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31303.02 – Midwives

Midwives provide full-course care to women and their babies during the pre- and post-natal period.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Midwife

Core competencies

  • Monitoring to continuously monitor the health of mother and baby, counsel and provide advice, conduct routine deliveries and assist in complicated deliveries
  • Social Perceptiveness to build trust and rapport to women and their babies during pregnancy, labour, birth and the post-natal period
  • Problem Identification and Inductive Reasoning to examine and care for newborn infants and patients to evaluate their condition and ensure pregnancies are progressing normally
  • Speech Recognition to consult health care professionals when potentially abnormal conditions are identified during pregnancy
  • Concern for Others to reassure patients and provide emotional support during labour, the prenatal and post-natal period
  • Knowledge in Physical Health to understand medical conditions and changes that occur during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period to provide comprehensive care to women

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Provide primary, full-course, care to women and their babies during pregnancy, such as physical examinations, screening and diagnostic tests to monitor the health of mother and baby and make referrals to medical specialists as required
  • Manage labour and spontaneous normal deliveries
  • Care for, assess and monitor the health of newborns and refer infants to appropriate medical services as required
  • Provide advice and guidance regarding care for newborns and young infants.

Additional information

  • There is no mobility between these occupations without further training.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • General practitioners and family physicians (31102)
  • Managers in health care (30010)
  • Nurse practitioners (31302)
  • Other practitioners of natural healing (32209)
  • Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (31209)
  • Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (31301)
  • Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (31100)
  • Specialists in surgery (31101)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists (32200)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

31 – Professional occupations in health

Sub-major group

313 – Nursing and allied health professionals

Minor group

3130 – Nursing and allied health professionals

Unit group

31303 – Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals

Occupational profile

31303.02 – Midwives

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