maternity support worker
Maternity support workers work together in a team with midwives and health professionals within the occupational fields of nursing and midwifery. They assist midwives and women in childbirth by providing the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, assist births and assist in providing care for the new-born.
Also called: maternity care assistant, assistant to midwife, maternity support employee, midwife care assistant, midwifery care assistant, midwife assistant, midwifery assistant, maternity healthcare assistant
- 32
- essential skills
- 18
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- midwifeWhat changes?23 skills in common
- healthcare assistantWhat changes?18 skills in common
- nurse assistantWhat changes?16 skills in common
- paramedic in emergency responses14 skills in common
- audiologist13 skills in common
- dietitian13 skills in common
- orthoptist13 skills in common
- speech and language therapist13 skills in common
Essential skills
32- advise on family planning
- advise on pregnancies at risk
- advise on pregnancy
- assist on pregnancy abnormality
- care for the new-born infant
- childbirth
- communicate with nursing staff
- 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 healthcare user
- 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
- identify abnormalities
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- monitor basic patients signs
- pregnancy
- provide basic support to patients
- provide postnatal care
- provide pre-natal care
- support nurses
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- work under supervision in care
- work with nursing staff
Optional skills
18- anaesthetics
- analgesics
- apply context specific clinical competences
- assess the course of breast-feeding period
- distribute meals to patients
- embryology
- have computer literacy
- microbiology-bacteriology
- monitor pregnancy
- neonatology
- postpartum period
- preparation for child delivery
- preparation for parenthood
- promote health and safety
- provide health education
- sex education
- use different communication channels
- use obstetric sonography
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