Advanced MidwifeNurse Practitioner, Candidate(cAMP) (cANP)(Endometriosis), Cork University Maternity Hospital
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Job Summary
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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 Obstetrics Gynaecology and Neonatology Services in the Cork University Hospital Group within the Health Service Executive Southern region. CUMH has approximately 7000 births per annum and is a tertiary referral centre.
Services at CUMH are delivered within SWHG Ireland South Womens and Infants Network which is based on the principles of partnership and integration and strongly supports the involvement of the multidisciplinary team in service provision.
CUMH is a 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.
The Groups Primary Academic partner is University College Cork. A wide range of educational programmes and research is conducted within all hospitals in the Group.
Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be operational from 2024.
Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.
Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:
Integrated locally planned and delivered
Easier to access and navigate
Available closer to home
Health Regions are geographically-based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation with more service provision developed at a local level.
The HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.
This includes:
South West Hospital Group S/SWHG
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH
The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region
Services in the South West health region:
HSE Services working within this region include:
Acute Hospitals
Primary care services
Community services
Social care services
Health and social care professionals
Voluntary sector services
The cAN/MP in Endometriosis will be based at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) a tertiary referral centre that provides comprehensive obstetric neonatal and gynaecology services.
The Endometriosis Supraregional Service in Cork is a specialist multidisciplinary service providing advanced diagnostic medical and surgical care for women with complex endometriosis. As a supraregional centre it accepts referrals not only from the South West region but also nationally for severe and deep infiltrating disease.
Key Aims
Deliver timely diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis
Provide advanced laparoscopic surgical management including complex bowel bladder and ureteric involvement
Improve quality of life fertility outcomes and pain management
Ensure continuity of care from diagnosis through longterm follow-up
Support education research and clinical governance in endometriosis care
Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.
Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:
Integrated locally planned and delivered
Easier to access and navigate
Available closer to home
Health Regions are geographically based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation with more service provision developed at a local level.
The HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.
This includes:
South / South West Hospital Group S/SWHG
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH
The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region
Services in the South West health region:
HSE Services working within this region include:
Acute Hospitals
Primary care services
Community services
Social care services
Health and social care professionals
Voluntary sector services
South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare became part of HSE South West health region on 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will continue throughout 2026
Purpose of the post
The purpose of this post is to develop the clinical academic and leadership competencies required to practice as a Registered Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner in Endometriosis. The role supports advanced evidencebased nurse-led care for:
Specialist outpatient clinics (new and follow-up patients)
One-stop assessment clinics (history exam imaging)
Advanced imaging pathways (e.g. pelvic MRI expert ultrasound)
Complex surgical lists (robotic/laparoscopic excision)
Pain management programmes
Fertility counselling and management
Patient education and self-management support
Structured referral pathways from regional hospitals
The cAN/MP is central to the delivery coordination and development of the service practising at an advanced clinical and leadership level. The ANP in Endometriosis will deliver expert autonomous and evidence-based care to women with confirmed endometriosis within a supraregional multidisciplinary service.
The post holder will lead in advanced clinical assessment diagnosis treatment and long-term management of complex endometriosis while contributing to service development education research and quality improvement.
The individual will complete and submit the necessary documentation for registration as an RAN/MP with NMBI. The value of the nursing/midwifery contribution as a distinct profession must be safeguarded and articulated in the development of new services led by advanced nurse practitioners complementing rather than replacing current services delivered by doctors (NMBI 2017 p.9). The overall purpose of the post is to provide safe timely evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing/midwifery level.
This involves undertaking and documenting a complete episode of patient care (assess diagnose plan treat and discharge patients) according to collaboratively agreed protocols and scope of practice in the clinical setting; demonstrating advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge critical thinking clinical leadership and decision-making skills. The advanced practice role demonstrates a high degree of knowledge skill and experience that is applied within the nurse-patient/client relationship to achieve optimal outcomes through critical analysis problem solving and accurate decision making (NMBI 2017).
Central to this is the provision of quality care a safe environment and processes for patients by the use of evidence based clinical guidelines that address patient expectations promote wellness and evaluate care given. The role will provide clinical leadership and professional scholarship in order to develop nursing/midwifery practice and health policy at local regional and national level. The role will contribute to nursing research to shape and advance nursing/midwifery practice education and health care policy at local national and international levels
Informal Enquiries
We welcome enquiries about the role.
Name: Katie Bourke Director of Midwifery CUMH
Telephone: 086-8231188
Name: Lorraine OConnor Assistant Director of Nursing CUMH
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Contact Meagan McGlynn - People Resourcing for enquiries relating to the recruitment process
Required Experience:
IC
