Rostered Team Midwife - Registered Midwife Level 1
Part-time Temporary with a Possibility of PermanencyCloses: 25 November 2024Classification: Registered Midwife Level 1
Salary: $78,097 - $103,125 plus superannuation
Position No: 603447 - 02KG4, several
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 14 November 2024
Contact Officer: Roslyn Woolley on ******
What can we offer you: City 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's 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; 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.
Registered midwives form a key part of the midwifery team delivering care and management of women and/or their infants. The midwife possesses clinical problem-solving skills and is able to provide comprehensive safe midwifery and nursing care to women and their infants. The Registered Midwife has a sound level of interpersonal and communication skills and takes responsibility for their own professional development.
The midwife liaises with the multidisciplinary team and stakeholders regarding woman centred care requirements and informs managers of any impact or potential impact on organisational requirements. The Registered Midwife meets the ACMI Competency Standards and Code of Ethics.
Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of 6-12 months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency. This is a part-time position, and the salary noted above will be pro-rata.
For more information on this position and how to apply, click here. Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focused 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.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS 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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