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CLAIRE JORGENSEN

CLAIRE JORGENSEN

Summary

Passionate midwife with experience in education and leadership.

Having worked in metropolitan hospitals in all levels of care, my passion has expanded to working in rural and regional areas. I bring forth skills obtained, an openness to learning new skills and the ability to adapt and thrive in new environments. I am passionate and dedicated to working with teams to deliver safe and high quality maternity care for women, babies and families.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Midwife

Skilled Nursing Agency, Alliance Nursing Agency
07.2017 - Current
  • Utilising a broad range of midwifery skills and knowledge to coordinate and deliver evidence based, high quality and woman-centred care in metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals
  • Working across the midwifery continuum of care in antenatal clinic, birth suite, postnatal and domiciliary services
  • Developing and sustaining professional relationships within regional hospitals
  • Working as a clinical support midwife in a regional hospital
  • Demonstrating the ability to adapt and apply a broad range of midwifery skills in different health care services across Victoria


Clinical Support Midwife/Registered Midwife

Joan Kirner Women's And Children's, Western Health
02.2016 - Current
  • Working within a multidisciplinary team to facilitate low risk births and manage high risk pregnancies and births
  • Working shifts in-charge across maternity units
  • Leading maternal and neonatal obstetric emergencies
  • Coordinating and facilitating PROMPT workshops for staff
  • Particular focus on managing graduate midwives and midwives returning to clinical practice to support consolidation of all midwifery skills and increase confidence in delivery of midwifery care
  • Managing staff on performance improvement plans
  • Acting as a mentor by demonstrating professional responsibility and accountability
  • Implementing ‘Partnership in Midwifery Practice’ project

Sessional Midwifery Lecturer/Facilitator

Victoria University
03.2021 - 03.2023
  • Delivery of midwifery course content to undergraduate midwifery students
  • Coordinating student assessments and identifying student’s at risk of failure and implementing improvement plans to achieve competency
  • Prepare students for clinical placements through simulation based learning
  • Developing a network of relationships with key stakeholders, academic, industry and professional institutions

Education

Masters of Midwifery Studies -

University of Newcastle
2022

Bachelor of Midwifery -

Victoria University
2015

Skills

  • Level 3 FSEP practitioner
  • Intravenous cannulation
  • Vaginal examinations
  • Sterile water injections
  • Epidural management
  • Perineal infiltration and episiotomy
  • Artificial rupture of membranes
  • Fetal scalp electrodes
  • Induction of labour management
  • Insertion of prostin and cervadil for induction of labour
  • Discharge examination of the newborn
  • Obstetric emergency management and leadership
  • Neonatal and Adult Basic Life Support
  • Knowledge and experience with Riskman, BOS, TrakCare

Affiliations

  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency
  • Australian College of Midwives
  • Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Timeline

Sessional Midwifery Lecturer/Facilitator

Victoria University
03.2021 - 03.2023

Registered Midwife

Skilled Nursing Agency, Alliance Nursing Agency
07.2017 - Current

Clinical Support Midwife/Registered Midwife

Joan Kirner Women's And Children's, Western Health
02.2016 - Current

Masters of Midwifery Studies -

University of Newcastle

Bachelor of Midwifery -

Victoria University

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