Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners Occupational Group: 29-1160 Diagnosing & Treatment Practition, Hlth OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY: HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: DIAGNOSING & TREATMENT PRACTITION, HLTH
OCCUPATION: NURSE MIDWIVES 29-1161
BROADBAND LEVELS: LEVEL 4 – PAY BAND 010
DESCRIPTION
This is work diagnosing and coordinating all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team. May provide well-woman gynecological care. Must have specialized, graduate nursing education.
Some positions in this occupation may be responsible for coordinating work and supervising employees.
EXAMPLES OF WORK Document findings of physical examinations. Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients. Write information in medical records or provide narrative summaries to communicate patient information to other health care providers. Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise. Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests. Perform physical examinations by taking vital signs, checking neurological reflexes, examining breasts, or performing pelvic examinations. Document patient health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information. Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients.
Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight. Provide primary health care, including pregnancy and childbirth, to women. Records patient's medical information and vital signs.
Page 1 of 6 Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners Occupational Group: 29-1160 Diagnosing & Treatment Practition, Hlth Administers local, inhalation, intravenous, and other anesthetics.
Prepares patients for and assists with and/or performs examinations.
Orders, conducts, interprets, and/or evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and assists physician.
Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Discusses cases with physician.
Informs physician of patient's condition.
Administers stipulated emergency measures, and contacts clinician when deviations from standard are encountered during pregnancy or delivery.
Consults with and/or provides technical assistance to public and private entities concerning health care.
Instructs on topics, such as health education, disease prevention, child birth, and home nursing and develops health improvement programs.
Refers students or patients to community agencies furnishing assistance and collaborates with agencies.
Conducts specified laboratory tests.
Supervises employees by assigning work, reviewing progress and assessing performance.
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Monitor Processes, Material, Monitoring and reviewing information from Surroundings materials, events, or the environment, often to detect problems or to find out when things are finished.
2 Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners Occupational Group: 29-1160 Diagnosing & Treatment Practition, Hlth Documenting/Recording Information Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in either written form or electronic/magnetic recording.
Communicating With Other Workers Providing information to supervisors, fellow workers, and subordinates. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via telephone/electronic transfer. Getting Information Needed to Do the Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining Job information from all relevant sources.
Assisting and Caring for Others Providing assistance or personal care to others. Updating and Using Job-Relevant Keeping up-to-date technically and knowing Knowledge one's own jobs' and related jobs' functions.
Establishing and Maintaining Developing constructive and cooperative Relationships working relationships with others.
Performing General Physical Activities Performing physical activities that require moving one's whole body, such as in climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, where the activities often also require considerable use of the arms and legs, such as in the physical handling of materials. Making Decisions and Solving Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with Problems information and data to make decisions and solve problems. These processes involve making decisions about the relative importance of information and choosing the best solution. Identifying Objects, Actions, and Identifying information received by making Events estimates or categorizations, recognizing differences or similarities, or sensing changes in circumstances or events.
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Speaking Talking to others to effectively convey information
Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people
Page 3 of 6 Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners Occupational Group: 29-1160 Diagnosing & Treatment Practition, Hlth Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way they do
Judgment and Decision Making Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action
Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Management of Personnel Resources Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
Critical Thinking Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches
Active Listening Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate
Problem Identification Identifying the nature of problems
Writing Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience
Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems
Problem Identification Identifying the nature of problems
Medicine and Dentistry Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures
Biology Knowledge of plant and animal living tissue, cells, organisms, and entities, including their functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment
4 Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners Occupational Group: 29-1160 Diagnosing & Treatment Practition, Hlth Customer and Personal Service Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques
Chemistry Knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods
Therapy and Counseling Knowledge of information and techniques needed to rehabilitate physical and mental ailments and to provide career guidance including alternative treatments, rehabilitation equipment and its proper use, and methods to evaluate treatment effects
English Language Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
Education and Training Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques including curriculum design principles, learning theory, group and individual teaching techniques, design of individual development plans, and test design principles
Psychology Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
Administration and Management Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This may include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods
Page 5 of 6 Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners Occupational Group: 29-1160 Diagnosing & Treatment Practition, Hlth Communications and Media Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media
Computer Knowledge of computer software including applications
Mathematics Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including one or more of the following: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Certification as a Nurse Midwife in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 467, Florida Statutes, and in accordance with Rule 64B9, Florida Administrative Code.
EFFECTIVE: 01/02/2015
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