• Makes decisions related to the plans of care for women and their babies.

Professionalism and Ethical Practice

• Practices within the DHP Scope of Practice according to licensure within the State of Qatar
• Assumes responsibility for the delegation of aspects of care delivery.
• Provides total individualized woman-centered care and assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods, discharge planning for each woman, her baby and family.
• Ensure timely documentation of care, discharge planning and family education aligned to Sidra standards of documentation
• Practices as an expert practitioner demonstrating critical and analytical thinking by problem solving and escalating appropriately in the process of care delivery in the client group.
• Independently initiates escalation of issues following the chain of command, utilizing resources as needed
• Independently maintains licensure and regulatory requirements (e.g. life support certifications and CPD requirements)
• Meets requirements of organizational, profession and departmental/role specific orientation competencies
• Role model’s appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of midwifery
• Adheres to time and attendance requirements
• Participates in new staff/student orientation, assists in maintaining a suitable learning environment and acts as a preceptor/mentor in the supervision and teaching of new staff/students to develop their competence.
• Actively participates and/or contributes the Shared Leadership structure to promote and embed Shared Leadership

Woman and Family Centered Care

• Provides holistic, woman and family centered care based on evidence and best practice
• Anticipates and responds to woman and family care requirements that involve the pre-conception, antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods, provides newborn care, family planning.
• Provides holistic care to women during labour, detects complications and abnormalities and initiates appropriate emergency interventions and escalates concerns
• Conducts normal births when required, and carries out designated roles and tasks in the event of surgical intervention.
• Promotes the access of medical care and assistance to pregnant women as needed.
• Provides advice on the promotion of health and wellbeing.
• Evaluates learning needs of the woman and/or family and provides appropriate educational program and family education
• Maintains confidentiality at all times

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Treats colleagues, patients, and visitors with dignity and respect at all times
• Promotes and maintains effective communication and teamwork
• Promotes collaborative working within the Multi-disciplinary team understanding the role of all members
• Demonstrates collaborative and respectful behavior
• Contributes to a positive work environment

Evidence Based Practice

• Adheres to Sidra’s Nursing and Midwifery Standards of Practice
• Ensures Woman centered health care is based on best evidence
• Promotes and supports breastfeeding in alignment with the current WHO/UNICEF Guidelines

Quality Improvement

• Identify ways to improve services through quality improvement initiatives
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and measure outcomes
• Contributes effective use of resources and identifies any opportunities for efficiency
• Participates in investigation of clinical incidents for safety and quality improvement

Safety

• Acknowledges own limitations in knowledge, judgment and/or skills, and functions within those limitations.
• Demonstrates consistent and reliable use of technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality
• Communicates observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families and the health care team
• Use organizational error reporting systems for near miss and event reporting
• Demonstrates effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for own clinical decision, delegation and provides supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice

Informatics

• Accurately, concisely and appropriately documents care, interventions and outcomes in a timely manner
• Practices contemporaneous documentation, ensuring entries into the medical record are recorded and signed in real time
• Utilizes data from the patient record to make decisions and responds appropriately to clinical decision-making supports and alerts
• Protects confidentiality of protected health information in electronic health records
• Follows all Hospital related policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Adheres to Sidra’s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra’s Values