Endorsed Midwife and Clinical Midwifery Manager
It’s all about supporting families…
I have had the privilege of supporting families through pregnancy, labour, birth and early parenthood for over 2 decades. Starting off my career as a Registered Nurse in 2000, with a love for mental health care and families, before undertaking Midwifery studies in 2001. I was always certain of my ‘calling’ to work closely with families.
I have a strong focus on engaging with parents in a way that fosters a deep confidence in the journey through pregnancy and birth – highlighting the innate ability of women to grow, birth and nurture new life. I value partnering with families and sharing tools which support learning and decision making as parents navigate the joys and challenges of the pregnancy care landscape.
I am also a lover of learning and sharing that knowledge. In this way, I work with families and pregnancy care professionals in the areas of birth and parenting education, fatherhood, maternity emergencies and vaginal breech birth. I have also been working with Southern Cross University as a lecturer, tutor, supervisor and facilitator for our future midwifery professionals for a number of years. I recognise the value of this investment as we grow the confident, competent, questioning and compassionate midwives of the future.
My experience as a midwife with a history or working with and establishing continuity models across the east coast of Australia is highlighted by experience working as a continuity midwife in public Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) and homebirth services (Newcastle, Belmont), Clinical Midwifery Educator and continuity midwife (Coffs Harbour), Endorsed Private Practice Midwife (EPPM, own practice, Newcastle) and Clinical Midwifery Manager/EPPM (My Midwives – Brisbane, Toowoomba).
My best achievement to date is ‘home grown’. With a beautiful (and patient) wife of over 20 years and 5 uniquely amazing children of our own – I am continuing to work on (to varying levels of success) modelling the healthy family approach I promote – equipping me with plenty of stories of failure and forgiveness that I get to share along the way.