A two year pre registration postgraduate programme for adult nurses registered with the NMC
Overview
Applications are invited from adult nurses working in the following Health Boards for the two year PG DIP/MM short programme in midwifery due to commence in January 2023:
- Highlands
- Shetland
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Lanarkshire
- Orkney
- Western Isles
- Fife
- Ayrshire and Arran
- Tayside
- Lothian
The above Boards have indicated interest in supporting at least one student, but applicants should be aware that final numbers and places have not yet been confirmed in each location. This programme is funded by the Scottish Government and students will be paid a band 5 wage whilst studying.
Only adult nurses currently working in the above Boards are eligible to apply and will be placed for practice experience in their current employing Board.
Highlands Health Board is willing to consider applications from nurses elsewhere in Scotland who are willing to relocate to the Highland's for the duration of the programme and for two years post qualification.
Please contact the Head of Midwifery in the Highlands if you would like to discuss this opportunity.
Midwives provide skilled, knowledgeable, and compassionate care to women, newborn infants and their families. They work across the continuum of pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour, birth, postpartum and the early weeks of a newborn infant's life. To meet these needs our programme reflects a dynamic, student-centred approach to learning, teaching and assessment.
Our postgraduate diploma in midwifery is subject to the â€کNMC Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes'. This requires that 50% of programme learning is theoretical and 50% is practical.
It aims to prepare you for practice as an accountable and autonomous midwife with a focus on:
- mastery of the knowledge and skills required to provide safe and effective midwifery care to women and their families.
- the interpersonal and cultural competence required for effective and collaborative working.
- developing self-capability in a midwifery leadership context, particularly in relation to quality, safety, and efficacy.
- demonstrating commitment to ongoing research, audit and service evaluation to enhance professional learning, policy and practice.
Modules:
Year 1
• Midwifery Practice: Art and Science
• Examination and Care of the Newborn
• Complex Care of Women and Newborn Infants
• Practice Learning: Part 1
Year 2
• Promoting Excellence in Midwifery Research and Practice
• Management of Obstetric Emergencies and Midwifery Care
• Midwifery Practice, Leadership and Personalised Care
• Practice Learning Part 2
All modules are compulsory.