Clinical Midwifery Educator

Healthscope; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted health insurance

Work across network hospitals

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Healthscope's Newcastle Private Hospital in New South Wales is seeking a Clinical Midwifery Educator to support staff and mentor student midwives within our busy maternity service.

This permanent role offers 0.8–1 FTE with potential for a 7-day roster (mornings, lates and nights). You will lead education, preceptorship and evidence-based practice, reporting to the MSUM and collaborating with MUMs and ME to drive quality care.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Midwife with AHPRA is required.
• Certificate IV Workplace Assessment & Training (TAE) or working towards.
• Experience teaching and supervising students and novice midwives.

Responsibilities

• Support education and training across the Maternity unit with MSUM and MUMs.
• Clinical support and facilitation of undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery students.
• Facilitate orientation and onboarding of new staff.
• Lead hands-on educational support and clinical teaching to staff and students.
• Assist with competency assessments, learning plans and in-service presentations.
• Promote evidence-based midwifery care and dissemination of best practices.
• Ensure mandatory training compliance and eLearning completion.

Skills

Preceptorship

Mentoring skills

Teaching & supervision

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Certificate IV TAE

Masters in Midwifery/Education

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Clinical Midwifery Educator (CME) to join our close-knit team to support our staff and mentor student midwives.

The role is a permanent position and can be fixed to suit you 0.8 - 1FTE. There is also the option to work a 7 day roster, mornings lates and nights.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled, passionate and motivated senior Midwife with the ability to work within all areas of the Maternity unit. Reporting to the Midwifery Services Unit Manager (MSUM), and working closely with our Clinical Maternity Unit Managers (MUMs) and Midwifery Educator (ME) the role will support the organisation over a wide range of education and development services including our new Graduate Diploma program.

We seek an experienced CME who can make a meaningful contribution to supporting excellence in clinical midwifery practice. The Clinical Midwife Educator is a pivotal position within the clinical area supporting evidence based practice and the development of the student and novice clinician.

The successful candidate will be capable of using advanced midwifery clinical skills, proven teaching methods and superior communication skills to drive improvement in education and evidence-based practice. They will be expected to develop meaningful connections with Visiting Medical Officers (VMOs), show initiative and flexibility in their approach to the role and have a high regard for professional and clinical standards. Demonstrated experience and success in preceptorship and other teaching roles will be highly regarded.

Newcastle Private Hospital, where doing what you love means more

Here at Newcastle Private, we believe in providing of quality clinical outcomes in a warm and nurturing environment for the families. We have over 1700 women choosing to birth with us each year and as the only private Maternity north of Sydney, we have families birthing with us from the Central Coast, up to the Queensland border.

Our people are known for achieving exceptional clinical outcomes, and positive consumer feedback that leads the industry. No matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of families, and it is a privilege to be part of their journey.

Newcastle Private Hospital is operated by Healthscope, a leading provider of private healthcare in Australia. Our Maternity service comprises of a 6 bed Birthing Suite, 38 bed Antenatal/Postnatal ward, 8 bed Special Care Nursery and is co-located on the John Hunter Campus at Rankin Park. The hospital has 189 beds and is a high acuity facility with 11 theatres, 15 bed ICU, cardiac suite, coronary care unit and oncology services.

Responsibilities may include:

• Working with the MSUM and Midwifery Educator to support our commitment to high level education and training
• Clinical support and facilitation of undergraduate and post graduate students of Midwifery programs
• Facilitate the orientation and onboarding of new staff
• Take on a leadership role in providing hands on educational support and clinical teaching to our clinical team, graduate midwives, and students
• Assist with competency assessments, learning plans and in-service presentation
• Promote a high standard of evidence-based midwifery care to all patients, through dissemination of current best practice knowledge
• Ensure employee compliance to Mandatory Training requirements and completion of eLearning components
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in policy and procedure development, implementation and compliance

Essential Criteria:

• Registered Midwife AHPRA registration
• Extensive post registration clinical experience in midwifery, with no less than 6 years.
• Demonstrated recent clinical experience in the birthing suite environment.
• Certificate IV Workplace Assessment & Training (TAE) or working towards
• Experience teaching and supervising students and novice midwives
• Strong preceptorship and mentoring skills
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service & communication skills
• Demonstrated quality improvement activities and policy review/development skills
• Intermediate computer skills
• Hold a Valid NSW Working with Children Check(WWCC) for employment

Desirable Criteria:

• Previous CME experience
• Masters in Midwifery/Education
• Demonstrated innovation in education program design and delivery using evidence-based practices

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.

Why Healthscope?

Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.