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SalaryEmployment Type: Casual, up to 38 hours per week
Location: Bankstown Hospital
Position Classification: Assistant in Nursing (Midwifery)
Remuneration: $25.39 - $27.85 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ475558
Application Close Date: 31/03/2024
Interview Date Range: 03/04/2024 – 10/04/2024
Contact Details: Shikha Kumar on Shikha.Kumar@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
Bankstown Hospital as seeking enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated Assistants in Midwifery to join their highly skilled Maternity Ward team.
We are looking for someone who can effectively communicate with a diverse range of people including patients, midwives, nurses, medical staff and the wider multidisciplinary team. You will be an attentive and passionate person who can follow directions from the Registered Midwife and provide valuable assistance to the team.
Working within your Scope of Practice, you will take responsibility and accountability for clinical practice, critical reflection and your professional development. You will be confident in escalating issues and ensuring the provision of safe, quality, patient centered care and be engaged with the responsiveness of care needs.
What you'll be doing
The Assistant in Midwifery will assist the Registered Midwife with the planning, provision and documentation of patient care, working within the framework of the policies of SWSLHD, the Ministry of Health and the NSW legislative and statutory requirements.
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities.
All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia, with residents speaking more than 120 different languages.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a principal referral group A1B hospital with tertiary affiliations to the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and Western Sydney University providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services to the Bankstown/Canterbury community.
The Hospital offers great opportunities for professional development and advancement. The team fosters improvement and innovation, and attract staff who share the core values and can help us achieve our goals.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible. * Current enrollment in and successful completion of at least 2 semesters of a Bachelor of Midwifery with a satisfactory academic record and completion of at least 2 clinical placements.
- Demonstrated ability to work under supervision and provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs
- Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise
- Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based care
- Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace
- A thorough understanding of scope of practice and demonstrated ability to work within scope boundaries.
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Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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