Teaching Strengths
Dr Kirstie Balding
Senior Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
College of Health
Kirstie has been a registered midwife for over 25 years, her initial midwifery qualification was gained in the UK but now lives inAustralia where she works as a midwifery academic. Her midwifery career has spanned the full scope of midwifery practicefrom working in as a coordinator on a tertiary hospital birth suite to working in low-risk models in the community and as a specialistmidwife. Kirstie’s PhD research was an exploration of emotional intelligence and its relevance to midwifery practice, highlightinghow attributes such as compassion, empathy and situational awareness are critical to the provision of maternity care
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 - ongoing | Senior Midwifery Lecturer | Adelaide University |
| 2026 - ongoing | Adjunct Research Fellow | University of Western Australia |
| 2022 - 2026 | Senior Midwifery Lecturer/ Acting Head of Discpline (Midwifery) | University of Notre Dame Australia |
| 2014 - 2022 | Midwifery Lecturer | University of Notre Dame Australia |
| 2012 - 2019 | Clinical Midwife | Government of Western Australia Department of Health |
| 2009 - 2012 | Specialist Midwife | National Health Service |
| 2005 - 2009 | Community Midwife | National Health Service |
| 1998 - 2005 | Registered Midwife | National Health Service |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2024 | University of Notre Dame Australia | Australia | PhD (Midwifery) |
| 2007 - 2009 | Uiniversity of Huddersfield | United Kingdom | Master of Science (Public Health Nursing) |
| 2000 - 2002 | University of Hull | United Kingdom | BSc (Hons) Midwifery |
| 1991 - 1994 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | Advanced Diploma (Adult Nursing) |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Registered Midwife | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency | Australia |
| — | Registered Nurse | Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK) | United Kingdom |
| — | Specialist Community Public Health Nurse | Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK) | - |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Balding, K., Geraghty, S., Pezaro, S., McChlery, S., & Timler, A. (2026). “Learning to sip tea intelligently”: A phenomenographic exploration of midwifery students’ perceptions of emotional intelligence and its relationship to midwifery. Women and Birth, 39(2), 102188. |
| 2026 | Hill, M. G., Hopper, L., Flanagan, B., Hansen, S., Miles, A., Watson, J., . . . Mills, B. (2026). Neonatal assessment and VR: designing 3D simulation training for prehospital clinicians. Virtual Reality, 30(3). |
| 2026 | Geraghty, S., Balding, K., Narayan, N., & Kane, F. (2026). Rubella and pregnancy: Implications for midwifery practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 34(3), 168-173. |
| 2025 | Geraghty, S., Balding, K., McChlery, S., & Hay, S. (2025). ‘Work while you learn’: Evaluating a paid employment model for postgraduate midwifery students in diverse contexts. Women and Birth, 38(5), 102087. |
| 2024 | Balding, K. J., Geraghty, S., Timler, A., Pezaro, S., & McChlery, S. (2024). Phenomenography: A useful methodology for midwifery research. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(6), 2598-2610. Scopus6 Europe PMC2 |
| 2023 | Crossan, K. A., Geraghty, S., & Balding, K. (2023). The use of gender-neutral language in maternity settings: a narrative literature review. British Journal of Midwifery, 31(9), 502-511. Scopus6 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Balding, K. (2025). Phenomenography: A useful methodology for midwifery research?. In Women and Birth Vol. 38 (pp. 102007). Elsevier BV. DOI |
| 2025 | Balding, K. (2025). Learning to 'sip tea intelligently'. Midwifery students understanding of emotional intelligence. In Women and Birth Vol. 38 (pp. 102040). Elsevier BV. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Balding, K. (2024). ‘Reading the room’: A mixed methods study of midwifery students’ perceptions of emotional intelligence and its relationship to midwifery. (PhD Thesis, University of Notre Dame Australia). |
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