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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent full time, part time, or casual up to 38 hours per week.
Location: Campbelltown Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $35.32 - $49.60 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ463051
Application Close Date: 18/02/2024
Interview Date Range: 21/02/2024 – 28/02/2024
Contact Details: Amanda Vujanovic – 0499 848 260 | amanda.vujanovic@health.nsw.gov.au
About The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity is available to join the Midwifery team at Campbelltown Hospital in the brand-new state of the art building.
This position is for a Registered Midwife looking for a permanent full time or part time position with our service. The successful applicant will join our team of midwives working in the brand new 10 bed Antenatal Ward, with SWSLHD first 24/7 antenatal assessment unit (AAU).
Your role will be to ensure optimal outcomes for women and their families who have required antenatal admission and/or assessment or who may be undergoing specialised procedures. As a midwife working within the service this will be achieved through the promotion of best practice including the appropriate escalation of care, working collaboratively, and utilising effective team communication with members of the multidisciplinary health team in the planning, implementation, assessment and evaluation of the care of the woman.
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
You will be working in a small team with very passionate midwives, doctors and management that will work closely with women and their families to continually provide excellent care to women requiring admission in the antenatal period.
We have a ward specific Clinical Midwifery Educator as well as the support of a Clinical Midwifery Consultant on site 5 days a week. Maternity services at Campbelltown also offer after hours support through a CME & CMS2 7 days a week. Our service is dedicated and excited to be able to support the ongoing clinical development of midwives and advance their skills. As a unit and team, we are highly supportive of providing staff who may have limited experience in high-risk antenatal care and assessment the opportunity to develop their skills within our team. The unit will also offer midwives 12 hour shifts for those interested.
The unit offers women of the Macarthur region a four bed assessment service for antenatal presentations including but not limited to, decreased fetal movements, external cephalic version, term ruptured membranes, continuous fetal monitoring, induction of labor, etc.
We will also be providing support and care for women who have or are experiencing a 2nd trimester pregnancy loss.
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. * Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Demonstrated recent experience as a Registered Midwife in an environment appropriate to the relevant specialty
- Demonstrated ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, families, 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 midwifery care
- Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.
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For role related queries or questions contact Amanda Vujanovic on Amanda.Vujanovic@health.nsw.gov.au
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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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