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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent part time, 20 hours per week.
Location: Campbelltown Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $35.32 - $49.60 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ474549
Application Close Date: 24/03/2024
Interview Date Range: 27/03/2024 – 03/04/2024
Contact Details: Karen Sorensen – 0459 898 010 | karen.sorensen@health.nsw.gov.au
⚫️🟡🔴This position is advertised under the SWSLHD Aboriginal Targeted Recruitment Program. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants may have to cite their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage, in addition to the selection criteria.⚫️🟡🔴
About The Opportunity
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a midwife to join the Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Strategy (AMIHS) run within Campbelltown Hospital Maternity Services. The AMIHS offers a maternity, antenatal and postnatal (MAPs) MoC, where you will be supported by a small but dynamic team, consisting of a fulltime CMS2 and an Aboriginal health worker, delivering antenatal and postnatal care to women and babies in the MacArthur region identifying as Aboriginal
The Registered Midwife acts as an advocate for the specific needs of all women and their families entering the service including those from the Aboriginal population or multi-cultural groups.
As a Midwife working at Campbelltown Hospital, it is an expectation that you maintain and promote a professional standard of care, evidenced by ethical midwifery practice, adherence to the policies and procedures of the Nursing and Midwifery Service, SWSLHD and the appropriate legislation and statutory regulations. Our Maternity service is forward thinking and highly supportive of upskilling and fast tracking your Midwifery Career.
Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.
What You'll Be Doing
The midwife is a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant.
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
Campbelltown Hospital, a major metropolitan hospital, and Camden Hospital, a district hospital, operate under a common executive management structure and have networked services.
Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals provide a diverse range of services including intensive care, cardiology, maternity, gynaecology, paediatrics, palliative care, respiratory and stroke medicine, surgery and emergency medicine and broad aged care services. The Hospitals deliver quality health care to the residents of the three local government areas of Wollondilly, Camden and Campbelltown.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible. * Demonstrated recent experience as a Registered Midwife in an environment appropriate to the relevant specialty.
- Demonstrated understanding of the range of factors that have influenced the health status of Aboriginal families, specifically relating to pregnancy, childbirth and Infant Health.
- Demonstrated understanding and commitment to the provision of women centered, culturally responsive, compassionate, quality maternity care.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide community-based antenatal and postnatal Education and care.
- Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based midwifery care.
- Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace, including when working remotely/ not within the hospital.
- Current unrestricted Australian drivers licence (P1 and P2 licence Acceptable) subject to obtaining NSW drivers licence within 3 months of appointment.
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For role related queries or questions contact Karen Sorensen on Karen.Sorensen@health.nsw.gov.au
Additional Information
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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.
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.
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.
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