Julie Jones

Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

Postgraduate Course Leader

College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare

julie.jones@uwl.ac.uk

Dr Julie Jones did her nurse training in Edinburgh in 1988, shortly followed by midwifery training in Blackpool. Julie has been a practising midwife since 1993, a midwifery lecturer since 2014, and has also studied psychology. Julie has worked in many areas throughout the UK, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. She also worked for Unicef in Denmark procuring and arranging the supply of medical supplies and vaccines. She was a bereavement specialist midwife from 2011-2014 before taking up a post as a Midwifery lecturer at the University of West London. Julie was Course Leader for London for the BMidwifery (Hons) three year course from 2018 to 2023; she is now Course Leader for postgraduate courses.

Julie has successfully completed a doctorate in Health Science in 2022 looking at what knowledge, skills and abilities constitute proficiency in caring for bereaved parents experiencing stillbirth or neonatal death. This resulted in the Perinatal Loss Proficiency Framework which was launched in August 2022; the aim is for this to form the basis for all healthcare training for anyone involved in caring for parents experiencing perinatal loss.

Qualifications
- DHSc
- MMedSci
- BSc(Hons)Psych
- BSc(Hons)Mid
- Dip HE
- PGCert (Academic Practice)
Memberships

Member of the NMC
Member of the RCM
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority

Teaching

I have been a member of the Midwifery teaching team since 2014. I teach across a variety of modules over the three years of the Midwifery course as well as postgraduate modules. My speciality is caring for families experiencing perinatal loss and women with complex needs.

Research

See Julie Jones's publications list in the UWL Repository.

Research and publications

Jones, J. (2016) An exploration of the impact of peer assessment on student understanding of the assessment process and criteria. British Journal of Midwifery 24;7 p 484-490
Jones, J. (2017) Women in Prison in Squire, C. (Ed) Social Context of Birth p265-276.
Jones, J. (2018) Assessing the woman in labour. In Lindsay, P. , Bagness C and Peate, I. (eds) Midwifery Skills At A Glance. John Wiley& Sons.
Jones, J. (2018) Use of a vaginal speculum and taking a vaginal swab. In Lindsay, P. , Bagness C and Peate, I. (eds) Midwifery Skills At A Glance. John Wiley& Sons.
Jones, J. (2018) Care after Pregnancy Loss. International Journal of Birth and parent Education. 6:2.
Independent Maternity Review. (2022). Ockenden report – Final: Findings, conclusions, and essential actions from the independent review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (HC 1219). Crown. Availiable at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1064302/Final-Ockenden-Report-web-accessible.pdf
Organised and led on Perinatal Loss Masterclass to launch my Perinatal Loss Proficiency Framework (PLPF) at UWL in August 2022.
Jones, J., Fisher Van Werkhoven, R., Aras-Payne, A and Prances-Beresford, R (2022) The Evolution of the Midwife Degree Apprentice: A New Route into Midwifery. The Practising Midwife 25:5. Pp 32-34.
Jones.J and Harder.M (2023) Special report: Introducing the Perinatal Loss Proficiency Framework. The Practising Midwife 6:1. Pp 22-23.
Cauldwell M., Banerjee, A., Howard, R., Jones, J., Mail, L., Magro, M., Middleton, B. Nash, K., Taylor, A. and Ockenden.D. (2023) Why the Ockenden report didn’t get it wrong: A review of the evidence. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Available at: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.17401
Conferences

Presented my Perinatal Loss Proficiency Framework (PLPF) to Loss and Bereavement Forum for London on 27th January 2023.
Presented my Perinatal Loss Proficiency Framework (PLPF) to Lead Midwife for Education national group on 2nd December 2022.
Presented my Perinatal Loss Proficiency Framework (PLPF) to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Baby Loss at Westminster 8th November 2022.
Presented at Westminster Insights Improving Maternity Services Digital Conference on 13th October 2022.
Presented at the National Bereavement Midwife Forum in London in October 2018.
Presented at SANDS/BLISS/RCM joint annual conference: Transforming Loss in Sept 18.
Presented at the UWL Research Seminar in October 2018.
Presented at SANDS/BLISS/RCM joint annual conference: Transforming Loss in Sept 17.
June 2016: UWL Teaching and Learning Conference; presentation on the impact of peer assessment on student learning.
Poster presentation at the UWL Teaching and Learning Conference in 2015; An exploration of the impact of peer assessment on student understanding of the assessment process.