
Community Midwifery Manager
Job role
To manage and support the community midwifery team providing all aspects of maternity care.
Area of responsibility
Community midwives
Point of contact at the hospital
Email: Karen.savage6@nhs.net
Telephone: 01535 292213 or Mobile: 07500 097756
Professional background
I qualified as a general nurse in 1988 and worked in the Gynaecology team at St James Hospital Leeds for 2 years.
I then moved to Airedale Hospital and have worked here since 1991 after qualifying as a midwife. I initially worked on labour ward and then moved to community midwifery in 1994 where I worked as a community midwife in Pendle, providing all aspects of antenatal, postnatal and intrapartum care to Pendle women who chose to birth at Airedale. I became community manager in October 2017.
I have also been a work place steward for the Royal College of Midwives for over 10 years.