When you study midwifery with us at Cardiff University, you join our midwifery team who are all dedicated and passionate about providing the very best quality midwifery education. You will be guided to learn at a Russell Group University by motivated and knowledgeable midwifery lecturers who are influencing healthcare across Wales, UK and globally through engagement and research. We strive to deliver an exceptional programme that will equip you to graduate with an Honours degree and to be eligible to enter the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Register as knowledgeable, safe, proficient and compassionate midwives who take responsibility as lead professionals in the care of women, pregnant people, newborns and families, across all contexts, by optimising principles of autonomy and accountability.

Programme Aims

The aim of this combined academic and professional qualification is for the graduate midwife to confidently demonstrate safe, proficient, and respectful midwifery practice as mandated by NMC and International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) global definition of the midwife. As a graduate midwife, you will:

Take responsibility as the lead professional for the care of women, babies, partners and families in all contexts by optimising principles of autonomy and accountability.

Use effective, authentic and meaningful communication skills and strategies, acknowledging and respecting human rights and pertinent legal and ethical frameworks.

Promote and deliver continuity of care and carer across all maternity settings facilitating safe and effective practice.

Demonstrate proficiency as a skilled practitioner in the full range of practical and interpersonal skills required to give effective, safe and compassionate care.

Organise and deliver inclusive holistic care that includes physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors within an ever-changing health and social care environment.

Appraise the impact of diversity, adversity and marginalisation within the UK and globally on the needs of women and their families recognising the benefits of public health measures.

Optimise the normal physiological processes across the childbearing and breastfeeding continuum, working to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications.

Recognise and collaboratively manage pre-existing, current and emerging complexities that may affect women, newborn infants and their families.

Value partnership and work effectively in collaboration with women, families and colleagues providing care that is safe, promotes excellence and positive experiences.

Deliver Evidence Based Practice which includes the ability to critically review the best available evidence to inform care in combination with professional expertise and the womans preference.

Emulate positive personal leadership by commitment to reflection, lifelong learning and self-care demonstrating professional courage, advocacy for women and the promotion of excellence in themselves and services through quality improvement.

These Programme Aims are the foundation stones that are threaded through the programme Learning Outcomes, which are expressed as knowledge and understanding, intellectual skills, professional practice and transferable skills.

Accreditations: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Career prospects

Midwifery is a global profession, and UK-educated midwives are respected worldwide, meaning you'll have the opportunity to work both in the UK and across the globe. Midwifery is a challenging and rewarding career choice, and upon qualification, the career options available are varied and plentiful, and include: clinical midwifery, management, research and education.

Graduate careers: Midwife, Nurse, Advanced nurse practitioner, Health visitor, Research nurse, Ward manager, Lecturer.