Doris Nortey
Eikwe W/R
Summary
Compassionate and highly skilled Senior Staff Midwife with over four years of dedicated experience providing exceptional care to pregnant women and patients throughout various stages of their healthcare journey. Expertise includes pregnancy, labor and delivery, newborn care, post-surgical recovery, and general patient management, with a strong focus on both low- and high-risk pregnancies. Renowned for fostering effective communication between medical providers and patients, ensuring expectant mothers receive thorough counseling on delivery options while feeling informed and comfortable during their care. A proactive approach to emergency situations, coupled with a commitment to maintaining up-to-date documentation, underscores a reputation as a reliable and respected professional in midwifery.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff midwife
Pentecost Hospital
- Cared for women during prepregnancy, pregnant, labour and postpartum periods.
- Managed low risk deliveries unassisted and obstetric emergencies under supervision.
- Performed proper handing over and taking up Care of clients and ward as a whole.
- Assessed, monitored and improved maternal and fetal wellbeing through provision of timely interventions.
- Provided client-centered Care through team works.
- Ensured vivid and accurate documentation which corresponds to professional standards.
- Managed minor surgical procedures independently.
Senior staff midwife
Pentecost Hospital
03.2025 - Current
- Provide standardize quality Midwifery care for women during pregnancy, labour and puerperium.
- Supervise and/ assist junior midwifes and students to provide optimal care to client.
- Ensure proper documentation and accurate records keeping.
- Adhering to infection prevention control protocols and ensuring they are being observed.
- Conduct normal deliveries independently and provide smart assistant in obstetric emergencies.
- Educate client and family on health promotion practices to prevent complications.
- Provide prompt skilled intervention after maternal and fetal assessment.
- Educating patients on their disease condition.
- Monitoring patients vital signs to know deviation from normal.
- Ensuring infection prevention and control measures.
- Implemented development plans for junior colleagues to increase skills capacity.
- Monitored the condition of the fetus, applying effective pain management techniques to facilitate smooth labor.
Voluntary Midwife
ST Martin De porres Hospital
07.2021 - 02.2022
- Provided emotional and psychological support to mother and their family.
- Analyzed test results to identify high risk pregnancies and coordinate appropriate invention with senior staff.
- Implemented development plans for junior colleagues to increase skills and knowledge.
- Monitored the condition of the fetus, applying effective pain management techniques to facilitate smooth labor.
- Monitored and recorded patients conditions before, during and after delivery and reported abnormalities for immediate intervention.
- Conducted normal deliveries, suturing of minor surgeries under supervision.
- Educated mothers and their relative on health promotion topics and the need to adhere to review dates.
- Collaborated with staff midwifes in providing smooth maternal and neonatal care to clients.
- Monitored client vital signs, reported deviations and provided timely interventions.
- Explained procedures to clients, seek their concerns, provided reassurance and encouragement.
Rotational Midwife (National service)
Volta River Authority Hospital
06.2020 - 06.2021
- Finished the 52weeks successfully, rotate in the maternity, theatre, medical and surgical wards, emergency, NICU, Psychiatric, school health talk, Domiciliary Midwifery and many others.
- Performed wound dressing, educated patients on infection prevention and control protocols.
- Partaked in the organization of scheduled parenting and health education services for expectant women.
- Helped patients to maintain personal hygiene on the wards.
- Attended home visits, assessed maternal and fetal wellbeing, communicated next visit date to client and encourage them to report to the facility when necessary.
- Assisted in medical and surgical procedures as needed.
- Administered medications, and treatment and monitored patients for Side effects and reaction.
- Educated patients and family members on treatment and care plans as well as answering their questions.
- Monitored and recorded patients conditions before, during and after delivery and reported abnormalities for immediate intervention.
- Provided nutrition to very ill neonate through nasogastric tube feeding.
- Maintained personal hygiene for babies, provided personal hygiene assistant to some mothers.
- Provided education to clients and their relative prior to discharge.
- Collaborated with paramedics in the referral of a client to a higher level hospital.
Student midwife
01.2016 - 12.2019
- Completed a series of clinical rotation across above hospital department from 2016-2019.
- Observed numerous procedures performed by staff nurses and midwifes.
- Monitored, recorded and reported abnormalities in patients vitals signs to the appropriate supervisor.
- Provided both nursing and Midwifery care to patients under supervision.
- Assisted in providing support to very ill patients.
- Gained experience in antenatal, labour, puerperium as well as promotion of maternal and newborn health.
Education
Diploma in Midwifery -
Nursing and Midwifery Training College
Tarkwa, Western Region09.2019
West African Secondary School Certificate Certificate -
Presbyterian Senior High School
Accra, Ghana06.2013
Skills
- Newborn care
- Breastfeeding education
- Family planning
- Neonatal resuscitation
Accomplishments
- 200+ safe deliveries achieved.
- Conducted and/ or assisted over 200 safe deliveries with successful management of obstetric emergencies.
- Knowledge Acquired from workshops and in-service training
- Gained advanced knowledge on management of hypertension disorders in pregnancy, Anaemia in pregnancy, Postpartum hemorrhage management, patient’s charter, and many more.
- Promotion on clinical excellence.
- Promoted to the rank of a senior staff midwife in providing competent maternal, newborn and Midwifery care excellence.
- Improved maternal and newborn outcomes Successfully Resuscitated mothers, newborns and expectant mothers.
- Community and school advocate for Heath promotion.
- Represented VRA hospital on school health education on teenage pregnancy and it’s complications.
- Represented St Martin’sDe- Porres hospital on home visits and domiciliary Midwifery.
- Represented Pentecost hospital labour ward, educated pregnancy school women in stages of labor and it’s management.
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Ga
Advanced (C1)
Twi
Advanced (C1)
Fante
Advanced (C1)
Additional Information
Dr. Genevieve Boakye- Thomson
Specialist Family Physician
PENTECOST HOSPITAL-TARKWA
CONTACT: +233541247507
DR. EVANS ABBAN
MEDICAL OFFICER
PENTECOST HOSPITAL, TARKWA
+233201336335
MARIAMA MARLLE (MRS)
MIDWIFE OFFICER
LABOUR WARD IN CHARGE
PENTECOST HOSPITAL-TARKWA
CONTACT: +233248752902
Timeline
Senior staff midwife
Pentecost Hospital
03.2025 - Current
Voluntary Midwife
ST Martin De porres Hospital
07.2021 - 02.2022
Rotational Midwife (National service)
Volta River Authority Hospital
06.2020 - 06.2021
Student midwife
01.2016 - 12.2019
Staff midwife
Pentecost Hospital
Diploma in Midwifery -
Nursing and Midwifery Training College
West African Secondary School Certificate Certificate -
Presbyterian Senior High School