AddressEmployment Type: Permanent Full time, Part time or Casual positions available
Location: Cooma
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $70049.73 - $98351.39 per annum or $35.33 - $49.60 per hour
Hours Per Week: Up to 38 hours per week
Requisition ID: REQ494303
Applications Close: 11 June 2024
Interview Information: Interviews to be scheduled within 10 days.
At Southern NSW 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.
What we offer:
• Corporate Health and Fitness program
• 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
• Annual Leave Loading
The successful applicant will work in partnership with the woman and her family offering an initial booking in visit and additional antenatal visits in collaboration with the GP Obstetrician to plan comprehensive holistic woman centred pregnancy care as well as post natal follow up in the home.
Collaborate with management, individual/s and multidisciplinary team members to ensure women with complex needs are provided the care, support and referral required.
Utilise effective communication and organisational skills to ensure the planning and provision of comprehensive focused quality care and follow up for women accessing the service.
Be willing to assist the core midwifery team within the unit with support in times of high inpatient activity/acuity.
What you'll be doingThe Registered Midwife using best practice evidence provides women-centered maternity care in collaboration with individual/s and the multidisciplinary health care team. Provides supervision and support for less experienced clinicians to achieve people focused quality care.Selection Criteria
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Midwife.
- Demonstrated competencies in and knowledge of the complexities and challenges involved in caring for women and babies in context of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal means and sound interpersonal skills with the capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner.
- Demonstrated application of evidence based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised woman-centred care with a commitment to quality improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality midwifery care with a willingness to show leadership and embrace change in the coordination and delivery of care.
- Recent clinical experience relevant to the position including evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload and deliver care with integrity and accountability.
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015.
All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.Australian Work RightsPlease note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia, or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see
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For role related queries or questions contact Joanne Cooper on 02 6455 3*** or **************@health.nsw.gov.au
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