
RN, RM, Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery, Childbirth Educator.
Clare trained to be a nurse in the UK In1993. In her career as a nurse she initially specialised in Neurosurgery and then in Emergency Nursing, working as a senior nurse and nurse educator in both specialities. She completed a postgraduate diploma in Midwifery with high distinction and became a midwife in June 2009. She is mother to 2 children.
“Midwifery has always been a part of my life. My aunt is a community midwife consultant in the UK and my best friend in the UK is a senior Midwife. I always wanted to be a nurse and I have loved my years working in critical care. I knew that one day I would become a midwife. My first child was born in hospital in the UK and my second child was born at home in Australia, it was the most amazing, empowering experience of my life. I became a midwife because it is my passion. I wanted to educate and empower women and their families so they could make their own choices about the birth of their children I believe childbirth to be a life changing and natural process and I feel very privileged to be involved in this magical journey.”
Clare now works part-time as a midwife at Armadale Hospital as well as teaching childbirth education and active birth workshops. She hopes to commence a research based Masters degree in midwifery at Curtin University in 2010.