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 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 Staff Midwife will work within a multidisciplinary team in providing a safe, effective, high quality midwifery service to women, babies and their families.

Informal Enquiries

Ms. Katie Bourke, Director of Midwifery, Cork University Maternity Hospital

Tel: 021 4920705 Email: Katie.Bourke@hse.ie

Ms. Riona Cotter, Acting Assistant Director of Midwifery, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Tel: 021 – 4920522 Email: Riona.Martin@hse.ie