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SalaryDo you want to provide Antenatal Care and Midwifery in the Home, work day shifts and the opportunity to manage your own caseload of women and be able to provide continuity of care? Welcome to the Midwifery Antenatal and Postnatal Service (MAPS) in our Maternity Services. Maternity Antenatal Postnatal Service (MAPS) will be responsible for a caseload of women per year based on your FTE (approximately 7 – 10 women per month over/for 12 months) Working a 7 day week roster including weekends. Positions are being offered on a permanent part time (minimum 24hrs per week) and full time basis.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hour
Hours Per Week: 27
Requisition ID: REQ453749
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
Where you'll be working
The Registered Midwife working on the MAPS Model of Care will aim to provide antenatal care from the booking in visit followed by the routine schedule ANC visits to Midwifery in the Home (MITH) and point of contact up until day 14 postnatally (as per hospital usual care guidelines). All intrapartum care and inpatient care are provided by Birth Unit and Maternity Unit Staff. The Registered Midwife will manage a caseload of women and be supported by the MAPS team education and broader multidisciplinary teams. Registered Midwives will be supported in developing skills and competences required to work within the Model of Care.
What you'll be doing
To provide quality woman centred, effective, evidenced based midwifery care in accordance with the ANMC National Competency Standards for the Midwife (2006) and to supervise the work of others as required.
The midwife will consult and liaise with obstetric, medical and other appropriate staff as per the ACM National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and referral (PD2010_022) guidelines when deviations from the norm are identified.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Midwife
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a high level of written and verbal skills with both patients and colleagues.
- Computer literacy.
- Recent experience and competency to practise as a midwife in antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal care, lactation and infant feeding.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Current unrestricted NSW Drivers licence.
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For role related queries or questions contact Anna Winter on Anna.Winter@health.nsw.gov.au
All NSW Health workers are required to provide evidence of having received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (TGA). Employees working in a clinical area or are required to attend clinical areas are considered category A and need to meet the requirements of the .
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate.
Applications Close: 15 January 2024
