Chief Midwifery Officer

Responsibilities

The Chief Midwifery Officer is responsible for:

• midwifery
• maternal health
• early years and children
• perinatal care
• community nursing

Biography

Justine commenced her midwifery training in 1993 at the Eastern College of Nursing and Midwifery Glasgow. She has worked in the Queen Mother’s Hospital in Glasgow, the Simpsons Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh and both NHS Tayside and NHS Lothian. Justine sat on the Nursing and Midwifery Council as Registrant member for Scotland and Midwifery.

She has had a variety of roles, starting as a rotational midwife at band D. She spent most of her clinical career in the intrapartum setting and then moved into community midwifery and management  before senior roles including Consultant Midwife, Head of Midwifery and Associate Midwifery and Nurse Director. Prior to taking up her current post, Justine was the Director of Midwifery for NHS Lothian. Justine is currently Honorary Professor at Edinburgh Napier University. She has partnered in research on home birth services and continuity of carer.

Justine maintains her clinical midwifery practice, she is passionate about high quality compassionate  midwifery and maternity care for women and their families, women's health and pre-birth and early years in health care delivery.