Key details
Deniece Hardy
Senior Lecturer in Midwifery
Deniece is a Senior Lecturer for Midwifery in the School of Health Sciences at the University of 杏吧app下载. Prior to her role with the University of 杏吧app下载, Deniece had a diverse NHS career within acute and community midwifery practice. She has recently moved from her position as Delivery Suite Manager and her previous roles have focused on intrapartum care, fetal monitoring, quality assurance, education, mentoring and personalised birth planning.
Deniece has a keen interest in caring for complex individuals within the maternity setting and leading the maternity enhanced care team in collaboration with Obstetricians, Anesthetists, Intensive Care and Outreach. She is currently studying for her PGCert in Clinical Education. Deniece is a link lecturer at Darent Valley Hospital and a personal tutor.
Posts held previously
2018-2022 Delivery Suite Ward Manager, MECU Lead
2010- 2018 Senior Midwife, Delivery Suite Coordinator, Triage Lead, Operational Lead
2006-2009 Rotational Hospital and Community Midwife
2006 Registered Midwife
2003 Registered Adult Nurse, ITU, Medicine, Gynecology
Responsibilities within the university
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Royal College of Midwives
- Royal College of Nurses
Research / Scholarly interests
Deniece has undertaken a Primary research study of Neonatal outcomes following one prior LSCS. A Logistic Regression was undertaken to compare neonatal outcomes based on the intended mode of delivery (VBAC versus ERCS) by measuring Apgar and NNU admissions.