Samuel Todd
Sam completed his degree in Midwifery at Birmingham City University in 2012. He subsequently worked as a Band 5 Midwife during a 12 month preceptorship programme at Birmingham Women’s Hospital which included rotations to the Birth Centre, Delivery Suite, Antenatal Ward and Postnatal Ward. From December 2013 Sam worked as a rotational Band 6 Midwife between the Birth Centre and Delivery Suite where he gained vast experience caring for women in both high and low risk birth settings. In September 2015 Sam was seconded to the role of a Risk Midwife for the Birth Centre and Delivery Suite and was promoted to a Band 7 role as the Sign up to Safety Lead for Maternity in September 2016. During this role Sam implemented change and improvements regarding CTG interpretation, tissue viability care in maternity and the development of a maternity specific inpatient sepsis tool.
From March 2018 Sam was appointed to the role of Band 7 Team Leader for the nationally recognised Homebirth Team at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. A career change in March 2020 led Sam into higher education as Assistant Lecturer in Midwifery at Birmingham City University, in June 2021 he was promoted to Lecturer in Midwifery. As of August 2022, Sam will be returning to Birmingham Women’s Hospital as the Band 7 Birth Centre Manager however, he will continue working with the Midwifery Department as a Visiting Lecturer.
Sam is passionate about midwifery, the role of midwifery support workers and women being able to birth how they choose. His interests include intrapartum care in all birth settings, however he is particularly passionate about birth in midwifery-led settings. Sam has authored and co-authored guidelines for the use of complementary therapies within maternity at a local Trust (including aromatherapy, post-dates complementary therapy treatments, reflexology, hypnobirthing and moxibustion). He is currently undertaking an MSc in Midwifery Studies (due for completion in 2022).