Clinical Midwife/nurse Manager 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, Paediatric and Neonatology Services in the Cork University Hospital Group within the Health Service Executive South West region. CUMH has approximately 7, 000 births per annum and is a tertiary referral centre.

Services at CUMH are delivered within the Health Service Executive South West region which is based on the principles of partnership and integration and strongly supports the involvement of the multidisciplinary team in service provision.

CUMH is a 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.

As part of an established collaborative clinical and academic network, University Hospital Kerry, Cork University Maternity Hospital, University Hospital Waterford and South Tipperary University Hospital are supported by the HSE South West through the Ireland South Women & Infants Directorate (ISWID), and the HSE Dublin and South East through the Women and Neonatal Health Network (WNHN). ISWID will continue to provide the established clinical pathways and academic links. Maternity Services includes Neonatology and Gynaecology as well as Midwifery and Obstetrics.

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

Purpose of the post.

The Clinical Midwife/Nurse Manager 2 (Bereavement & Loss) is a specialist pathway recognised and developed bythe Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

The role of the Clinical Midwife/Nurse Manager 2 (Bereavement & Loss) is to support and facilitate families through the loss and bereavement process associated with pregnancy, Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) and childbirth. It encompasses the support of women, partners and their families at the time of termination of pregnancy, early pregnancy loss and perinatal death (both expected and unexpected perinatal death) and supporting the grieving family before, during and/or after their loss. A key function of the post holder will be to coordinate a seamless journey through the maternity service in order to minimise additional trauma and stress to the bereaved woman, her partner and their family.

Caseload

Supporting families who experience

• anticipated loss
• termination of pregnancy
• early pregnancy loss
• perinatal death
• maternal death
• Loss within the Maternity Care Services.

“The care given to a family before and following a perinatal loss can set the stage for the family’s entire grieving process” (Leoni, LC 1997).

The Clinical Midwife Manager 2 (Bereavement & Loss) provides care within the framework of the HSE National Standards for Bereavement Care Following Pregnancy Loss and Perinatal Death (2022) and the HSE National Guideline for Bereavement Care Following Sudden Maternal Death within a Hospital Setting (2017).

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Katie Bourke

Director of Midwifery, CUMH

Email: Katie.Bourke@hse.ie

Telephone: 021 4920705

Kate Lyons

Assistant Director of Midwifery

Email:Kate.lyons1@hse.ie

Tel: 021 – 4020756