Midwife Resume Example
Crescent layout: a soft moon-phase arc across the header, birth-outcome figures and continuity-of-care chips for registered midwives.
Use this example Template: Midwife
Hannah Brooks
Registered Midwife — Continuity of Care & Birth Suite
hannah.brooks@example.com+61 412 555 093Sydney, NSW, Australialinkedin.com/in/hannahbrooks-midwife
9Years practising
1,400+Births supported
40Caseload / year
22%Intact perineum
Summary
Registered midwife with 9 years across birth suite, antenatal clinic and a midwifery group practice in Western Sydney. I carry a continuity caseload of 40 women a year from booking to six weeks postpartum, support physiological and water birth, and recognise and escalate deterioration early. I care for women from many cultures and languages, teach PROMPT emergency drills and precept new graduates.
Experience
Midwife, Midwifery Group Practice
Westmead Hospital · Sydney, NSW
Feb 2020 – Present
40Women / year
78%Known midwife at birth
91%Breastfeeding at discharge
- Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to a caseload of 40 women a year, on call with a partner midwife
- Facilitate physiological and water births, with a 22% intact-perineum rate above the unit average
- Book and refer women with complex needs: gestational diabetes, perinatal mental health and family-violence screening
Midwife, Birth Suite & Postnatal
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · Sydney, NSW
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
1,100Births attended
- Cared for women in a 6,000-birth tertiary unit, including CTG interpretation, epidural care and post-caesarean recovery
- Ran monthly PROMPT drills for shoulder dystocia and PPH; unit PPH > 1,000 ml fell from 9% to 6%
- Supported 30+ women a year through vaginal birth after caesarean using the unit's VBAC pathway
Summary example
Registered midwife with [N] years across birth suite, antenatal clinic and a midwifery group practice in Western Sydney. I carry a continuity caseload of [N] women a year from booking to six weeks postpartum, support physiological and water birth, and recognise and escalate deterioration early. I care for women from many cultures and languages, teach PROMPT emergency drills and precept new graduates.
Example bullet points for a Midwife
- Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to a caseload of [N] women a year, on call with a partner midwife
- Facilitate physiological and water births, with a [X%] intact-perineum rate above the unit average
- Book and refer women with complex needs: gestational diabetes, perinatal mental health and family-violence screening
- Cared for women in a [N]-birth tertiary unit, including CTG interpretation, epidural care and post-caesarean recovery
- Ran monthly PROMPT drills for shoulder dystocia and PPH; unit PPH > [N] ml fell from [X%] to [X%]
- Supported [N]+ women a year through vaginal birth after caesarean using the unit's VBAC pathway
Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.
Skills to include
- Continuity of care
- Water birth
- CTG interpretation
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Lactation support
Tips for a Midwife resume
- Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: Continuity of care, Water birth, CTG interpretation.
- List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. Registered Midwife (AHPRA), PROMPT Faculty.
- Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example women / year.
- Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
- Run the built-in resume checker and paste the job description into the keyword match before you download.
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