Sarah Jones - Lead Midwife for education and practice development

Midwifery Practice Educators -

Maria Rives-Molina - Team Leader

Elaine Driver, Katie Lawson, Sagal Jama and Soraya Cordellina

Ward 64 Education Links - Shaina Kelly
Inpatient Educator Link - Chloe Berry

Management:

Beverley O'Connor - Head of Midwifery

Gemma Armitage - Deputy Head of Midwifery

Claire Stanley - Deputy Head of Midwifery

Kirsti Redfern - Intrapartum Matron

Lauren Wright- Inpatient Care Matron

Emma Hall - Community Matron

Gifty Affram- Antenatal services Matron
Joanne Mulcair - Antenatal Ward Manager
Cat Foulds - Triage Manager
Sally Hinchliffe - Deputy Triage Manager

Emily Wheeler- Postnatal Ward 47b Manager

Georgia Eddleston - Deputy Ward 47b Manager
Meagan Pickford - Postnatal Ward 66  Manager

Amy Edwards - Postnatal Ward 66  Manager

Hannah Sealey - Deputy Ward 66 Manager

Juliet Mason - Delivery Unit Ward 64 Manager

Laura Knowles - Delivery Unit Ward 64 Manager

Lyndsey Evans - Deputy Ward 64 Manager

Christina Hartnup - AAU Manager

Fiona Campbell - ERP Manager

Lucy Westbrook - Deputy ERP Manager

Kristin Jamieson - Antenatal Clinic Manager

Sue Monk - Community Manager

Lynn Kirby - Fetal Medicine Unit Manager

Della Carr- Fetal Medicine Unit Manager

Sarah Jones- Lead Midwife for Education and Practice Development

Midwifery Practice Educators -

Kathy Unsworth - Team Leader

Natasha Love (maternity leave)

Lauren Connarty

Tazin Sultana Kabir

Inpatient Education Link - Lisa Brannan

Intrapartum Education Link - Carolyn Bentham

Maternity Support Worker Advocates - Zoe Pollard & Rachel Booth

Specialist Midwife for Professional Development - Beverly Riddett

Management:

Emma Coulton- Head of Midwifery

Lyndsey Lythe- Deputy Head of Midwifery

Vicky Green- Matron for Inpatient Care

Cassie Duffy- Antenatal Ward Manager

Anna Howarth- Deputy Antenatal Manger

Kausar Ahmed/Joanna Bergin- Triage and AAU Manager

Kathy Mellor- Truage/AAU Deputy Manager

Laura Dell- Postnatal Ward Manager

Joanne Jakubowski- Deputy Postnatal Ward Manager

Lynsie Dickinson- Matron for Intrapartum Care

Helena Spencer- Labour Ward Manager

Megan Kneale- Deputy Labour Ward Manager

Rebecca McCullough- Birth Centre Manager

Farhana Faruque- Matron for Antenatal Services

Susan McAulliffe - Antenatal Services Matron

Dianne Braithewaite - Antenatal Clinic Manager

Mel Coleman- Community Midwife Manager

On shift there should be two coordinators, TC1 to coordinate rooms 1-10 for admissions and TC2 to coordinate rooms 11-20 for ongoing inductions. Room 11 is our only birth pool room on the unit and is ideal for Midwifery Led Care.

On Delivery Unit you can also approach the DU Education Links - Beth Billingsley and Phoebe Bailey. They will be able to support with supervision of skills and try to facilitate regular meetings with you during your delivery unit rotation.

Antenatal Ward 65-

Found on the second floor opposite ward 66. This ward consists of a 28 bedded antenatal ward of four bays each with 4 beds, 12 single rooms for antenatal admissions and  allocated for induction of labour. We can accommodate up to 6 inductions per day as well as outpatient inductions.

Postnatal Ward 66-

This is found next to ward 65 on the second floor. Ward 66 is a 28 bedded postnatal ward of four bays each with 4 beds and 12 single rooms. Also has an In-reach team room and Milk room for sterilising equipment.

Postnatal Ward 47b-

Ward 47b can be found on the third floor in SMH. It is a 28 bedded postnatal ward of five bays each with 4 beds. There are 8 single rooms on this ward. This used to be a beautiful MLC birth unit up until a few years ago, so you may find some rooms have birthing pools. The Infant Feeding Midwives can also be found on this ward as well as the Education Team.

ERP- Consists of 2 four bedded bays on Delivery Unit, these are allocated for patients who are on the Enhanced Care Pathway. Enhanced care pathway involves patients who have had a low risk Caesarean Section, the pathway encourages a 24 hour discharge for Mother and baby.

AAU- This ward is now based on ward 63, the ward primarily conducts outpatient appointments involving Ferrinject administration, fetal well-being scans and ELCS pre op appointments. There are 4 Consulting rooms and 1 large scan room.

Triage Ward 64a- This is SMH triage unit for emergency attendances and reviews, it has recently expanded and taken over the old AAU unit. The ward consists of 1 triage room, 10 beds and 1 scan room for obstetric reviews, there is now fetal surveillance on the unit which is an exciting new feature!

Matron for Intrapartum care (covers the Labour Ward), Matron for Inpatient Services (covers Triage, Antenatal Ward and the Postnatal ward), Matron for Antenatal Service (covers ANC, the community and the Birth Centre), Matron for Education and Practice Development, Matron for Quality, safety and patient Improvement.

Labour Ward

The Labour ward is situated on the second floor in K Block.  It comprises of 10 Labour rooms, 2 theatres, 1 high dependency room and the butterfly room (bereavement room)

Birth Centre

The Bluebell Birth Centre is located on the second floor of K Block. It is next to labour ward.

Women under midwifery led care and choosing a hospital birth will be admitted to the birth centre in spontaneous labour. The birth centre has a small team of midwives, maternity support workers and a manager.

This beautiful space consists of 4 rooms, 2 of which have birthing pools. Each room is comfortably furnished, providing birthing aids and ambient lightening to create a home from home environment. Research has shown that using a birth centre supports the physiology of birth and reduces the chance of interventions. Birth centres are associated with higher maternal satisfaction and positive birth experience.

The birth centre runs regular tours for pregnant women and their birth centres.

Triage and Antenatal Day Unit

This is a 9 bedded triage area which assesses/monitors/diagnoses antenatal women from 16 weeks pregnant and postnatal women up to 6 weeks. There is also a room where the Midwife Sonographer team are based.  This is located on together with the Antenatal ward on the third floor in K Block.

Antenatal Ward

The Antenatal ward is situated also on the third floor of K Block and is a continuation floorplan from the Triage/ANDU. It has 14 beds, 2 of which are side rooms, with en-suite facilities, with the other beds confined to 4 bedded bays. There is a 4 bed flexible room which is shared with the postnatal ward. The induction of labour is commenced on this ward as well as having high-risk inpatient antenatal patients.

Postnatal Ward

The Postnatal ward is situated on the third floor and a continuation of the Antenatal ward.  It has 21 beds consisting of 4 four bedded bays and 6 single rooms with en-suite facilities as well as the shared flexible bay.

Antenatal Clinic

This is located on the ground floor towards the left-hand side as you entrance to K Block. There are daily bookings and consultant-led clinics including specialist clinics which run throughout the week. There are also consultant-led clinic’s being run from the Fairfield General Hospital in Bury.

Community Midwifery Services

The community Midwives Office is situated on Ward B4. The community midwifery service has 5 teams covering the City Centre, North Manchester areas, Salford and Bury.

Each team consists of a team leader, band 5 and band 6 midwives and maternity support workers.

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Any specific queries about off duty, annual leave etc., should be directed to the ward manager or their PA of the area you are working in.

Band 5 midwives can expect to rotate to Antenatal, Postnatal, and Intrapartum areas, with the possible inclusion of a placement with the community setting, during your preceptorship to support the completion of your preceptorship programme. You may wish to complete your preceptorship whilst working as part of a Continuity Team.  If this is the case, we can tailor your preceptorship to ensure that you have the opportunity to complete all your Intrapartum skills and knowledge. The matrons will organise the rotations for band 5 midwives. Should you have any questions, please contact them directly via email.  

E-roster closes for requests 2 months prior to the month in question i.e. period of 24th Febuary to 22nd March closes 1st January. Please book your requests in a timely manner and make sure you use them. We are flexible but also expect you to be considerate with how much you request for equity amongst your colleagues. 

This is a guide to the number of requests you may have each month dependent on your contracted working hours.

Ø 28.5-37.5 h  = 4 requests = 96h

Ø  19.0-28.0 h  = 3 requests = 72h

Ø  10.0-18.5 h  = 2 requests = 48h

Ø  1.0-9.5 h      = 1 requests  = 24h

Staff may wish to apply to use their CPD money to fund or part fund an externally provided course, study day or conference. Staff can apply for external funding through the external funding page on the CPD Portal of the Learning Hub. All applications will be approved by your line manager after submitting. Directors of Nursing will review all applications from their hospital/MCS and approve or reject applications. 

Below are a few examples of courses which may interest you but please access the universities website to see their prospectus and wide range of courses available.

You will be required to fill this document prior your appraisal meeting.

The documents looks lengthy but don't panic it has a lot of helpful information, if you need any help to complete this please contact your manager or the education team at your site.

• Postnatal Workshop - please contact Chloe Berry

• Antenatal Workshop - please contact Alison Peruga

• Intrapartum Workshop - please contact Phoebe Bailey and Shaina Kelly

• Theatre etiquette Workshop - please contact Phoebe Bailey and Shaina Kelly

• Suturing Workshop - please book yourself on Kallidus (Just remember to request it on eroster and get managers approval for that roster period) 2025 dates are on, 2026 date will be uploaded soon.

  • Learn | Perinatal Pelvic Health and Perineal Trauma (practical)

  • Learn | Perinatal Pelvic Health and Perineal Trauma (theory)

   

Staff parking on the multi story car parks must hold a valid permit and park within the designated staff parking levels. Staff must not park in public areas; staff who park in public areas will receive a PCN and may have their permit revoked.

Band 5 is approx £24 per calendar month.

Band 6 is approx £27.60 per calendar month.

Please note this may change dependant on banding/ hours worked and overall wage. Parking permits must be renewed every 12 months.

Cross site working:

Staff who are attending other sites three or more times per week, can apply for a Cross Site Multi Car Parking Permit.

If less than the three times per week, please complete a Cross Site Staff Members Parking Exemption Form (attached above) which will allow staff to park for free at either sites providing they hold a permit at one of the hospital sites.

Sarah Jones - Lead Midwife for education and practice development

Midwifery Practice Educators -

Emily Hall - Team Leader

Aimee Russell-Smith (Maternity Leave), Hollie Beavan and Kate Bowman-Worrall

Management:

Emily McClure - Head of Midwifery

Kate Giannone - Deputy Head of Midwifery

Caroline Berry - Delivery Suite Matron

Sam Nichols- Inpatient matron

Lynne Swann - Matron for Normal Birth

Tara Kennedy - Matron of Antenatal Services

Joanne Pitcher + Amanda Fieldhouse - Birth Centre Managers

Gemma Grant - Delivery Suite manager

Kate Smeaton - DS Deputy manager

Henrietta Connolly and Sean Hill - C3 Managers

Bronte Duxbury & Hannah Richardson - C2 Managers

Lauren Biesty - C2 Deputy

Deborah Brennan and Tilly Howson- Triage managers

Hannah Critchley - ANC manager Wythenshawe

Lucy Farquharson - ANC manager Trafford

Emma Axon, Lisa Robinson, Karla Roberts and Louise Nelson - Community managers

Elisabeth Tresise - ERP Manager

Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator's - Debbie Keighron, Emillie Gibb, Kate Smeaton, Lisa Crossley, Carol Aylmer, Kate Smeaton, Louise Greatorex, Michelle Iredale, Melina Saebi, Amy Ashbrook & Collette Parsons, Beckie Talbot, Chloe Webb, Jade Donnelly, Bethan McAvoy.

The Unit has 9 delivery rooms; including a pool room, 3 enhanced maternal care rooms for mothers with complicated pregnancies, a dedicated bereavement labour room, 4 recovery beds and there are two Obstetric Theatres situated within the Delivery Suite area and 24 hour on-site support from the anaesthetic department. 

Delivery suite theatres are located on delivery suite, on the same corridor as the scrub change room, recovery and the anaesthetic office. There are 2 theatres, one of which is latex free.

Recovery takes place in a four bedded area just off the theatre corridor. It is the recovery nurse who will recovers the woman from the anaesthetic and operation.

Manchester Birth Centre  

The Midwife Led Birth Centre is a co-located unit within the main Maternity Unit at Wythenshawe. Low risk women who are booked under Midwife Led Care and are admitted in spontaneous labour at term will be admitted to the Birth Centre and cared for holistically. Place of delivery should have ideally been discussed prior to the onset of labour, whilst making a birth plan. 

It has 5 pool rooms and is staffed by midwives and maternity support workers (MSW). The 5 rooms are comfortably furnished and provide birth pools and birthing aids presented in a non-clinical environment. The lamps and lighting can be adjusted to create the type of atmosphere that the woman and her birthing partner’s desire. The impact of a homely environment is known to positively affect the birth experience.

Ward C2 Facilities, including Enhanced Recovery.

Ward C2 is situated on the first floor adjacent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This is a 21 bedded postnatal ward. It is split into one bay of 2 beds, 6 private en-suite side rooms, a family room (for longer stay patients) and three 4 bedded bays. The ward is split into 3 coloured ‘zones’, each with 7 beds. Every shift you will be allocated to a zone and will care for these women throughout your day. The ward is usually staffed with a shift co-ordinator (Band 6 midwife), a NIPE midwife, 3 midwives (band 5s and 6s), an advanced practitioner who works with TCU babies and two maternity support workers. Uniform must be worn in adherence to uniform protocol. 

The ward also has a Transitional Care Unit which provides care to higher risk neonates. You will care for these babies whilst being supported by a band 4 assistant practitioner.  You should try and gain some experience working in TCU to familiarise yourself with the protocols and care of higher risk neonates. There is a folder by TCU that contains all of the neonatal guidelines and information that you will need whilst you are caring for babies on C2.  

Enhanced Recovery Bay is an 8 bedded ward situated within the postnatal ward, which contains 2 four bedded bays.  Women attend the Enhanced Recovery Bay for a pre-operative appointment two days before their elective surgery. And those women who remain on the enhanced recovery pathway will be recovered and discharged from here 24hours after their elective c/s.

Ward C3 Facilities 

The Antenatal Ward is situated on the 2nd floor and has 12 beds This area also has a bereavement suite (the Snowdrop Room) which contains a a private kitchen and bathroom. The ward is staffed by at least one Band 6 midwife and ideally two others. At least one maternity support worker is usually rota’d onto a shift.

Antenatal Clinic (ANC) 

There are two Antenatal Clinics based at Wythenshawe and Trafford. Wythenshawe Antenatal Clinic is adjacent to the Obstetric Ultrasound Department; there are Consultant clinic sessions and Midwife clinic sessions held daily. 

Community Midwifery Service 

There are 3 teams of community midwives covering areas in South Manchester and Trafford.  

Community midwifery services are integrated within the midwifery unit. Working in teams, we offer integrated midwifery care for the mothers of South Manchester and Trafford. The community midwifery services are led by the Community Manager.

 | Team   | Area covered  | Team Leader  | Telephone Number 

| Gaskell  | Woodhouse Park, Northenden & Benchill- based at Wythenshawe Hospital   | Emma Axon | 07824058296 

| Pankhurst  | Altrincham/Timperley, Sale, Urmston and Partington- based at Trafford General Hospital.   | Louise Nelson and Karla Roberts  | 07854979534

| Seacole  | Chorlton and Didsbury- based at Wythenshawe Hospital   | Lisa Robinson | 07974249130

 Styal Midwife | Melanie Ballard

Triage 

Triage is a four bedded assessment area situated near the Birth Centre and main reception. Antenatal Assessment Unit shares an office with triage to share clerks and support staff. Triage is staffed by two midwives (one is always a band 6) and a maternity support worker. 

The triage unit will review pregnant women from 16/40 gestation until 6/52 postnatal. It runs on self referral and referrals from community midwives when needed.

Antenatal Assessment Unit 

AAU is also located near the birth centre and is next to triage. AAU & triage share an office space. There are 3 beds and an area where women can be scanned by a midwife sonographer. 

AAU runs on an appointment system but women can also be referred in from their community midwife or for a review after having a scan. 

There are many reasons women may need to attend the AAU some include for blood pressure profiles, CTG monitoring, management of obstetric cholestasis and for scan reviews, outpatient induction of labour, ferinject IVI and for ECV. 

Neonatal Unit 

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is self-contained within the maternity department opposite ward C2. It provides level 2 care, meaning the maternity unit accepts in-utero transfers from 27 weeks gestation. We occasionally transfer women below 27 weeks gestation out to other hospitals accompanied by a midwife.

Gynaecology Service  

Saint Mary’s @ Wythenshawe also has an emergency gynaecology service which consists of Ward F16, Emergency Gynaecology Unit (EGU) and a daily pre-op clinic. 

EGU is an acute gynaecology service which follows an Emergency Department model of care. 

F16 is and in-patient ward caring for women experiencing a wide range of gynaecology conditions such as early pregnancy complications or acute non-pregnant gynaecology conditions. Our 19 beds include a 4 bedded bay for the urgent surgical lists that take place Monday-Friday and a 4 bedded bay for ambulatory services.  

For ORC midwifery.education@mft.nhs.uk

66554

For Wythenshawe: maternitympe@mft.nhs.uk

34948

For North: MPE.North@mft.nhs.uk

Write your question on the board linked above, and check back for answers.

During your induction you will be asked to create an account on : MFT Permit System - PermitSmarti  

You can then apply for a permit – you will be asked to upload a ‘line manager mandate form’ which will be completed during your induction.

Once your permit has been approved you will receive an email to collect it from Estates – see the Trust map.

This Permit must be displayed whenever you’re parked at NMGH.

NMGH- You can come to us anytime for support, we can be found on the third floor, Block F.

WYTH - Our door is always open - we are located in the office the the end of delivery suite.

NMGH extension number: 44926
ORC extension number: 66554
WYTH extension number: 34948

If you are present at an obstetric emergency and are asked to put out the 2222 call, you now ask for the 'Obstetric Emergency Team' - you no longer need to 'fast bleep' individuals.

Did you also know that it has also changed for maternal cardiac collapse/arrests?

If you are present at a cardiac arrest and are asked to put out the 2222 call, you now ask for the 'Maternal Cardiac Arrest Team', - no longer called Obstetric Cardiac Arrest Team. When you request the Maternal Cardiac Arrest Team, the Neonatal Emergency Team will also attend.

For any emergency, remember to state on the 2222 call, which site you are at (Saint Mary's Oxford Road, Wythenshawe or North Manchester)

Instead, they are a powerful tool to learn, reflect and improve our current practice in a safe, supportive and non-judgemental learning environment.

You will have meetings with your education team from 3 months, on a 3 monthly basis to check in and review preceptorship progress - these are documented on PARE.

Within one month:

• complete an 'initial self analysis'

• 'initial preceptorship meeting' - to be completed with your line manager or buddy

  
  

Over the course of your preceptorship, you need to complete a minimum of 4 'Reflective Learning Logs' on PARE.

At 11 months, it's time to repeat your 'self analysis' and see how far you've come!

Finally, you and an MPE will complete a final sign off page when you're ready to progress to band 6.

CDU Links

NMGH- Carolyn Bentham

ORC- Shaina Kelly

Antenatal Ward Links

ORC - Chloe Berry

NMGH- Lisa Brannan

Wythenshawe - Sarah Kennedy

Postnatal Ward Links
NMGH - Lisa Brannan

ORC Ward 66, 47b and ERP- Chloe Berry

Wythenshawe - Sarah Kennedy

Community Links
ORC - Michelle Borg

Triage Links
ORC - Sally Hinchliffe

NMGH - Lisa Brannan

Wythenshawe Site -

Your preceptor will be the Education Team.

Delivery Suite Practice Based Educator

Chloe Webb will be available during your shifts on delivery suite, as hands on support on your shifts. She can assist with clinical skills and supernumerary support and is a really positive resource on delivery suite.

Inpatient Practice Based Educator
Sarah Kennedy will be able to support you on your shifts on the Antenatal and Postnatal ward. To assist with supernumerary support, preceptorship and skill development.

Staff members may be carrying a 'Vocera' or a 'Bleep', so it's important you know how to get hold of people using both methods:

Vocera:

• Dial 82 and wait for the voice message

• Say the name of the person you want clearly

• Please refer to the flash cards in each area, created to support with this as you can also ask for the job title of the person you need e.g. "postnatal ward first on" for the neonatal SHO.

  
  

Bleep system:

• Dial 81 and wait for the voice message. 

• Dial the bleep number e.g. 6003

• Dial the extension number you wish them to reply to e.g. 66556

What is a perfusion rig and how does it mimic the environment of the placenta in the uterus?

Setting up for a physiological perfusion procedure - how do substances cross (or don't cross) the placenta?

Such as:

• Fire Drill in DU

• PET and Perimortem CS in ED

• Pre hospital Simulation day with the Ambulance team

• Baby abduction in ward 47

• Delivery and neonatal resuscitation in ANC

• Anaphylaxis

• Pre Hospital Simulation Day

• Styal Prison simulation

Please note: We are updating this page as they are not organised by risk

How to use the Resuscitaire

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