Midwifery shortened degree for registered nurses
- Employer
- Birmingham City University
- Location
- Birmingham
- Salary
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- Closing date
- 8 Aug 2019
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- Sector
- Midwifery, Nurse Educator
Job Details
UCAS Code: Not available through UCAS − apply direct to the University.
Level: Undergraduate
Starting: September 2019
Study mode: Full Time (88 weeks)
Location: City South (and Clinical Placements)
Are you a registered adult nurse looking to change career? You can become dual qualified as a midwife with our 88 week intensive Midwifery shortened course here at Birmingham City University.
Upon completion you will graduate with your degree as well as the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Programme (NIPE) and the UNICEF Baby Friendly initiative. This course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
What's covered in the course?
We offer a forward-thinking educational and training environment, closely aligned to the NHS Constitution and the specific needs of midwifery in the field today, thanks to our close partnership with our commissioning partner.
We use the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Pre-registration Midwifery Education to underpin our training for you to qualify as a midwife and to provide autonomous women-centred care.
The academic studies to help you become a registered midwife are closely interwoven with real-world clinical practice as we know that such experience is crucial to help you reach NMC standards. Key to your journey on this 20+ month intensive course will be strong development of your interpersonal skills (as identified in the Essential Skills Cluster-Communication) to support women and their families through what can sometimes be very complex situations.
You will not only become a midwife competent in the skills needed to promote normal birth and empower women, but become a midwife skilled in managing obstetric and neonatal emergencies, backed up by the evidence based knowledge you need to develop confidence and competence to provide safe care.
Your time here will be split between on-campus study blocks, study days, Trust days, reading weeks and clinical placements – with at least 50 per cent of the course on clinical activities and 40 per cent in class or theory-based.
As we closely align with the values of the NHS Constitution we'll also make sure you leave fully engaged with not just the practice but the ethical and legal framework of today's patient-centric National Health Service.
Where will I study?
You will learn in our City South campus, with access to state-of-the-art facilities that allow you to continue developing your practical skills right here on campus. You will be able to familiarise yourself with the birthing areas in our SPACE room, designed to replicate a birth setting, where you can drop in and practise your skills.
Our campus also has fantastic skills facilities that you will have access to throughout your time here. These include a theatre mock ward, home environment, birthing room and much more. You can find out more about our facilities here.
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Company
At Birmingham City University, we’ve been engaged in teaching and learning since 1843. Our commitment to high-quality teaching, innovative practice and cutting-edge research ensures that Birmingham City University is a great place to study.
Our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences is based just south of the city centre in Edgbaston. We have a wide range of courses in health and social care, education (teacher training and non-teacher training), life sciences, and sport, and our students benefit from practical learning facilities – from a mock operating theatre and hospital wards, digitally-enabled laboratories, sports clinics, and specialised teacher education facilities.
We have a national reputation of educating and training healthcare professionals through pioneering approaches to learning and teaching, through the creation of cutting-edge simulated experiences and have consistently achieved ‘excellent’ ratings in national quality audits. We’re also the largest trainer of undergraduate nurses in the UK, offering cutting-edge learning facilities including state-of-the-art lecture theatres and seminar rooms, mock wards, birthing rooms, operating theatres and virtual reality software. Our departments cover Adult Nursing, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Midwifery and Child Health.
We have recently invested in refurbishing our skills hub to further develop the hands-on, practical training we offer to students on nursing, midwifery and allied health professions courses. The £3.5million redevelopment includes:
• Refurbished operating theatre with new anaesthetic room.
• New post-operative recovery unit for both adult and paediatric simulation scenarios.
• New resuscitation suite with Brayden pro manikins.
• New labour and delivery suite with low-risk and high-risk zones for different types of birth.
As you would expect, our Nursing and Midwifery courses are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), ensuring you have the opportunity to go on to the Register for your profession at the end of your course.
We have strong links with NHS Trusts across Birmingham and Solihull and into the wider Midlands area, including Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (which covers one of only two specialist women’s hospitals in the UK) and Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which is recognised as one of the leading NHS Trusts in the UK and includes the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Training to be a health professional in Birmingham provides students with the opportunity to experience a wider range of clinical areas as well as engaging in service provision for a diverse cross-section of society.
We have a good history of engagement with overseas ministries, academic institutions and professional bodies to transform local healthcare and education practises. Activities include collaborative research and delivery, student progression and mobility of staff and students.
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