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Natalie Roberg

Footscray,VIC

Summary

As an APRAH certified Registered Midwife and currently completing my Masters of Women's Health Medicine, I am goal orientated and thrive on challenges. I am dedicated to supporting women from diverse backgrounds to achieve the individual goals for both, them and their family. I practice midwifery care with ethics and compassion and work within my scope of midwifery practice at all times. My professional persona and appearance, and approachable demeanour are all important facets of my patient care.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Support Midwife

Mercy Heidelberg Hospital
, Victoria
2021.07 - Current

Assisting students and graduate midwives with skills across pregnancy, intrapartum and postnatal spectrum

Feedback and appraisals with students

Neonatal Life Support and Basic Life Support trainer

Clinical Facilitator

Victoria University
2020.02 - Current
  • Employed sessionally to facilitate skill labs for undergraduate midwives, ensuring they are competent for practice as a midwife.
  • Skills range from basic midwifery skills such as assessing a neonate through to catching a baby or a basic maternal well being evaluation.
  • Other skills taught include venepuncture, midwifery observations and setting up a birth suite for an induction.
  • Enhancing patient outcomes by providing knowledgeable education on procedures, medications and emergencies

Clinical Resource Support Midwife

Western Health
2018.09 - 2021.07
  • Assisting colleagues across all areas, especially junior and new staff to the hospital and educating in regard to WH and specific midwifery practice policies.
  • Teaching and assessing BLS, NLS, Back for Life as well as other key competencies such as cannulation and suturing
  • First Responder for codes and attend all emergencies in birthing.
  • Clinically competent in all areas of midwifery care, including Level 3 RANZCOG.
  • Designated In Charge as required.
  • Recognised as “Star of the Week”or my outstanding performance.

Clinical Midwife Specialist

Midwifery Group Program
2014.09 - 2018.09
  • Worked with women across all areas of the pregnancy spectrum including intrapartum and postpartum.
  • Advocated for women's choice with safe, up to date, evidence-based knowledge and practice.
  • Worked in an independent capacity at homebirths and in community clinics.
  • Attended over 80 births as autonomously in the home, making decisions without the back up of the hospital.
  • Extra duties from August 2016 triaging women according to priority referrals, and taking part in the Feb/Mar 2017 Breastfeeding audit.
  • Nominated for Midwife of the Year in 2017 at Western Health.

Registered Midwife

Western Health
2014.01 - 2014.09
  • Worked autonomously within the Australian College of Midwives Guidelines and in collaboration with Western Health policy and procedure across all areas of the maternity spectrum.
  • In addition, to required duties undertook the “Baby and Security Audits"
  • Promoted benefits of breastfeeding and offered education on proper positioning, latching and breast care.
  • Met with mothers to design individualized birth plans in terms of health concerns, birthing desires and potential problems.

Graduate Midwife

Western Health
2013.01 - 2014.01
  • Consolidated my undergraduate, including 8 week rotation in Caseload Care and continued my professional development, safe medication administration and practicing as per my registration with AHPRA.
  • Basic skills I developed in this year included Vaginal Exams, inserting catheters, dispensing medications, cannulation, suturing, inserting Fetal Scalp Electrodes, as well as working across all areas of the hospital including postnatal, birth suite and antenatal clinic.

Education

Masters of Women's Health Medicine -

University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW

Certificate IV in Training And Assessment -

Frontier Institute of Technology
Online

Diploma of Leadership And Management -

Western Health
Melbourne, VIC

Bachelor of Midwifery -

Victoria University
Melbourne, VIC

Certificate IV of Professional Writing and Editing -

RMIT
Melbourne, VIC

Bachelor of Arts -

University of Western Australia
Perth, WA

Skills

Well-developed interpersonal skills, able to deliver excellent patient care for women and familiesundefined

Affiliations

2010 - to present

  • Australian College for Midwives

2012 - to present

  • Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

2013- to present

  • Australian College of Neonatal Nurses

2014 - to present

  • Childbirth and Parenting Educators of Australia

Timeline

Clinical Support Midwife

Mercy Heidelberg Hospital
2021.07 - Current

Clinical Facilitator

Victoria University
2020.02 - Current

Clinical Resource Support Midwife

Western Health
2018.09 - 2021.07

Clinical Midwife Specialist

Midwifery Group Program
2014.09 - 2018.09

Registered Midwife

Western Health
2014.01 - 2014.09

Graduate Midwife

Western Health
2013.01 - 2014.01

Bachelor of Arts -

University of Western Australia

Certificate IV of Professional Writing and Editing -

RMIT

Bachelor of Midwifery -

Victoria University

Diploma of Leadership And Management -

Western Health

Certificate IV in Training And Assessment -

Frontier Institute of Technology

Masters of Women's Health Medicine -

University of New South Wales
Natalie Roberg