These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current midwife job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.
Title variants
- Midwife
- Registered Midwife
- RM
- Community Midwife
- Hospital Midwife
- Independent Midwife
- Senior Midwife
- Band 6 Midwife
- Band 7 Midwife
- Specialist Midwife
- Consultant Midwife
- CNM
- Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Certified Midwife
- CM
- CPM
Credentials
- RM
- NMC
- NMC PIN
- NMC revalidation
- PROMPT
- ALSO
- NLS
- Neonatal Life Support
- IBCLC
- AMCB
- CNM
- CPM
- independent prescriber
- PGD
Antenatal
- antenatal care
- booking appointment
- screening bloods
- dating scan
- anomaly scan
- FASP
- nuchal translucency
- NIPT
- SFH
- GDM
- OGTT
- anti-D
- RAADP
- GBS
- GTT
- fetal growth restriction
- GROW chart
- FMF
Intrapartum
- labour assessment
- cervical examination
- Bishop Score
- CTG
- cardiotocography
- intermittent auscultation
- IA
- CTG interpretation
- NICE NG229
- fetal monitoring
- epidural
- Entonox
- active management
- third stage
- PPH management
- perineal repair
- suturing
- OASI
- shoulder dystocia
- cord prolapse
- eclampsia
- oxytocin
- augmentation
- water birth
- normal birth
Postnatal
- NIPE
- newborn examination
- breastfeeding support
- UNICEF BFI
- NBS
- newborn blood spot
- APGAR
- latch assessment
- tongue tie
- postnatal care
Long-tail phrases
- midwife resume
- registered midwife resume
- RM resume
- midwife cv
- midwife resume examples
- midwife resume 2026
- NHS midwife resume
- how to write a midwife resume
- CNM resume
- certified nurse-midwife resume
- Band 6 midwife resume
Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Midwife resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.