Registered Midwife - Midwifery Group Practice (528521)

The Service:

The North West Maternity Services has recently undergone significant change to become the new North West Maternity Service (NWMS). This is a truly exciting time for the region, and the women of our community. We have a brand new Antenatal Clinic that opened in 2022 at North West Regional Hospital, and a new Maternity inpatient space is included in the Masterplanning for the region.

The North West Maternity Service is leading the way nationally in building towards a culture where our successes are recognised and celebrated, we don’t shy away from our challenges and instead see them as opportunities to grow and evolve with a shared purpose of the North West woman at the centre.  We actively work to cultivate an environment where all people are safe to speak, learn and share ideas, no matter their role, level of experience or position. 

Significant investment has been made into our people in 2023 and this will continue into the future, remaining focused on best practice and innovation.   

We believe that every staff member within the service can contribute to building this positive culture – because the culture is in ‘how’ we do what we do – we see that there is an opportunity to create this in every single interaction – whether it be with colleagues or with women and their families. 

We are committed to ensuring the women accessing our service are at the centre of everything we do. The service includes inpatient and outpatient services at North West Regional Hospital, and also offers care close to home for our vast, beautiful geographical area. This includes outpatient services in Smithton, Queenstown, King Island and Mersey Community Hospital. Our midwives can travel this gorgeous coastline to provide care in Smithton, venture to the magical West Coast, and cross the sea to King Island.

As a midwife in this exciting new service, you will have many opportunities to care for women and their babies from varied backgrounds, different social status, a range of beliefs and expectations and challenged with physical and obstetric conditions.

Our service is proud to offer an abundance of learning opportunities for our staff, we are committed to ensuring our staff are practicing in a trauma informed, holistic and woman-centred way.

The Role:

Our Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) contemporary care model is based on providing continuity of care, where an assigned midwife will provide primary care of their client throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatal recovery. The MGP team strengthen health outcomes through the provision of safe, quality, clinically appropriate care in partnership with women, their families and other health professionals. 

Our ideal candidate will:

• have women-centred approach to Midwifery Care
• Foster collaboration and team work
• Be committed to excellence in practice
• Embrace and contribute to a learning culture

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of Appointment

Permanent, full or part time, shift-worker positions working up to 76 hours per fortnight with commencement available as mutually agreed.

*notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Salary: 

You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible. 

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available: 

• Caseload midwifery loading 35%
• Post Graduate Allowance of up to 7.5% based on qualification type
• Professional Development Allowance of up to $500 per annum

Base Salary: $75,902 to $102,908 - pro rata per annum

• Access to the Grade 4 salary range $96,558 - $102,908 is subject to successful application for progression to Grade 4

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

1. Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Midwife
2. Current Working with Children Registration

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

1. crimes of violence
2. sex related offences
3. serious drug offences
4. crimes involving dishonesty

1. Identification check
2. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

How to Apply

Apply Online.  Please click the "Apply" button on this screen.  This ensures important questions about you are answered. 

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Statement of Duties

Applicant Guide

For more information 

Miriam Symons 

Position: Nurse Unit Manager 
Phone: (03) 6478 5***
E-mail: *************@ths.tas.gov.au

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