Clinical Midwife Specialist

Description:

Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) is a 150 bedded Tertiary Referral Centre for Maternity, Neonatology and Gynaecology located on the campus of Cork University Hospital. CUMH incorporates the Obstetric, Gynaecology and Neonatology Services in the Cork University Hospital Group within the Health Service Executive Southern region. CUMH has approximately 8, 000 births per annum and is a tertiary referral centre.

Services at CUMH are delivered within the SSWHG Maternity Directorate which is based on the principles of partnership and integration and strongly supports the involvement of the multidisciplinary team in service provision.

CUMH is the site for clinical placements for student midwives and student nurses in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes delivered in partnership with University College Cork.

CUMH Services incorporates the use of the MN-CMS (Maternal Newborn Clinical Management System) into care delivered at CUMH.

There are four Maternity Units in the Ireland South Women and Infants Directorate – University Hospital Waterford, University Hospital Kerry, Cork University Maternity Hospital and South Tipperary General Hospital - spanning four of the largest counties in the country. The Directorate includes Neonatology and Gynaecology as well as Midwifery and Obstetrics.

The Group’s Primary Academic partner is University College Cork. A wide range of educational programmes and research is conducted within all hospitals in the Group.

The Clinical Midwife Specialist post has been specifically sanctioned to facilitate the provision of bereavement support, education and guidance to both the women and staff of CUMH. This will be the core workload of the successful candidate and it is anticipated that he/she will also be involved in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) as well as setting up a support clinic for women attending CUMH.