Midwife
Code 2222.1
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.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Alfabetización en tecnologías de salud
- Análisis de resultados de tratamientos en la plataforma RIS PAC
- Aplicaciones analíticas en salud
- Colaboración con equipos de investigación en salud
- Comunicación efectiva de las decisiones a pacientes y familias
- Evaluación de impacto en salud y calidad de la atención
- Evaluación y manejo de pacientes con problemas de salud o enfermedades
- Fuentes de datos del ámbito de la salud
- Monitorización remota de signos vitales para pacientes
- Métricas y evaluaciones de calidad en atención médica (KPIs)
- analgesics
- human anatomy
- anaesthetics
- dietetics
- obstetric ultrasonography
- health education
- sex education
- pregnancy
- embryology
- epidemiology
- pharmacology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- lactation
- health care legislation
- microbiology-bacteriology
- neonatology
- pathology
- female reproductive system pathology
- preparation for child delivery
- preparation for parenthood
- radiological procedures
- postpartum legal protection
- psychology
- postpartum period
- resuscitation
- relaxation techniques
Skills and competences
- Aplicar normativas en proyectos de salud
- Atender a pacientes con enfermedades crónicas
- Atender a pacientes con enfermedades o problemas de salud
- Comprender consideraciones culturales en atención médica
- Comunicar los riesgos a todas las personas implicadas
- Considerar las preferencias y valores del paciente en la toma de decisiones
- Determinar riesgos que pueden afectar la salud y la seguridad de los pacientes
- Diseñar sistemas de información de salud centrados en el paciente
- Elaborar informes técnicos para audiencias de salud
- Elaborar presentaciones para audiencias de salud
- Entender las necesidades y expectativas de los usuarios en salud
- Garantizar la confidencialidad de los pacientes
- Gestionar registros médicos electrónicos
- Identificar fuentes de datos de salud relevantes
- Realizar análisis de necesidades de salud
- Responder a las necesidades de los usuarios en un entorno de salud
- Usar aplicaciones móviles para seguimiento de pacientes
- Utilizar correctamente términos técnicos utilizados en el campo de la salud
- take emergency measures in pregnancy
- apply context specific clinical competences
- assist on pregnancy abnormality
- accept own accountability
- conduct spontaneous child deliveries
- contribute to continuity of health care
- monitor pregnancy
- care for the new-born infant
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- assess the course of breast-feeding period
- examine the new-born infant
- manage healthcare users' data
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- collect biological samples from patients
- empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy
- listen actively
- promote inclusion
- support informed consent
- provide care for the mother during labour
- provide pregnancy termination care
- provide postnatal care
- provide pre-natal care
- provide education on family life
- carry out treatment prescribed by doctors
- prescribe medication
- follow clinical guidelines
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- advise on family planning
- advise on pregnancy
- advise on pregnancies at risk
- respond to changing situations in health care
- address problems critically
- apply organisational techniques
- educate on the prevention of illness
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- childbirth
- advise on childbirth
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- provide information on the effects of childbirth on sexuality
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- health care occupation-specific ethics
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences