Clinical Placement Co-ordinator, 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 Post

To guide and support pre and post registration students in assigned clinical practice placements to achieve the domains of competence as set out by An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseacheas in the Midwife Registration Programme Standards and Requirements (Fifth Edition) 2022.

• To ensure that the clinical placements meet the requirements and standards of the education programme as set by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

• To assist preceptors in continuously assessing student learning in a balanced and integrated manner.

• To liaise with the Midwifery Practice Development Co-ordinator and the Link Lecturers regarding students.

• To participate actively in the Practice Development Team, undertaking any work as required.

• To actively participate in the care of women and their babies working alongside midwifery students in the clinical setting.

Informal Enquiries

Name: Sandra O Connor

Position: Director of Midwifery

Email: sandra.oconnor@hse.ie

Tel: 0667184023

Name: Mary Stack Courtney

Position: Assistant Director of Midwifery/Midwifery Practice Development

Email: mary.stackcourtney@hse.ie

Tel: 0667184059