprofessional team to execute the best plan of care for each client. 
• Provide backup, support and relief to community RM
• 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
• Following consultation with the obstetrician Insert foley catheters for cervical ripening
• Following consultation with the obstetrician to start IOL as requested based on acuity of the unit
• Provide support to 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
• Is able to provide support to physicians to help facilitate early discharge, including doing newborn History and Physical if attending nursery physician not available.
• Provide advice, assessment and facilitate physician consult and/or transfer of care with community RM
• Discharge of clients from the Maternal Newborn unit in absence of community midwife or Medical Staff
• Narcotic counts in all areas in collaboration with staff

• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Midwives of Ontario
• Post graduate 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 to fulfill needs of low risk patients on labour and delivery and post partum unit. Important clinical skills for the management of the newborn include being comfortable acting as a NRP certified provider to receive and stabilize newborns, as well as skills to manage newborn hyperbilirubinemia 
• 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