workimg currently as a community Midwife due to take early retirement from NHS in Dec2017 , I have worked as a midwife for 18yrs and within that scope have skills in , breastfeeding support, first aid , and an awareness of the needs of a family in the early days following delivery , prior to being a midwife I have been employed as a registered adult nurse , and a self employed chilminder in Belgium for 4yrs .