Staff Midwife, University Hospital

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Kerry, provides comprehensive services for antenatal, intra natal, post natal mothers and their babies and also for women who require gynaecological procedures.

The Department is closely integrated with the Regional Tertiary referral centre at Cork University Maternity Hospital in respect of clinical standards and governance.

The Birth rate in 2021 was just under 1,300 deliveries.

Midwifery Staff / Managers allocated to the area rotate between Fetal Assessment / Ante-natal/labour and delivery and post natal areas to ensure continuing care and midwife competence.

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

There are four Maternity Units in the South/South West Hospital Group – University Hospital Waterford, University Hospital Kerry, Cork University Maternity Hospital and University Hospital Tipperary - 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 work within a multidisciplinary team in providing a safe, effective, high quality midwifery service to women, babies and their families.

Informal Enquiries

Ms. Sandra O'Connor, Director of Midwifery, University Hospital Kerry,

Email: sandra.oconnor@hse.ie

Tel: 066 718-4023