4.9 KiB
4.9 KiB
Competences — midwife
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/95cda6a9-a70a-4a93-9442-11d573cb4a02).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- address problems critically (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- advise on childbirth (skill/competence)
- advise on family planning (skill/competence)
- advise on pregnancies at risk (skill/competence)
- advise on pregnancy (skill/competence)
- anaesthetics (knowledge)
- analgesics (knowledge)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
- assess the course of breast-feeding period (skill/competence)
- assist on pregnancy abnormality (skill/competence)
- care for the new-born infant (skill/competence)
- carry out treatment prescribed by doctors (skill/competence)
- childbirth (knowledge)
- collect biological samples from patients (skill/competence)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
- conduct spontaneous child deliveries (skill/competence)
- contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
- deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- dietetics (knowledge)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- embryology (knowledge)
- empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- epidemiology (knowledge)
- examine the new-born infant (skill/competence)
- female reproductive system pathology (knowledge)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- health care legislation (knowledge)
- health care occupation-specific ethics (knowledge)
- health education (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- lactation (knowledge)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- microbiology-bacteriology (knowledge)
- monitor pregnancy (skill/competence)
- neonatology (knowledge)
- obstetric ultrasonography (knowledge)
- pathology (knowledge)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- postpartum legal protection (knowledge)
- postpartum period (knowledge)
- pregnancy (knowledge)
- preparation for child delivery (knowledge)
- preparation for parenthood (knowledge)
- prescribe medication (skill/competence)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- provide care for the mother during labour (skill/competence)
- provide education on family life (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- provide information on the effects of childbirth on sexuality (skill/competence)
- provide postnatal care (skill/competence)
- provide pregnancy termination care (skill/competence)
- provide pre-natal care (skill/competence)
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health (skill/competence)
- psychology (knowledge)
- radiological procedures (knowledge)
- relaxation techniques (knowledge)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- resuscitation (knowledge)
- sex education (knowledge)
- support informed consent (skill/competence)
- take emergency measures in pregnancy (skill/competence)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- address side effects of menopause (skill/competence)
- apply acupuncture (skill/competence)
- company policies (knowledge)
- conduct research on reproductive medicine (skill/competence)
- homeopathy (knowledge)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- perform antepartum fetal monitoring (skill/competence)
- phytotherapy (knowledge)
- sociology (knowledge)
- surgery (knowledge)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
- use obstetric sonography (skill/competence)
- yoga (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 48 ads, as of 2026-07-17)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- postpartum care — 27 %
- patient care — 21 %
- gynecologic care — 21 %
- intrapartum care — 19 %
- antepartum care — 19 %
- family planning — 19 %