Registered Midwife- Midwifery Community Care- Wagga Wagga

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (until 20 October 2024 - Maternity Leave Cover)
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $70,049.73 - $98,351.39 per annum, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: up to 16
Requisition ID: REQ455436
Applications Close: 10 January 2024
Vaccination Category: A
Outstanding Experience. Infinite Opportunities.
Here in the Riverina, we treasure your midwifery skills and experience and we’re ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome you to town.
We’ve prepared to help you move and settle in, including:
up to $20,600 per annum tax free for living expenses! Take advantage of novated leasing a new car! * Subsidised
membership for you and your family * Free confidential
for you and your family * Genuine training and development opportunities plus a comprehensive online learning library

• Flexible working arrangements, choose your own hours!

When you join the midwifery team here at MLHD, you unlock priority access to a broad range of interesting and unique medical cases where you can quickly advance your practical skills. With this advanced skill acquisition and experience comes fast-tracked career progression; the sky’s the limit to how far you can go!
We believe in work-life balance, and you’re more than welcome to work part-time, as 70% of our workforce does. We also believe in working smarter - not harder - and our industry-leading technology and processes mean you spend less time doing paperwork and more time delivering good old-fashioned patient care.
Why You’ll Fit Right In.
You have a good sense of adventure and are willing to try new things. We’re looking for open-minded leaders who take a systematic approach to their work, have strong critical thinking skills and are passionate about patient care. If you’re confident in your nursing ability but know your limitations and when to ask for help, our award- winning systems will support you to work at the top of your scope.
We Love Our Midwives!
The Registered Midwife will provide antenatal and postnatal home visiting for women who are eligible for same.
The Registered Midwife is responsible for the provision of client centred, evidence-based care and is expected to embrace a practice development philosophy in the delivery of that care. Care will be provided in a quality framework and promote positive health outcomes. The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individual/s and the multidisciplinary health care team using a contemporary practice model.
Care will be planned considering ethnicity, culture, gender, spiritual values, sexuality, age, disability and economic and social factors in consultation with the family as all or any of these may impact on their health journey.
The midwife will work in a multidisciplinary team environment, show leadership and embrace change in the coordination and delivery of their care, inclusive of appropriate referral to, and in consultation with, other relevant health professionals, service providers and community.
The Registered Midwife will work in partnership with women to give them the necessary, support, care and advice during the postpartum period. This includes being able to identify complications and seek timely referral or consultation to the appropriate health care provider. Care provided will be aligned to meet the ANMC National Competency Standards for the Midwife and the mandated directives, standards, policies and procedures of the Local Health District.
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Discover Work-Life Balance in Your New Home.
With a sparkling 3300 sunshine hours a year and a sunny disposition to match, The Riverina positions you centrally to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Zoom home from work in five minutes, choose your own hours and reclaim time for things you enjoy!
There’s loads to explore, from river sports and nature walks to craft markets, shopping and museums. Our little slice of heaven is known as Australia’s ‘food bowl’ with the best fresh produce coming from orchards and farms all around, so our restaurants and wineries are simply sublime.
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Upgrade Your Career and Lifestyle at MLHD.
Go on, you’ve earned a promotion, a world-class workplace, inspiring colleagues, award-winning staff and patient programs - all wrapped up in a rich tapestry of cultural treasures. Contact Ricky Tasker, Workforce Nurse Manager on 02 5943 3426 or now for a confidential chat.
New applicants must have completed the COVID-19 Primary vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. Should a medical contraindication certificate be provided, ongoing employment post certificate expiry is conditional to meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
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