What is a 'normal' midwife?

When you look through job advertisements these days, there are many different titles for midwifery roles. From Consultant to Research & Development Midwife, breastfeeding specialist to Sure Start ... it makes me wonder what has happened to the 'normal' midwife. Last year (June 2001) we had a focus on Normal Birth--this time we are asking, what is a 'normal' midwife? What skills does she/he have? What does she/he do to keep things 'normal'? A clinical midwife, a researcher, an educationalist and a consumer give us their views.