Midwifery nurses
Midwifery nurses deliver, or assist in the delivery of babies, provide antenatal and postnatal care and advise parents on baby care. They work with other healthcare professionals and advise on and teach midwifery practice.
Task Bundle Breakdown
How AI interacts with this occupation's task bundle
Task-by-Task Breakdown
Every task scored individually — sorted highest to lowest AI exposure
advises on baby care, exercise, diet and family planning issues
ChatGPT or NHS-integrated chatbots can provide standardised information on baby care, diet, and family planning, but personalised, culturally sensitive advice still requires a skilled midwife's human relationship.
plans and manages midwifery care services
AI tools like Microsoft Copilot can assist with drafting care plans, analysing service data, and generating reports, reducing administrative burden while the midwife retains strategic and clinical decision-making authority.
delivers lectures and other forms of training in midwifery practice
AI tools like ChatGPT or Canva AI can help create lecture materials, quizzes, and training resources quickly, but effective midwifery education requires experienced clinical demonstration, mentorship, and adaptive teaching.
monitors condition and progress of patient and baby throughout pregnancy
AI-powered monitoring systems (e.g. CTG analysis tools like Monica AN24) can flag anomalies in fetal heart rate and maternal vitals, but a midwife must interpret findings in clinical context and make care decisions.
supervises more junior staff and directs the work of the midwifery unit
AI tools in workforce management platforms can assist with scheduling and performance tracking, but supervising junior staff requires mentorship, interpersonal judgment, and situational leadership that AI cannot replace.
monitors recovery of mother in postnatal period and supervises the nursing of premature and other babies requiring special attention
AI can assist with flagging abnormal postnatal observations in electronic health records, but hands-on assessment of mother and newborn recovery requires direct physical examination and human clinical judgment.
delivers babies in normal births and assists doctors with difficult deliveries
Physically delivering babies requires hands-on dexterity, real-time adaptive judgment, and immediate physical intervention that no current AI or robotic system can replicate in clinical practice.
ROI Calculator
Midwifery nurses
This is not a pay rise — it's 540 hours of productive capacity that AI could return to you, valued at your current rate.
The portion of your current salary tied to tasks AI can automate or augment. Not a prediction of job loss — a signal of where your role is changing fastest.
How is this calculated?▾
Task weights — each task is weighted by its O*NET frequency rating. Where frequency data is absent, equal weighting is applied.
AI time reduction — tasks scored as "AI Automates" assume 80% time saving; "AI Assists" assumes 40%; "Human-Led" assumes 5%.
Salary equivalent — annual hours saved × (salary ÷ 1,800 working hours/year).
Value at risk — salary × share of role time in AI-automate or AI-assist tasks.
Figures are indicative estimates for planning purposes, not guarantees of productivity gain or job loss risk.