Registered Midwife - Women And Childrens - Fairfield Hospital - Casual

Employment Type: Casual, up to 38 hours per week
Location: Fairfield Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $35.32 - $49.60 per hour

Requisition ID: REQ481766
Application Close Date: 21/04/2024
Interview Date Range:  24/04/2024 - 01/05/2024
Contact Details: Hazel Simeon - (02) 9616 8*** I ************@health.nsw.gov.au

Fairfield Hospital are seeking enthusiastic, eager and driven Registered Midwives to join their highly skilled and dedicated team.

Working in the midwifery team at Fairfield Hospital will see you excel in your career. The team are highly skilled, experienced midwives who are looking to educate the next generation of midwifery professionals. Being a small, dynamic hospital, you will have the opportunity to learn from the team who are focused on developing and supporting all midwifery staff with true hands on midwifery experience unique to smaller facilities. You will have the opportunity to utilise your skills across the full spectrum of midwifery or specialise in a clinical area.

Fairfield hospital interacts with incredibly diverse families which will allow you to learn and develop your skills in a growing population. Many mothers who give birth for the first time at the hospital return for their next child and you will have the opportunity to build quality professional relationships with the women in your care.

Fairfield is a progressive hospital, always looking at ways that they can improve the care provided to the Women and families and provide staff with workplace satisfaction. Fairfield Hospital have opened a new Day Assessment Unit and will hopefully commence their MAPS Model of Care in early 2023 which are both examples of the quality changes being made at Fairfield.

This exciting opportunity is a rare chance to become part of a close knit, encouraging and forward thinking team where you can fast track your Midwifery Career.

What you'll be doing

The midwife is a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant.

This position may entail rotating through various clinical areas such as, Birthing Unit, Post/Antenatal Ward, Special Care Nursery and Antenatal Clinic.

South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities. All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.

The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.

Where You'll Be Working

Fairfield hospital is located in one of NSW’s largest LGA’s and is a hub of diverse cultures, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds. This brings a range of experiences to hospital employees and provides varied learning and development experiences for all levels of Medical, Clinical, administrative and support roles.

Fairfield Hospital provides a chance to work closely with patients and the community whist providing a strong learning environment and exposure to a variety of disciplines and specialties. The team at Fairfield Hospital is supportive and encouraging, with the senior members of the hospital always looking for ways to enrich the experience of the team.

The hospital sits close to public transport (T-Way), Public Schools, a major shopping centre and has an onsite cafeteria. Ample onsite parking is available with only a short walk from the carpark to the hospital.

How to ApplyTo be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible.

1. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
2. Demonstrated recent experience as a Registered Midwife in an environment appropriate to the relevant specialty
3. Demonstrated ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive
4. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, families, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs
5. Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise
6. Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based midwifery care
7. Demonstrated understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.

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Additional Information

Transforming Your ExperienceTransforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

At South Western Sydney 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.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.

SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.