Company

Canberra Health ServicesSee more

addressAddressCanberra, ACT
type Form of workFull time, Permanent
salary Salary$72,698 - $97,112 a year
CategoryManufacturing

Job description

Closes: 30 August 2024

Classification:Registered Midwife Level 1
Salary: $72,698 - $97,112 plus superannuation
Position No: L1418-02D9A
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 30 August 2023
Contact Officer: Elizabeth Bishop on ***************@calvary-act.com.au

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About the Hospital:

North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)

This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.

The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.

About the Department:

The Women's and Children's Division within North Canberra Hospital provides Maternity, Neonatal & Gynaecology services to women and their families in the ACT.

These services include antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care; gynaecology care; neonatal special care nursery support and domiciliary care.

Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team including a Midwifery Team, Medical staff, Allied Health and Nurses.   As a level 4 Maternity service and level 3 Special Care Nursery, NCH provides pregnancy healthcare to women of normal or medium risk and who birth beyond 34 weeks gestation.

Currently NCH provides perinatal care to 1900 women per year.

We have strong, supporting staff at NCH, and we live by our principles of kindness, compassion, and support.

About the Role:

Registered Midwives form a key part of the Midwifery team delivering care and management of women and/or their infants. The Midwife possesses clinical problem solving skills and is able to provide comprehensive safe Midwifery and Nursing care to women and their infants. The Registered Midwife has a sound level of interpersonal and communication skills and takes responsibility for their own professional development.

The Midwife liaises with the multidisciplinary team and stakeholders regarding woman centred care requirements and informs managers of any impact or potential impact on organisational requirements. The Registered Midwife meets the ACMI Competency Standards and Code of Ethics.

Under limited direction of the Clinical Midwife Consultant you will:

● Accept responsibility for own actions in midwifery practice.

● Demonstrated commitment to clinical research, quality improvement and procedure development and implementation.

● Participate in the delivery of woman-centred care.

● Demonstrated ability in planning, coordinating and providing midwifery and care.

● Participate in clinical auditing and quality improvement activities.

● Communicate positively with families, members of the public, public stakeholders, executive, management and staff.

● Provide preceptorship and mentoring to less experienced staff.

● Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

What you require:

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your CV and experience

● Demonstrated ability to provide comprehensive safe midwifery care.

● Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development of self and others.

● Demonstrated commitment to clinical research, quality improvement and procedure development and implementation.

● Demonstrated high level of interpersonal and communication skills.

● Demonstrated knowledge of appropriate legislation that relates to the position i.e. WHS legislation, EEO legislation.

● Demonstrated computer literacy skills.

● Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful and kind.

● Be Registered as a Midwife (Division 1) or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

● The successful applicant will need to be available for weekend and after-hours work.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

● Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

● Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Note: There are several permanent and temporary positions up to 12 months with the possibility of permanency available.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services

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