I've been asked to identify and describe what are the competencies that can qualify a midwife who is working in a MLU as a senior 'expert' midwife versus a 'junior' midwife.

Just to put things in their context, we are constantly dealing with debates on what makes a midwife expert or not in settings like MLUs and the discussion is less banal that it might seem as expertise and seniority in the context of MLU as we know might be different from criteria of seniority based on parameters such as age of service in hospital. Some professionals think that for instance 1 year of experience in a MLU can be enough to make any midwife who's been in a labour ward before an expert midwife in MLUs). 

have you got any document/ reference/ material or simply thoughts to share regarding this?

I hope it makes sense to you....

thank you very much for the insights you'll offer

wish you all a nice day 

from Florence

Laura Iannuzzi