Clinical Nurse Manager / Midwife University Hospital

Maternity Services, University Hospital Kerry (UHK) provides Maternity, Neonatology and Gynaecology Services located on the campus of University Hospital. Kerry. UHK incorporates the Obstetric, Gynaecology, Paediatric and Neonatology Services and has a tertiary referral centre in the Cork University Maternity Hospital within the Health Service Executive South West region. UHK has approximately 1, 200 births per annum.

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

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

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

There are four Maternity Units in the South/South West Hospital Group – University Hospital Kerry, University Hospital Waterford, Cork University Maternity Hospital and South Tipperary University 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.

Purpose of The Post

The post of CNM/CMM2 (NNU) has a pivotal role in service planning, co-ordinating, and managing activity and resources within the clinical area. The main responsibilities are: quality assurance, resource management, staffing and staff development, practice development, facilitating communication and professional / clinical leadership.

Informal Enquires

Sandra O Connor Director of Midwifery UHK

Email:sandra.oconnor@hse.ie

Tel: 066 7184023

Clodagh Queally CMM3 Neonatal Unit

Email:clodagh.queally@hse.ie

Tel: 066 7184025