Position Title: Graduate Registered Midwife
Employment Type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract Part-time 64 hours per fortnight
Award: Proposed Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024
Role description
Dhelkaya Health Castlemaine Campus and Bendigo Health are welcoming applications for a shared Registered Midwife Graduate program. The successful applicants will be well supported to work within the caseload model at Castlemaine with a small team of midwives and GPOs, and on the Birth Suite and Women's Ward at Bendigo, rotating to each service for 6 months.
You will be supported to consolidate your skills across the scope of practice of midwifery care, providing antenatal clinic appointments and assessments, intrapartum care, postnatal ward care and domiciliary care.
You will be supported by experienced midwives, GP obstetricians, Clinical Support Midwives and Clinical Midwife Educators.
About you
- Bachelor of Nursing/Midwifery or Bachelor of Midwifery
- Registration with AHPRA
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team member
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve
- Effective time management and organisational skills
Please refer to the relevant attached position description for further details about the role.
Application Process
- All applicants must be eligible and registered to participate in the PMCV Allocation and Placement Service (listing Dhelkaya Health/Bendigo Health Graduate Midwifery Program as one of your preferences).
- Applicants must have completed all clinical placements and be eligible for registration with AHPRA January 2025.
- All applications must include:
- A cover letter (including passport-sized photograph to match with video interview)
- A current CV
- A copy of your academic transcript to-date
- Two clinical appraisals from placements. Please include a copy of the graded appraisal and signed pages only.
- Referee checks x 2 completed as part of the PMCV GNMP application process
- Participation in the PMCV video interview
- Your application receipt will be acknowledged and an email sent when the ranking process has been completed. Interviews outside of the PMCV process are not planned and we will contact you directly if we need further information to aid the process.
Please email *********@castlemainehealth.org.au if you have any queries or phone the Education Team on 03 5471 3***.
Culture and Benefits
Dhelkaya Health is located on Dja Dja Wurrung country in regional Victoria. Just a short drive from Bendigo and easily accessed via public transport, the area is brimming with culture that blends the old with the new. Steeped in rich history, the town boasts a vibrant arts scene, historic architecture and is part of the Bendigo Region UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
Surrounded by scenic trails and a unique natural environment that includes historic goldfields, outdoor enthusiasts can immerse themselves in the beauty of the natural world. Combined with a wide range of sporting clubs and outdoor recreation opportunities, the community offers a rich, diverse culture to enjoy.
From community events celebrating local festivals to grassroots initiatives fostering inclusivity and diversity, this is a place where people come together. At Dhelkaya Health, you'll enjoy all this and a flexible work environment with access to career development pathways that suit your life goals. You'll also benefit from:
- Stress-free parking: at no-cost close to your place of work.
- Salary packaging: to maximise your earnings with options to package meals, entertainment, rent/mortgage repayments, and more.
- Healthy and active lifestyle: through access to a free onsite gym and Fitness Passportmembership for your family to use in a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities across the region
- Health and wellbeing: through a supported work environment that prioritises work-life balance and a health and well-being program that includes an Employee Assistance Program.
- Building meaningful connections: through the Dhelkaya Health Social Club and a variety of staff events and activities throughout the year held in a friendly, inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
- Home share - If lack of housing is stopping you from applying for a job here, consider Home share. It may help you get started at Dhelkaya Health. See this link for obligation free information.
https://dhelkayahealth.org.au/homeshare/
*All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police check, NDIS (if required) and compliance with Dhelkaya Health Vaccination Policy.
Our purpose and role at Dhelkaya Health is to be Healthier Together - we engage and empower individuals and community through the provision of empathetic inclusive and professional health services. We want a workforce who share our passion and purpose and is as diverse as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, and people of diverse genders and/or sexual orientations.
For further information about this position, please contact Janelle Leech on 03 5471 3***.