Employment Type : Permanent Part Time
Position Classification : Registered Midwife
Remuneration : $ - $ per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week : 16
Requisition ID : REQ463403
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
All staff are expected to take reasonable care that their actions do not adversely affect the health and safety of others, that they comply with any reasonable instruction that is given them and with any reasonable policies/procedures relating to health or safety in the workplace, as well as notifying any hazards/risks or incidents to their managers.
The Registered midwife coordinates and delivers high quality midwifery care to maternity patients within the Antenatal OPD of the Royal Hospital for Women, SESLHD consistent with policies, procedures and standards.
The Antenatal OPD is located on the Ground Floor of the Royal Hospital. The Unit operated from Monday to Friday with a number of clinics running simultaneously on a daily basis. The Registered Midwife is responsible to the Midwifery Unit Manager of the AN OPD and will work within a large multidisciplinary Team environment. Each midwife will care for Women within their midwifery led clinic to deliver holistic care to the Women and their families while working in accordance local policies and the ACM competency guidelines. • Communicate effectively with primary health network GPs, women and families of service delivery processes and
clinical interventions, to ensure maternity care needs are identified and requirements are met. • Consult and liaise with health care professionals within the health care team to ensure continuity of care to patients/clients.
• Maintain clear and concise patient records that meet legislative requirements to ensure continuity of care to women
and families
The Royal Hospital for Women is a multi-faceted tertiary referral and teaching hospital offering women a wide range of comprehensive women's health services. It is one of the world's leading hospitals for mothers and babies and for women with benign gynaecological and gynae-oncology conditions. The hospital is committed to the provision of excellence in health care for women as well as continued research into how to best provide that care.
The Royal Hospital for Women is the only stand-alone Women's Hospital in New South Wales providing unique opportunities for innovative clinical practice initiatives. It is part of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and is co-located with other hospitals on the Randwick Hospitals Campus. The Campus offers one of the State's most comprehensive ranges of facilities and expertise in health care.
The Royal Hospital for Women is close to some of Sydney's best beaches, restaurants and sporting facilities and only fifteen (15) minutes from the Sydney Central Business District and harbour, adding a quality lifestyle to the satisfaction that comes from working within a committed and decided team. The Royal Hospital for Women is situated between the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
All workers and new recruits are required to receive 2 doses of a Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine to commence employment/ engagement or continue to work within a NSW Health service.
A worker and new recruit will be considered compliant if they have a medical contraindication to all available Therapeutic Goods Administration approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines and provide medical contraindication evidence in line with the policy requirements.
In addition, all Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.
Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza or COVID-19 vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.