Nurse Midwive resume example
A resume for a Nurse Midwive needs to show the work itself: diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team. Day to day that means work like this: provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients; monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.
Also advertised as
The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- Certified Nurse Midwife
- CNM
- Nurse Midwife
- Staff Certified Nurse Midwife
- Staff Nurse Midwife
- Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Postpartum RN
- Direct-Entry Midwife
- Postpartum Nurse
- Postpartum Registered Nurse
- Registered Nurse Midwife
What this work actually involves
Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.
- Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients.
- Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
- Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information.
- Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms.
- Prescribe medications as permitted by state regulations.
- Develop and implement individualized plans for health care management.
- Explain procedures to patients, family members, staff members or others.
- Order and interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests.
- Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize patients.
- Document findings of physical examinations.
- Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.
- Perform physical examinations by taking vital signs, checking neurological reflexes, examining breasts, or performing pelvic examinations.
21 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.
Example bullets for this role
Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.
- Provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Document patients' health histories, symptoms, physical conditions, or other diagnostic information, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Provide patients with direct family planning services, such as inserting intrauterine devices, dispensing oral contraceptives, and fitting cervical barriers, including cervical caps or diaphragms, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Software used in this role
Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.
- Acrendo Medical Software Ob/Gyn EMR
- Allscripts Professional EHR
- Amkai AmkaiCharts
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- Cerner Millennium
- ChartWare EMR
- digiChart OB-GYN
- e-MDs software
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Epic Systems
- GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
- Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE
- Medscribbler Enterprise
- MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR
23 software entries are recorded in total.
Tools and equipment
The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.
- Allis clamps
- Baby scales
- Bag valve mask BVM resuscitators
- Blood drawing syringes
- Bulb syringes
- Colposcopes
- Curved forceps
- Curved hemostats
- Curved needle holders
- Digital medical thermometers
- Episiotomy scissors
- Evacuated blood collection containers
Skills an ATS reads for
Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.
- prescribe medications
What this job rates as most important
O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.
- 01Active Listening
- 02Critical Thinking
- 03Social Perceptiveness
- 04Speaking
- 05Active Learning
- 06Monitoring
- 07Reading Comprehension
- 08Complex Problem Solving
- 09Coordination
- 10Service Orientation
Knowledge areas
The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Psychology
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Biology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Therapy and Counseling
- Education and Training
What qualifications people in this job have
From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
- 81%Master's Degree
- 16%Post-Master's Certificate, awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
- 3%Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.
What level this role is pitched at
O*NET places this occupation in “Extensive Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Common questions
- What does a Nurse Midwive do?
- Diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team. Day to day that includes work like provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, or newborn care to patients and Monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying fetal position, or estimating fetal size and weight.
- What skills should a Nurse Midwive put on a resume?
- O*NET rates Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, and Active Learning among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
- What software should a Nurse Midwive list?
- Software recorded for this occupation includes Acrendo Medical Software Ob/Gyn EMR, Allscripts Professional EHR, Amkai AmkaiCharts, Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR, and Cerner Millennium. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
- What other job titles cover Nurse Midwive work?
- O*NET records 11 titles for this occupation, including Certified Nurse Midwife, CNM, Nurse Midwife, and Staff Certified Nurse Midwife. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- What qualifications does a Nurse Midwive need?
- In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 81% reported their level of education as "Master's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
- Will this resume pass an ATS for a Nurse Midwive role?
- No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.
Related roles
Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.
What this page cannot tell you
- No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
- This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
- Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.
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