Nikita Laing
Summary
I am an enthusiastic and passionate Midwife with 12 years experience in tertiary care, regional and remote midwifery and volunteer work in developing countries. I am currently completing a Masters in Nursing Practice programme to gain registration as a nurse, to expand my scope of practice to encompass sexual and reproductive healthcare, women's health and primary health care. I am passionate about research, policy improvement and providing safe and inclusive healthcare.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Midwife (casual)
Wellington Hospital
01.2023 - Current
- Preceptored and supported student midwives and new graduate midwives
- Cared for pregnant people and their whanau in a culturally receptive and holistic manner
- Provided evidenced based and compassionate midwifery care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods
- Worked collaboratively with other members of the healthcare team
Midwifery Group Practice Midwife
Ceduna District Health Service
08.2022 - 10.2022
- Managed own caseload of women receiving midwifery led care for antenatal, labour and birth and postnatal care from conception to 6 weeks postnatal
- Provided childbirth and breastfeeding education and support including postnatal domiciliary home visits for 6 weeks
- Managed all routine tests and procedures including conducting glucose tolerance tests, collecting all pathology samples as well as delivering vaccinations and iron infusions in pregnancy
- Provided 24/7 on call midwifery care, including acute presentations and labour and birth care
Registered Midwife
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
07.2022 - 08.2022
- Provided full antenatal, labour and birth and postnatal care for low and medium risk women in small regional hospital including epidural management, induction of labour, caesarean section and waterbirth.
- Precepted student midwives and new graduate midwives
- Provided domiciliary care for women and newborns in their home, including routine examinations and blood tests, breastfeeding education and contraception counselling.
Registered Midwife
Broome Hospital
02.2022 - 04.2022
- Provided culturally appropriate maternity care to a diverse and complex clientele including medium to high risk indigenous families from all over the Kimberley region
- Delivered full antenatal, labour and birth and postnatal care in a busy regional hospital, averaging 365 births per year
- Collaborated with obstetric staff implementing the region's maternity covid response including medical management of covid positive pregnant people in the community and facilitating the first covid positive birth at Broome Hospital
Registered Midwife
Kingaroy Hospital
11.2021 - 12.2021
- Senior midwife position in regional hospital conducting 330 births per year with a very junior workforce
- Performed full scope of antenatal, labour and birth and postnatal care for both low and high risk women including stabilisation of maternity patients and newborns prior to air/road transfer and/or retrieval.
- Confident in management of obstetric emergencies, working collaboratively with other health practitioners, and facilitating junior staff learning in emergency situations
Registered Midwife (casual)
Tauranga District Health Board
10.2020 - 12.2021
- Casual position in busy metropolitan hospital, conducting 2800 births per year caring for medium and high risk patients including multiple pregnancies, epidural management, operative deliveries, high risk labour management and premature births
Registered Midwife
Mackay Base Hospital
09.2021 - 10.2021
- Full labour and birth care including high risk and preterm births, medical complications including diabetes and preeclampsia and induction of labour
- Triage skills and completion of midwifery assessments for women presenting acutely with complications of pregnancy
Clinical Midwife
Thursday Island Hospital
08.2021 - 09.2021
- Sole charge position providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for 100 women per year, including coordinating travel for clients coming in from outlying islands and remote areas.
- Delivery of antenatal, labour and birth and postnatal care, support and education. Identifying and escalating high risk patients and stabilisation for air transfer to the mainland
Registered Midwife
Gladstone Hospital
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Senior position working as the shift coordinator in a regional hospital providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for 550 women per year including precepting of students and junior staff.
- Provided full labour and birth care including inductions of labour, epidural anaesthesia, caesarean sections and medically complex births.
- Accredited to facilitate water births and support junior staff members in their accreditation process
Clinical Midwife
Weipa Hospital
02.2021 - 03.2021
- Sole charge position managing caseload of 70-100 pregnant women per year for antenatal care in a remote location including conducting routine antenatal appointments, managing acute presentations, taking pathology samples, organizing ultrasounds and providing childbirth education.
- Working with indigenous population to facilitate culturally appropriate care to improve health outcomes
- Collaborative care with rural generalists, obstetricians and other health professionals, including facilitating telehealth sessions with maternal fetal medicine, diabetes in pregnancy clinic and other services for high risk patients
Clinical Midwife
Innisfail District Health
02.2020 - 08.2020
- Senior position working sole charge in a small district hospital providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for 200 women per year including supporting and precepting new graduate midwives and junior staff members
- Facilitation of low risk labour and birth including holistic practices and waterbirth
- Emergency management of obstetric and neonatal conditions including advanced neonatal resuscitation and stabilisation
Registered Midwife
Griffith Base Hospital
07.2018 - 12.2019
- Full labour and birth care, including inductions of labour, epidural or opiate analgesia in labour and management and interpretation of cardiotocography (CTG)
- Antenatal and postnatal care for mothers and babies, including managing complex healthcare needs such as diabetes and hypertension, managing complex breastfeeding situations and providing routine cares and assessments
- Caring for newborns in the special care nursery environment with complex needs including preterm infants requiring nasogastric feeding and intravenous medications.
Registered Midwife Volunteer
World Youth International
10.2018 - 11.2018
- Developed and delivered health education to local staff members on topics such as postpartum haemorrage, iron deficiency anaemia, use of labour partograms and delayed cord clamping.
- Delivered routine midwifery care to women in rural kenya, including contraception, antenatal and postnatal care and labour and delivery care in a challenging third world environment.
- Organised and facilitated rural medical camps including HIV testing, malaria testing and treatment, as well as treatment of common ailments and wound dressings.
Registered Midwife
Portland District Health
06.2017 - 12.2017
- Sole charge position in a rural hospital providing full antenatal care and childbirth education, labour and birthing care and postnatal care including domiciliary home visits for a clientele of 100 women per year.
Registered Midwife
Waikato District Health Board
02.2013 - 06.2017
- Busy tertiary hospital conducting 3500 births per year
- Provided Midwifery care to high risk women in labour, including epidural cares, oxytocin augmentation, management of obstetric emergencies and neonatal resuscitation and labour care for women undergoing late termination of pregnancy or suffering intrauterine fetal demise.
- Cared for patients in the obstetric high dependency unit managing magnesium sulphate infusions for preeclampsia, insulin infusions for diabetes and bakri balloon management of postpartum haemorrhage.
- Competent triage skills working in the Womens Assessment Unit managing acute presentations
Education
Masters in Nursing Practice -
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington11.2024
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (Midwifery) -
Auckland University Of Technology
Auckland2017
Bachelor of Midwifery -
Waikato Institute Of Technology
Hamilton2012
Skills
- Perineal suturing
- CTG interpretation and management
- Advanced neonatal resuscitation
- Ward coordinator and sole charge experience
- IV cannulation and venepuncture
- Vaginal / Speculum examination
- Management of obstetric emergencies
- Volunteer experience in third world countries
References
Kerry Haslam
Midwife Manager
Ward 4 North Maternity
Wellington Hospital
(04) 3855999 ext 80871
Kerry.Haslam@ccdhb.org.nz
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Annie Kane
Programme Manager
Masters in Nursing Practice
Victoria University of Wellington
Annie.Kane@vuw.ac.nz
Timeline
Registered Midwife (casual)
Wellington Hospital
01.2023 - Current
Midwifery Group Practice Midwife
Ceduna District Health Service
08.2022 - 10.2022
Registered Midwife
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
07.2022 - 08.2022
Registered Midwife
Broome Hospital
02.2022 - 04.2022
Registered Midwife
Kingaroy Hospital
11.2021 - 12.2021
Registered Midwife
Mackay Base Hospital
09.2021 - 10.2021
Clinical Midwife
Thursday Island Hospital
08.2021 - 09.2021
Registered Midwife
Gladstone Hospital
04.2021 - 06.2021
Clinical Midwife
Weipa Hospital
02.2021 - 03.2021
Registered Midwife (casual)
Tauranga District Health Board
10.2020 - 12.2021
Clinical Midwife
Innisfail District Health
02.2020 - 08.2020
Registered Midwife Volunteer
World Youth International
10.2018 - 11.2018
Registered Midwife
Griffith Base Hospital
07.2018 - 12.2019
Registered Midwife
Portland District Health
06.2017 - 12.2017
Registered Midwife
Waikato District Health Board
02.2013 - 06.2017
Masters in Nursing Practice -
Victoria University of Wellington
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (Midwifery) -
Auckland University Of Technology
Bachelor of Midwifery -
Waikato Institute Of Technology
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