Midwife - Thomson

Registered Midwife

 Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) are seeking Registered Midwives to join our passionate and dedicated team on a full time, part time or casual basis.

Women’s and Children’s Services at LRH is embarking on an exciting development with relocating into brand new ward areas in the 3A hospital expansion due for completion at the end of 2023. The service is expanding capacity with additional Birth suites and maternity inpatient beds, 24/7 Pregnancy Assessment Unit and a SCN for up to 12 babies. The service is also introducing exciting midwifery models of care with commencement of Maternity Group practice (MGP) in the near future.

Located in Gippsland, with easy access to Melbourne, beaches, mountains and lakes, the provision of flexible working hours provides the chance to enjoy the many of the lifestyle opportunities Gippsland has to offer.

 About our Thomson Unit

Our Thomson unit is a combined unit providing maternity, surgical, paediatric and neonatal nursery services.  Currently it is comprised of 3 birth rooms, 8 maternity beds, 8 level 4 Acute SCN beds and 12 surgical paediatric beds and delivers 900 babies a year.

As a level 5 Maternity Service and Level 4 Special Care Nursery, our Thomson unit is also a referral service for our smaller Gippsland Regional maternity services.  We provide the highest level of care inclusive of:

• Pregnancy Care
• Birthing
• Postnatal
• Domiciliary
• Lactation support
• Special Care Nursery 

LRH employees enjoy access to:

• Work in a supportive and friendly environment
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
• Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
• Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including Accrued Day Off, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
• Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
• Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff

We are looking for candidates with:

• Minimum requirement - Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery or Bachelor of Midwifery
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team

Why Relocate to Gippsland, Victoria? 

Just two hours drive from the city of Melbourne, the region of Gippsland features urban centres, rural lifestyles, snow-capped mountains, forests and a magnificent coastline. You could be surfing the breaks off the 90-mile beach, skiing the slopes of Mount Hotham or hiking through ancient native forests. All this in an area the size of the Netherlands.

So that’s your new lifestyle taken care of. Now, what about a career caring for a population of 300,000 at Gippsland’s largest provider of specialist health services? Latrobe Regional Health (you can call us LRH) prides itself on providing a safe, supportive environment for you to learn, develop and flourish.

About LRH

LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award.  This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.

We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au

Diversity and Inclusion

We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8***.

IMPORTANT:  All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.