Clinical Midwife Consultant - Night DutyFull-time Temporary with a Possibility of PermanencyCity living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.Flexible working conditions.11.5% Superannuation.About the Hospital:North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS). This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.About the role:The Women and Children's Division within North Canberra Hospital provides Maternity, Neonatal & Gynaecology services to women and their families in the ACT. These services include antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care; inpatient and outpatient gynaecology care; neonatal special care nursery support and domiciliary care. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team including a Midwifery and Nursing Team, Medical staff, and Allied Health.The Night duty Clinical Midwife Consultant for the Women and Children Division has the professional and operational responsibility and accountability to provide leadership and be responsible for the co-ordination of high standard clinical care activities after hours within Birth Suite, Maternity and Women’s health Unit and Special Care Nursery. The Night duty Clinical Midwife Consultant (Registered Midwife level 3.2) will coordinate the flow of women and babies within the Division and ensure appropriate staffing. The Midwife will have advanced practice knowledge and highly developed clinical leadership and critical thinking skills. Coordinating the acuity, access and safe staffing across the unit. This role liaises with the team leaders of all clinical areas within the Women and Children division, supporting safe staffing and ensuring patient needs are met depending upon their acuity. Collaboration with the multidisciplinary team is a vital function of this role.Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of up to 12 months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.Our Vision: creating exceptional health care togetherOur Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our communityOur Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and KindCHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
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