Amanda Wain

Contact

• workRoom B235 School of Health Sciences
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 8230984
• Amanda.Wain@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

2019 - Present Assistant Professor in Midwifery - University of Nottingham

Registered Midwife

Senior Tutor for Midwifery

Programme Lead Pre-registration Midwifery 2022-2024

Deputy Programme Lead BSc (Hons) Pre-registration Midwifery 2020-2022

Midwifery Practice Learning Lead 2020-2023

Course Lead - The Professional Midwifery Advocate MSc Module

Module Lead Advancing Midwifery Clinical Practice

Module Lead The Childbirth Continuim

2016 - 2019 Midwifery Teaching Associate - University of Nottingham

Fellow Higher Education Academy

NMC Accredited Teacher

Course Leader The Professional Midwifery Advocate Bridging Programme

External Examiner Cardiff University 2019-2024

Personal Tutor

Link Tutor Nottingham University Hospital (NHS) Trust

Link Tutor Nottingham University Hospital (NHS) Trust Community Midwifery

2016 -2018 Supervisor of Midwives University Hospitals Nottingham

2015 - 2016 Senior Lecturer in Midwifery (Secondment) - De Montfort University, Leicester

2014-2015 - Part-time Lecturer in Midwifery - De Montfort University, Leicester

2014 Appointed Supervisor of Midwives University Hospitals NHS Trust Leicester

2007- 2018 - Registered Midwife - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Labour Ward Core Midwife

Supervisor of Midwives

Bereavement Care

Student Link Midwife

2004 - 2007 Student Midwife, De Montfort University, Leicester

Teaching Summary

Postgraduate Continued Professional Development

Course Lead The Professional Midwifery Advocate MSc and Bridging Programme

BSc (Hons) Midwifery

Module Lead Lead Advancing Midwifery Clinical Practice

Module Lead The Childbirth Continuum

Recent Publications

• WAIN. A, 2025. Promoting Skin, Oral and Gut Microbiome The Practicing Midwife. 28(2), 29
• WAIN A, 2022. INNOVATION AND RESILIENCE: BRINGING MIDWIFERY CARE AND EDUCATION TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE In:
• WAIN A, 2022. MIDWIVES MOVING INTO HIGHER EDUCATION: Maternity and Midwifery Forum Presentation In:
• 2020. New-born Life Support OSCE Demonstration . Health E-Learning and Media Team (HELM) University of Nottingham. 02/27/2020 00:00:00

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Past Research

BSc (Hons) Midwifery - First Class Degree with Honours

Dissertation - "Why is Teenage Pregnancy so Bad?"

Msc Midwifery Practice with Merit

Dissertation - A phenomenology study to examine the lived experiences of midwives during their preceptorship.

• WAIN. A, 2025. Promoting Skin, Oral and Gut Microbiome The Practicing Midwife. 28(2), 29
• WAIN A, 2022. INNOVATION AND RESILIENCE: BRINGING MIDWIFERY CARE AND EDUCATION TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE In:
• WAIN A, 2022. MIDWIVES MOVING INTO HIGHER EDUCATION: Maternity and Midwifery Forum Presentation In:
• 2020. New-born Life Support OSCE Demonstration . Health E-Learning and Media Team (HELM) University of Nottingham. 02/27/2020 00:00:00
• AMANDA WAIN, 2019. The Use of Reflection in Midwifery Practice to Inform Clinical Decision-Making. In: Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A Global Perspective 1. 77-86
• AMANDA WAIN, SUE BRITT and BERNIE DIVALL, 2018. Development of the bridging programme for the role of the professional midwifery advocate to support quality improvement MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 28(3), 285-289
• TODHUNTER. F, WAIN A and FOSTER. J, 2018. Providing a civic partnership opportunity for primary school children to explore maternity care and perinatal health through a social pedagogy MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 28(4), 433-437
• 2018. Should Dystocia OSCE Demonstration . Health E-Learning and Media Team (HELM) University of Nottingham. 02/14/2018 00:00:00
• 2018. Cord Prolapse OSCE Demonstration . Health E-Learning and Media Team (HELM) University of Nottingham. 02/14/2020 00:00:00
• WAIN. A, 2017. Examining the lived experiences of newly qualified midwives during their preceptorship The British Journal of Midwifery. 25(7), 451-457
• WAIN. A, 2017. Learning Through Reflection The British Journal of Midwfery. 25(10), 662-666
• WAIN. A, 2017. Supporting student midwives in their transition to qualified practitioner by incorporating preceptorship into undergraduate programmes.: THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017. Manchester. In:
• WAIN. A, STRATEGIES TO RESPOND TO FUTURE HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS, AND BEST PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY EDUCATION IN THE UK.: ) The University of Darul Ulum Jombang, The 3rd Joint International Conference. In:
• WAIN. A, The role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate to support quality improvement in and through practice learning – development of a practice education project: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS IN PRACTICE CONFERENCE 2018. Birmingham. In:
• Promoting Skin, Oral and Gut Microbiome Instagram Live 07/04/25 . 01/01/1900 00:00:00