Hospital Midwife (WLMH)

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.

• 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