Healthcare Assistant 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 8,000 births per annum and is a tertiary referral centre.

Services at CUMH are delivered within the South South/West Hospital Group (SSWHG) Ireland South Women & Infants 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 South/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.

Purpose of the Post

The National Maternity Strategy (2015) puts the needs of mothers and babies at its centre by ensuring women have access to safe, high quality, evidence based maternity care. This will be done by facilitating choice for women in so far as it is safe to do so.

The Maternity Health Care Assistant (MHCA), as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, supports, assists and complements the role of the midwife, in the provision of safe, effective, quality care to women and babies. The MHCA works under the supervision of a Registered Midwife.

The MHCA will assist the midwives in the care of women and babies and undertake other duties, as has been delegated to him/her by a registered midwife.

Informal Enquiries

Lorraine O’Connor Assistant Director of Nursing, CUMH

Email: lorraine.oconnor4@hse.ie

Tel: 021-4920756

Claire O’ Halloran Assistant Director of Midwifery, CUMH

Email: claire.ohalloran@hse.ie

Telephone 021 4920704