AddressWomen’s Health Ambulatory Care (WHAC) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced midwife to join the team who provide midwifery care to the women in our community. The position is offered as permanent part time 28 hours a week.
Employment Type: Permanent Part TimePosition Classification: Registered MidwifeRemuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 per hourHours Per Week: 28Requisition ID: REQ491853
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
This role is based at Royal North Shore Hospital, with occasional travel to Ryde Hospital.
WHAC provides care to pregnant women of high to low levels of risk. These services are available through obstetric, midwifery, Day Assessment Unit and Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit clinics. In the same area menopause, gynaecology, gynaecology oncology and gynaecology colposcopy clinics occur. The midwife is seen to be responsible in providing clinical care and assisting in the smooth running of the clinics. The medical and midwifery team is complimented by social workers, a perinatal mental health team, ultrasonographers, ward clerks, genetic counsellors, nurses and the students of each discipline. Care is provided in a dynamic team of clinicians in a supportive and educative environment.
What you'll be doing
The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.
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.
- 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.
- Current unrestricted NSW Drivers licence.
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Applications Close: 6 June 2024
