Rebecca McGlone
Redfern,NSW
Summary
Dynamic midwifery professional with extensive experience at the Royal Hospital for Women, specializing in trauma-informed care and patient education. Proven ability to enhance newborn outcomes through effective breastfeeding support and emotional guidance. Skilled in managing obstetric emergencies and fostering continuity of care, ensuring holistic support for families during critical times.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
CMS 2 Malabar Midwifery Group Practice
Royal Hospital for Women
Randwick, NSW
07.2024 - Current
- Trauma-informed care.
- First Nations families
- Following Clinical Business Rules
- Multidisciplinary team
CMS 1 - Postnatal Services
Royal Hospital for Women
Randwick, NSW
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Provided emotional support to women throughout the postnatal experience.
- Educated patients about resources available in the community related to parenting skills.
- Instructed new parents on infant care techniques, such as swaddling and mothercrafting.
- Enhanced newborn outcomes and promoted bonding by teaching new mothers how to breastfeed and care for infants.
- Closely monitor the mother's health, comfort, and emotional states postnatally.
- Conducted follow-up visits with postpartum mothers to evaluate healing progress.
- Provided postoperative care and assessment for women post cesarean sections.
Antenatal Birth Educator
Labour with Love
Sydney, NSW
10.2021 - 06.2023
- Educated women on birth options, positive strategies and unique health issues.
- Educated patients about nutrition and good health practices and encouraged participation in healthcare-related decisions.
- Developed individualized birth plans with mothers based on health concerns, desires and fears.
- Taught prenatal classes to help educate expectant parents on labor stages and pain relief options.
Clinical Midwifery Specialist – Midwifery Group Practice (MGP)
Royal Hospital for Women
Randwick, Australia
01.2008 - 09.2021
- Working to provide continuity of care relevant to the woman's needs across the pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal period
- I work closely with four other midwives in the MGP group each with an individual caseload of 40 women annually
- We are all actively involved in planning, coordinating and implementing care for this group of women
- We provide holistic care by liaising with other multidisciplinary teams within the hospital and community
- Women's advocacy
- Breastfeeding education and support
- Participation in health education and health promotion to women and their families during antenatal and postnatal periods
- Play an active role in discharge planning
- Communicate effectively with clients to ensure client needs are identified and requirements are met
- Documenting clearly and consistently to ensure safe client care
- Quality improvements and monitoring activities
- Maintaining up-to-date skills and knowledge
- Support of student Midwives, Medical students and preceptors for new staff
- Development of professional practice through ongoing education
- Provide emotional support for new mothers to screen for postpartum depression using psychosocial screening tools
- Attend home visits to monitor and lead home birth requests
- Provide antenatal education classes to small groups of women and partners from 34-37 weeks gestation
Registered Midwife
Moruya Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: Small rural Hospital
- Registered Nurse
- Antenatal care Clinics
- Birthing and general Nursing duties within the Hospital
- Small rural Hospital
Registered Midwife in Delivery Suite and Team Midwifery
Royal Hospital for Women
Randwick, Australia
01.1999 - 01.2005
- Developed individualized birth plans with mothers based on health concerns, desires and fears.
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations and infection control policies at all times.
- Attended conferences, workshops and seminars to stay current on best practices in obstetrics.
- Monitored the health of pregnant women and babies, and provided superior care across the continuum.
- Provided compassionate and empathetic support for women related to miscarriages, stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and terminations.
- Enhanced newborn outcomes and promoted bonding by teaching new mothers how to breastfeed and care for infants.
Non-paid maternity & Mothering years
01.1995 - 01.1999
Community Nursing
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, Australia
01.1994 - 01.1995
- Company Overview: Veteran Affairs
- Veteran Affairs
Registered Nurse
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, Australia
01.1992 - 01.1994
- Surgical Ward
Education
Graduate Diploma - Midwifery
The University of Newcastle
Australia01.2000
Bachelor of Nursing -
The University of Sydney
Australia01.1992
Diploma of Applied Science - Nursing
The University of Sydney
Australia01.1991
Skills
- Antenatal care
- Trauma-informed care
- Patient education
- Intrapartum care
- Postnatal care
- Professional autonomy
- Referral knowledge
- Continuity of care
- Assessing test results
- Ordering screening services
- Counselling
- Care in various birth environments
- Fetal welfare assessment
- Speculum examination
- Augmenting labour
- Application of fetal scalp electrodes
- Fetal blood sampling
- Interpreting gases
- Managing obstetric emergencies
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
- Perineal assessment
- Perineal repair
- Postnatal Pap Smears
Advanced Skills
- Performing fetal welfare assessment.
- Speculum examination for low risk women at term with spontaneous ruptured membranes.
- Augmenting labour with artificial rupture of membranes.
- Application of fetal scalp electrodes.
- Assisting with fetal blood sampling and interpreting gases.
- Managing obstetric emergencies.
- Managing prompt neonatal resuscitation.
- Venepuncture.
- Cannulation.
- Perineal assessment and repair.
- Postnatal Pap Smears.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
CMS 2 Malabar Midwifery Group Practice
Royal Hospital for Women
07.2024 - Current
CMS 1 - Postnatal Services
Royal Hospital for Women
08.2023 - 07.2024
Antenatal Birth Educator
Labour with Love
10.2021 - 06.2023
Clinical Midwifery Specialist – Midwifery Group Practice (MGP)
Royal Hospital for Women
01.2008 - 09.2021
Registered Midwife
Moruya Hospital
01.2005 - 01.2006
Registered Midwife in Delivery Suite and Team Midwifery
Royal Hospital for Women
01.1999 - 01.2005
Non-paid maternity & Mothering years
01.1995 - 01.1999
Community Nursing
Prince of Wales Hospital
01.1994 - 01.1995
Registered Nurse
Prince of Wales Hospital
01.1992 - 01.1994
Graduate Diploma - Midwifery
The University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Nursing -
The University of Sydney
Diploma of Applied Science - Nursing
The University of Sydney
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