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Midwife
Role & responsibilities
Monitors maternal and fetal health, supports labor and delivery, offers guidance on newborn care, and coordinates with medical teams when needed.
Key strengths
- Empathy26% (Job)
- Stress tolerance22% (Job)
- Communication18% (Job)
- Attention to detail18% (Job)
- Decision making16% (Job)
What this means for you
- Stress tolerance – Applies stress tolerance to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
- Empathy – Applies empathy to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
- Communication – Applies communication to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
Typical tasks
- Provide prenatal care, monitoring health of mother and baby.
- Deliver postnatal care and education on newborn health.
- Support labor and delivery, offering clinical and emotional guidance.
Daily work
- Wraps up by tracking progress, documenting decisions, and planning the next iteration or handoff.
- Starts the day reviewing priorities, stakeholder requests, and risks related to the Midwife role.
- Spends the core hours executing deliverables, collaborating with partners to unblock work and keep momentum.
Education & entry routes
Helpful but not mandatory
- Lactation consultant coursework
- Neonatal resuscitation certification
Alternative pathways
- Labor and Delivery Nurse
- Doula
- Maternal Health Educator
Work environment
- Team size
- Works within maternity care teams
- Typical employers
- Hospitals, birthing centers, community health services
- People contact
- High-contact role with patients and family members
- Stress level
- High during deliveries and emergency situations
- Working hours
- Shift-based with on-call duties
Entry & progression
Common entry roles
- Midwife Intern
- Junior Midwife
Next career steps
- Senior Midwife
- Lead Midwife