Rekha Viswanathan
7 Chapel Wood Green, Hollystown
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated nursing and midwifery professional seeking a Midwife Manager position at NMH, offering over 23 years of experience in nursing. Expertise in delivering exceptional bedside care to diverse patient populations, with a strong commitment to making a meaningful impact on residents' lives. Comprehensive knowledge of direct patient care, nursing procedures, healthcare administration policies, and caseload management. Recognized for self-direction, superior problem-solving abilities, and effective communication and management skills. Consistently excels in time management, task prioritization, and project organization to enhance the quality of patient care.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Staff Midwife
National Maternity Hospital
01.2012 - Current
- Working as a Sr.staff Midwife in NMH from 2012 in almost all clinical settings in this hospital. So I am very much familiar with the nursing and midwifery departments in NMH.
- Provided direct patient care across various clinical settings, demonstrating familiarity with multiple nursing and midwifery departments
- Provided comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care to patients, ensuring optimal maternal and infant health outcomes.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop individual care plans tailored to patient needs.
- Mentored junior midwives and nursing staff, fostering professional development and enhancing team capabilities.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to improve patient care protocols and streamline workflow efficiencies.
- Conducted newborn assessments and provided immediate care, promoting healthy growth and development.
- Meeting a patient’s nursing care needs.
- Preparing sterile trolleys & medical equipment for clinical procedures.
- Participating in nursing team meetings.
- Assessing a clients emotional, psychosocial, physical and spiritual needs.
- Communicating professionally and warmly with a patient’s visitors and family.
- Ensuring medicines are appropriately received, stored and administered to patients.
- Maintaining the dignity and privacy of all patients and respecting their right to confidentiality.
- Complying with all legal, regulatory and best practice guidelines.
- Ensuring specimens are correctly labelled, packaged and recorded prior to collection.
- Supporting any new staff members during their induction & with new skill acquisition
- Running outpatient clinics like TOP and PAC
Student Midwife
National Maternity Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Worked as a student midwife, Higher Diploma in Midwifery as a hospital sponsored candidate
Cairn Hill Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2010
Cairn Hill Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2010
Greenhill Nursing Home
01.2007 - 01.2009
Greenhill Nursing Home
01.2007 - 01.2009
Al Shifa Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2007
Staff Nurse - ICU
MIMS Hospital
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: MIMS is a speciality hospital with 350 beds and is an ISO 9001 –2000 certified hospital, is a leading health care provider well known internationally.
- Worked as a staff nurse in MIMS hospital Calicut.
- I worked there as a staff nurse fulltime 48 hours per week in 16 bedded ICU.
- Responsible for the care of one ventilator patient and one non ventilator patient per shift.
- This ICU caters to needs cardio thoracic surgery
- MIMS is a speciality hospital with 350 beds and is an ISO 9001 –2000 certified hospital, is a leading health care provider well known internationally.
Education
Higher Diploma - Midwifery
National Maternity Hospital
09.2025
Certificate - Neonatal Nursing
National Maternity Hospital
Dublin01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MGUniversity
01.2003
Skills
- Midwifery expertise
- Experience in newborn health management
- Gynaecology
- Outpatient clinic
- Respiratory Nursing
- Medical nursing
- Surgical nursing
- Intensive care Nursing
- Oncology Nursing
- Cardiology Nursing
- Renal/Nephrology
- Geriatric Nursing
- Clinical governance
- Risk management
- Infection control
- Hand hygiene
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Resource efficiency
- Physical ability
- Cultural sensitivity
- Instruction following
- Coping with distressing circumstances
- Newborn care
- Postpartum care
- Health promotion
- Breastfeeding support
- Newborn assessment
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
Certification
- Registered General Nurse
- Registered Midwife
References
Available on request.
Career Statement
A caring and responsible nursing/midwifery professional seeking an midwife manager post in NMH. Offering expertise in providing bedside care to a diversity of patients to make a significant difference in the lives of residents.
Personal Information
- Title: Registered General Nurse And Registered Senior Midwife
- Driving License: Yes
Training
- Preceptorship course, National Maternity Hospital / HSE, 2022-01-01
- ALERT, St. James Hospital, 2016-01-01
- Infection Control, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- IV Therapy, NMH, 2017-01-01
- Haemovigilance, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- Manual Handling, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- Fire Safety, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- Medication Management, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- NRP, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- Breast Feeding, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
- CTG Monitoring, NMH / HSE, 2022-01-01
Timeline
Sr. Staff Midwife
National Maternity Hospital
01.2012 - Current
Student Midwife
National Maternity Hospital
01.2010 - 01.2012
Cairn Hill Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2010
Cairn Hill Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2010
Greenhill Nursing Home
01.2007 - 01.2009
Greenhill Nursing Home
01.2007 - 01.2009
Al Shifa Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2007
Staff Nurse - ICU
MIMS Hospital
01.2003 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MGUniversity
Higher Diploma - Midwifery
National Maternity Hospital
Certificate - Neonatal Nursing
National Maternity Hospital