Dr Ellen L Kitson-Reynolds DClinP, BM (Hons), RM (Dip), RN (Cert), PCAP, PFHEA, MECC Accredited
Director of Programmes: Nursing and Midwifery , Principal Teaching Fellow , Midwifery Programmes/Group Manager, Lead Midwife for Education, Professional Midwifery Advocate/Academic Lead for Managing Student , Incidents in Practice (Midwifery)
Dr Ellen Kitson-Reynolds is the Director of Programmes: Nursing and Midwifery, Midwifery Programme Manager and Principle Teaching Fellow in Health Sciences, University of Southampton and a Post-doctoral Clinical academic Midwife. Ellen’s clinical and published expertise covers clinical decision making, supporting newly qualified midwives and educational advances for pre-registration midwifery education, continuity of carer implementation in midwifery curriculum, bladder management linked to birth and a special interest in autistic spectrum disorders linked to maternity services.
I passionately believe in supporting midwives to achieve their fullest potential that will positively impact women and their families through their pregnancy, birth and post-birth experiences and for the next generation of midwives to espouse the highest quality professional values.
I am currently lecturing at the University of Southampton. I am also a Professional Midwifery Advocate for the Southampton area. My professional background is as a nurse and midwife, with academic activity linked to:
- All aspects of midwifery practice particularly supporting women’s choice and developing Continuity of Carer
- Professional regulation and standards including the support of midwives and nurses
- Clinical investigations and related legal aspects
- Clinical decision making and leadership teaching and learning for students, midwives and women
- Enhancing the student experience through videoed scenarios, case studies and individual experiences
- The transition of newly qualified midwives
- Safeguarding the public through risk management and education for practitioners
- Qualitative research – in particular Phenomenology
- Curriculum development
- Evidence based practice
- Autism and inclusivity
- Continence technologies