Program Overview
This program prepares students to become registered midwives, offering a wide range of career options in various healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, birth centers, and children's centers. Graduates may also pursue roles in education, counseling, research, and management. The program includes theoretical and practical training, assessment, and teaching components.
Program Outline
Careers:
As a registered midwife, you’ll have a wide choice of career options. The different settings where you could work include:
- NHS or independent-sector hospitals
- local community clinics
- birth centres
- children’s centres
- GP surgeries Many of our graduates work on antenatal, labour and post-labour wards, and in neonatal units. Alternatively, you might go on to work in education, counselling, research, specialist practitioner roles and management.
Tuition fees 2023/24 UK Full-Time £9,250 a year The University may administer a small inflationary rise in tuition fees, in line with Government policy, in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course. EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate. Financial support Students on this course may be entitled to the NHS Learner Support Fund if eligible. UK students enrolling on the course may also be eligible to apply for additional funding to help with living costs. This includes a training grant of at least £5,000 a year for Midwifery students. Money Matters 2023/24 Full-Time EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support.
Entry Requirements:
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse (Adult)
- At least 12 months full-time (or equivalent) post-registration experience of general care
- Degree equivalent to UK first-class or lower second-class honours (2:2 or above) in adult nursing. A DipHE in adult nursing is also accepted if you have evidence of study at level 6 or higher within the last five years
- GCSE English Language and GCSE Mathematics are required at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent)
- An interview forms part of the selection process
- If you accept an offer from Edge Hill you will need to satisfy the requirements of the Nursing & Midwifery Council in respect of physical and mental fitness and will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that you meet the mandatory criteria of ‘Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults’.
