Registered Midwife - Part Time
Registered Midwife: Postnatal - Northern Beaches Hospital
Come and be part of our team culture – Midwives say what they love best about Northern Beaches Hospital is the team spirit!
About Northern Beaches Hospital
Northern Beaches Hospital provides world-class, Level 5 delineation services for both public and private patients. Our amazing birthing and maternity facilities, include spacious birthing rooms with large birth pools, latest K2 monitoring systems, and Level 4 SCN providing options for all levels of maternity care.
As a midwife at Northern Beaches Hospital you will have opportunities to use your skills across the full scope of maternity care, with women having choices from continuity of care models right through to private obstetric care. The hospital also features an Emergency Department, ICU, state-of-the-art theatres, world-class education centre with SIM lab, and excellent staff facilities including café and car parking.
We are proud to be home to some of Australia’s leading clinical specialists and a training ground for the clinicians of the future. The Northern Beaches Clinical School is an innovative partnership with the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Northern Beaches Hospital also has partnerships with other tertiary education institutions including well-respected nursing and midwifery schools. As a Midwife you will gain a unique experience in a growing teaching hospital which offers future growth and career opportunities.
Our culture is diverse, friendly and open to ideas.
The Role
We are seeking part time midwives with a passion for providing current evidence based care in collaboration with women and the wider health care team. Our midwives enjoy working across the service in all areas of midwifery with a work life balance that 12 hour shifts provide. There is opportunity to have input into the future development of evidence-based models of care for women and families. As a postnatal midwife there will be support for gaining additional skills in areas such as lactation, women's health and psychosocial wellbeing.
As a Midwife at NBH you will make an impact by:
- Providing high standards of evidence-based midwifery care to women of varying ages and cultural groups
- Planning, assessing, implementing and evaluating midwifery care in collaboration with women, their families and the multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and health outcomes
- Guiding and mentor junior and undergraduate midwives in provision of midwifery care
- Working collaboratively with the wider healthcare team to support patient care needs
- Being passionate about delivering an exceptional patient experience for women and their families.
As a high performing team member, you will possess the following:
- Current Registration as a Midwife with AHPRA
- Bachelor of Midwifery or Graduate Diploma in Midwifery (if Bachelor of Nursing is first qualification) or equivalent
- Highly developed clinical skills across the continuum of maternity care - with a desire to focus on postnatal
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Commitment to family-focused approach to care
We Offer:
• Flexibility with shift allocations and the commitment to work a rotating roster. We offer 12hr shifts with state of the art working environment utilising EMR (electronic medical records) and MEDCHART (medication management/administration) systems.
Employee Benefits:
Our OneHealthscope rewards program gives you access to a range of wellness benefits, discounted Healthscope services for you and your family, salary packaging and more as well as discounted onsite parking at Northern Beaches Hospital and access to Fitness Passport!
• Wellness benefits, Employee Assistance Program, free services including medical examination of employees and discounted Healthscope services for permanent employees and immediate family.
• OneHealthscope rewards program
• Variety of leave options, salary packaging via novated lease, airline/club membership
If you are successful in the role, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant registered nursing experience against the current Healthscope and NSWNMA/ANMF – NSW Nurses and Midwives’ – Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 with a salary range between $35.46 - $49.79/hour
For further enquiries: Please contact Kristen Boyd via email kristen.boyd@healthscope.com.au
To Apply: Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to our online application form.
Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current (12 months or less) National Police check and a NSW Working with Children’s Check, prior to appointment and persons in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases prior to commencement.