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Our Staff

Overview

Our multi-professional care here at Kingston Maternity Unit is made up of 13 Consultant Obstetricians providing specialist care for High Risk Women. We have 98 hour Consultant presence on our Labour Ward - a Consultant is present till 10pm each weekday evening and throughout the day on a weekend, they are then on-call from home outside of these hours. We have 3 Midwifery Managers who are responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the clinical areas and the vast number of Midwives providing care to women and their families.

 

Our Management Team

 

Chief Executive Kate Grimes

Chief Executive
Kate Grimes

 

Director of Nursing
Jenny Parr

Divisional Director Dr Andrew Winrow

Divisional Director
Dr Andrew Winrow
Head of Midwifery
Anna Dellaway		 Specialty Lead Obstetrics
Florence Wilcock		 Divisional Manager
Sarah Main
 

Working Together

  • Midwives working within the hospital setting and out in the community providing care to women.
  • Specialist Midwives who provide specific support on screening, mental health, infant feeding and audit to name a few.
  • Registered Nurses the care in our theatres and our high dependency area is provided by trained Nurses.
  • Maternity Support Workers and Maternity Assistants are members of the Midwifery team who can provide some direct care towomen and babies, under the supervision of a Midwife. Some will work out in the community as well as in the Maternity Unit and they are based primarily in postnatal areas.
  • Nursery Nurses predominantly provide care for babies.
 

Our Uniforms

All staff are expected to introduce themselves to you when they meet you in clinic, in hospital or when they visit you at home and their name and role is also written on their identification badge that you can ask to see. Maternity staff employed by Kingston Hospital are provided with a uniform to help you identify the role they have.

Midwives – all midwives regardless of their seniority wear an aubergine tunic top with black trousers.

Sonographers - wear white tunic tops and maroon trousers

Maternity Support Workers and Maternity Assistants – their tunic tops are pale blue, worn with black trousers.

Nursery Nurses – wear grey tunic tops and black trousers.

 

Ask a Midwife

Can I book an amenity room?

We have recently launched amenity rooms at Kingston Maternity Unit. These are single rooms, with en-suite facilities within postnatal wards.
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