Employment Type: Full Time or Part Time positions available.
Hours : 64-80 hours per fortnight
Classification: Grade2 Years 2-8
Salary Range: A$71,334 to A$99,252 (pro-rata for part time) plus Superannuation.
Basis of Employment: Fixed Term 12 months for duration of Graduation Year
About the role
Our Maternity Service supports around 200 women to give birth each year. The service is a Level 3 in Maternity and Level 2 Nursery, as per the Maternity Department of Health and Human Services Capability Frameworks and provides care for women of low-risk pregnancies. We currently have modified caseload Midwifery Model of Care and provide care for our women in collaboration with our GP Obstetricians.
The role of the midwife is to work within the multidisciplinary team providing individualised woman centred midwifery care. The midwife will work as part of a dynamic midwifery team providing holistic "woman centred "maternity care to women and their families across the birthing continuum.
An undergraduate or post graduate qualification in midwifery is essential, along with the ability to work as part of a team and independently. Relevant midwifery experience or recent midwifery qualification is desirable.
The successful candidate will provide antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal care in a modified case load model of midwifery care to women and their families.
The Registered Midwife will have midwifery skills, knowledge, and attitudes in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Competency Standards.
For more details take a look at our Position Description.
You will bring:
* Bachelor of Nursing and Grad Diploma in Midwifery or Direct Entry Bachelor of Midwifery
* Registration as a midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
* Ability to work collaboratively and cohesively with colleagues, supervisors and other stakeholders
* Current Driver's Licence
*** Proposed Interview Date: Interviews to take place upon receipt of suitable applications
Depending on the position the successful applicant will hold, or be able to obtain, a Police Criminal Check, employee Victorian Working with Children Check and be willing to undertake a Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme check. Current immunisation records/evidence is required, including COVID.
Western District Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer that has a commitment to cultural safety, inclusion and empowerment of Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander, their families and communities and encourages them to apply. This organisation promotes the safety and wellbeing of children from culturally, linguistically diverse and aboriginal backgrounds and those with a disability.
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