PAMELA HARNDEN
SUMMARY
· Midwifery professional, with an extensive clinical background. Strong involvement in the provision of continuity of care.
· Experienced practical lecturer in health and midwifery best practices, completing 270 hours teaching midwifery students and 20 hours teaching medical students from both the University of Otago and CPIT. www.otago.ac.nz and www.cpit.ac.nz
· Passion for empowering women and students through teaching.
· Strong focus on on-going learning and personal development. Currently completing a Masters Degree in Midwifery.
· Excellent understanding of the socio-political context of midwifery in New Zealand.
· Strong IT and E-learning literacy, with the ability to quickly learn new software packages.
· Proven ability to multitask, high attention to detail and focused on delivering a quality standard of customer care and support.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
“Pam is very practiced at imparting information in a clear, unbiased manner. Pam provides positivity and empowerment in her teaching.”
Adele White, Supervising Tutor – Aoraki Polytechnic
CAREER HISTORY
Dec 2005 – Current LEAD MATERNITY CARER, BLENHEIM
SELF EMPLOYED
Responsibilities:
· Provide lead maternity care across the scope of midwifery practice.
· Manage and organise fulltime caseload in an effective and efficient manner.
· Uphold client’s right to free and informed choices of their care throughout the childbirth experience.
· Partner with women throughout the maternity experience.
· Promote practices that enhance the health of the client and her family / whanau as well as implement positive family / whanau strategies.
· Utilise professional judgment to priortise client’s care.
· Work in partnership with clients to ensure a positive and rewarding birthing experience.
· Maintain full and comprehensive documentation for each case.
· Develop positive relationships with other caseload midwives and provide midwifery backup.
· Participate in ongoing professional midwifery development.
Major Achievements:
· Experienced practical lecturer in health and midwifery best practices, completing 270 hours teaching midwifery students and 20 hours teaching medical students from both the University of Otago and CPIT.
· Successfully manages a fulltime caseload of approximately 50 women, as well as providing a considerable amount of secondary care.
· Instrumental in the development and successful establishment of an Antenatal Assessment Unit for the rural areas.
· Awarded a contract with the Nelson/ Marlborough DHB to provide antenatal classes for Teenage and Maori mothers to be. Responsible for managing the budget and delivering a service in accordance with DHB specifications. Personally leads a team of 4 childbirth educators to provide this service.
· Participated in research to collect data for the Oracle Trial. www.le.ac.uk
· Received numerous customer commendations for providing a consistently high standard of care and support.
2005 – 2008 Parents Centre, MARLBOROUGH
CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR (Part-time)
Responsibilities:
· Provide antenatal education to prospective parents.
· Develop positive relationships and networks with parents, families / whanau and medical professionals.
Major Achievements:
· Successful in providing 2,280 hours of adult teaching.
Sep – Dec 2005 Wairau Hospital
Casual Core Midwife
Responsibilities:
· Provide core midwifery services within the maternity unit.
2000 – 2003 Royal Shrewsbury NHS Trust, Shropshire, United Kingdom www.sath.nhs.uk
◊ Commenced as Rotational Midwife
Responsibilities:
· Provide care through the antenatal period during labour, and during the postnatal period.
Major Achievements:
· Successful in establishing a Day Assessment Unit for women suffering from complications in their pregnancies.
· Active in creating a number of funding application proposals for the unit.
· Personally developed and implemented key systems and guidelines, ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care.
1997 – 2000 WARRINGTON NHS TRUST, CHESHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM www.northcheshirehospital.nhs.uk
◊ Commenced as Rotational Midwife
◊ In 1998, promoted to TEAM MIDWIFE
◊ In 1999, promoted to PERMANENT F GRADE MIDWIFE
Responsibilities:
· Provide care through the antenatal period during labour, and during the postnatal period.
· Manage and oversee and team of ten professional midwives during shift leadership.
· AS an F grade Midwife, responsibilities include gaining experience with shift leadership.
Major Achievements:
· Awarded further responsibility for mentoring junior midwives and student midwives.
1993 – 1997 Roy Hartley Maternity Unit, United Kingdom www.wiganleigh.nhs.uk
Rotational midwife
Responsibilities:
· Provide midwifery care across the scope of midwifery practice.
· Ensure a high standard of care within the neonatal unit for sick premature babies and their families.
Major Achievements:
· Awarded further responsibility for mentoring student midwives and medical students.
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QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
· Currently studying towards a Masters Degree in Midwifery – Otago University (completing in 2010) Commencing with the Postgraduate Certificate in Midwifery. www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz
Postgraduate papers completed
- Reflective Practice grade B+
- Hypertension in pregnancy grade B
- Sexual health In Pregnancy grade B
- Clinical Inquiry grade B
- Foundation in Nutrition grade B
Postgraduate paper currently enrolled in
- Diabetes in Pregnancy
· Diploma in Childbirth Education – Aoraki Polytechnic (2006) www.aoraki.ac.nz
· Registered Midwife – New Zealand (2005)
· Registered General Nursing – United Kingdom (1991)
· Registered Midwife – United Kingdom (1993)
· Completed numerous in-house and external professional development, team leadership and technical related courses. Recent examples include:
ú Normal or Not: The Neonate in the First Six Weeks – Pharmac Seminar Series, Wellington (2007)
ú Intrapartum Foetal Surveillance – Continuing Education Meeting, Wairau Hospital (2007)
ú Midwifery Technical Skills Workshop – Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (2006)
ú Pharmacology and Prescribing for Registered Midwives – Otago (2004) www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz
ú The Institute for Supervision and Management – United Kingdom (2000)
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
· Well versed in MS Windows (XP & Vista), MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, Internet Explorer and MS Outlook as well as a variety of in-house software packages.
· Completed an online midwifery course through Otago Polytechnic.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
· New Zealand College of Midwives. www.midwife.org.nz
INTERESTS
Interests include maintaining a healthy family life, maintaining a good work/life balance, reading, and triathlon.
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