Your responsibilities will include:
Provide high standards of evidence-based midwifery care to women of varying ages and cultural groups
Plan, assess, implement and evaluate midwifery care in collaboration with women, their families and the multidisciplinary team so as to achieve identified goals and health outcomes
Supervise, direct, guide junior nurses and undergraduate midwives in provision of midwifery care
Work collaboratively with the wider healthcare team to support patient care needs
Darwin Private Hospital is the only provider of private hospital services in the Northern Territory. As part of the Healthscope Group of Hospitals, it is a licenced 150 bed hospital providing a broad range of multiday and day surgery including, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Plastic and Reconstructive, Urology, Gastroenterology and ENT and Cardiac Catheter Laboratory.
Selection Criteria:
1. Current Registration with AHPRA as a Midwife
2. Working with Children check
3. Compliance with ACQSHC National standards
4. Highly developed clinical skills in maternity services: antenatal/birth suite/postnatal care
5. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
6. Adaptable and flexible approach to work practice