Clinical Midwife/nurse Manager - General, University Maternity Hospital

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 7,000 births per annum and is a tertiary referral centre.

Services at CUMH are part of Ireland South Women’s and Infants Directorate (ISWID) delivered within the HSE South West 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 within ISWID in South West Hospital Group – University Hospital Waterford, University Hospital Kerry, Cork University Maternity Hospital and South Tipperary General Hospital - spanning four of the largest counties in the country. Maternity Services 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 post holder will be employed as part of the multidisciplinary team at Cork University Maternity Hospital.

Services includes bed management and hospital services that operate under the governance of Cork University Maternity Hospital.

Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE, on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be operational from 2024.

Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance, while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.

Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:

· Integrated, locally planned and delivered

· Easier to access and navigate

· Available closer to home

Health Regions are geographically-based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation, with more service provision developed at a local level.

The HSE South West Health Region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.

This includes:

· South / South West Hospital Group S/SWHG

· Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH

The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region.

Services in the South West health region:

HSE Services working within this region include:

· Acute Hospitals

· Primary care services

· Community services

· Social care services

· Health and social care professionals

· Voluntary sector services

South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare became part of HSE South West Health Region from 3rd March, 2025.

Purpose of Post

• Partake in the operational management of CUMH, ensuring CUMH is in line with National standards

• Ensuring the efficient use of hospital beds with maintaining an accurate Bed List as duty manager as part of a roster.

• Implementing the Admission Policies for both Scheduled and Unscheduled care.

• Providing evidence of efficient and effective budgetary management

• Understand all points of access into the hospital for patients and be able to deal with issues relating to patient care within the hospital and its offsite facilities.

• Responsible for facilitating communication across the healthcare teams and maintaining open dialogue with other external healthcare facilities.

• To provide professional/clinical leadership in the designated area(s) of responsibility.

• Partake in HIQA, HACCP, DGSA, minor capital projects, Waste Management and Environmental Monitoring (Legionella flushing)

Informal Enquiries

Ms Katie Bourke, Director of Midwifery

0214920500

Katie.bourke@hse.ie

Ms Claire O’Halloran,

Assistant Director of Midwifery

021 4920500

claire.ohalloran@hse.ie