Regional Clinical Midwife Consultant

Grampians Regional Clinical Midwife ConsultantPart time (Maternity Leave)About Grampians HealthGrampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities.Our communities are diverse – as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.About the role

• The Clinical Regional Midwifes are an essential resource to support the development of a strong regional maternity and newborn workforce and governance model to enhance maternity and newborn service provision in the Grampians region through:
• Facilitate capacity building and networking within the Grampians region to assist birthing services to meet governance requirements, education, and maternity and newborn service development needs into the future.
• Provide support and assistance to regional birthing services with the application of recommendations and clinical practices established by the quarterly Grampians regional perinatal M+M meeting.
• Facilitate the understanding of priorities for Government policy and translating these into practice at a local level

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to maternity services (education, governance, skill development, peer mentorship)
• Multi-disciplinary team work and care co-ordination

Skills and experience

• Extensive experience (more than 5 years) in both nursing and midwifery, including in an acute maternity setting recently

Grampians Health Culture & BenefitAt Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to discounted health club membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

How to applyClick APPLY or contact Nicole Keogh, Program Director Women and Children's Services on 0458828535 for a confidential discussion.All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual (or allies) LGBTQIA+.Selection Criteria

• Essential : Do you hold a nursing and midwifery qualification & dual AHPRA registration? Please include your AHPRA registration in your application.
• Desirable : Tell me what each of the following values mean to you and how you demonstrate each value at work? Collaboration, Accountability, Innovation, Respect and Compassion.
• Essential : Have you received three doses of a COVID19 vaccine? If no, please provide further detail regarding doses received, booking dates and/or other relevant information.
• Essential : The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to undergo, an employee Working with Children Check (WWCC). Please advise if you currently hold an employee WWCC, if not are you willing to undergo one?

ContactAlternate Contact PersonClosing DatePosition DescriptionCRM 2022 (1).pdfApplication GuidePlease note that this position will close at 11:45pm on the closing date.
Please ensure your application is added before this time as we do not accept late applications.