Registered Midwife

West Moreton Hospital and Health Service; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Career pathways and leadership support

Wellbeing support

Salary packaging and up to 12.75%super

Job summary

West Moreton Health is seeking Registered Midwives to join our team across Birth Suite, maternity/gynaecology ward and related areas. Multiple permanent and fixed-term temporary opportunities are available through the Nursing and Midwifery Centralised Recruitment Team.

The Registered Midwife provides direct midwifery care with clinical competence, supporting a woman-centred perinatal journey and aligning practice with NMBA standards.

Qualifications

• Contemporary antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery knowledge.
• Ability to provide patient and family-centred care.
• Strong communication with healthcare teams, patients and families.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct midwifery care in birth suite or maternity ward.
• Rotate between birth suite and maternity/gynaecology ward to deliver evidence-based midwifery services.
• Support and educate patients and families on care during the perinatal journey.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of care.

Skills

Antenatal care

Intrapartum care

Postnatal care

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

We are seeking Registered Midwives to join our team

The Nursing and Midwifery Centralised Recruitment team coordinates opportunities in the following areas:

• Ambulatory Care - Antenatal
• Birth Suite
• Maternity
• Neonatal
• Nursing and Midwifery Resource Team

This advertisement is part of a rolling recruitment process, with panels conducted monthly; applications will be assessed as received.

About The Role

Multiple permanent and fixed term temporary opportunities available.

The Nursing and Midwifery Centralised Recruitment Team coordinates recruitment across a number of organisational units.

• See attached Service description for each speciality**

The Registered Midwife supports excellence in midwifery care and patient outcomes, the Registered Midwife is a clinician who provides direct midwifery care with clinical competence and capability, optimising the perinatal journey of women and their families and enabling woman centred care with enhanced access to services.

The Registered Midwife working in birth suite, the maternity/gynaecology ward, or rotating between both areas provides contemporary, evidence-based midwifery services and demonstrates competence in the provision of midwifery care as specified by achievement of the standards of practice and registration requirements from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). This is evidenced by educational preparation, continuing professional development, adherences to relevant legislation and the context of care.

About You

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Contemporary clinical knowledge in the areas of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal midwifery practice delivering competent midwifery care in complex situations while providing support to other team members.
• Provide Patient and Family centred care to the patient using best practice and within the standard of practice of a Registered Midwife.
• Communicate to a high standard effectively and engage with members of the healthcare team, patients, relatives and visitors whilst displaying a high level of professional midwifery care.
• Educate, inform, counsel and support patients and families on general and clinical information relevant to patient's care, accessing the Clinical Midwife when expert advice is required.
• Comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care.
• Build and maintain strong relationships, open communication and a positive environment within a multidisciplinary team, actively contributing to the learning and development of others to a high standard.

Mandatory Requirements

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16

About West Moreton Health

At West Moreton Health, our employees apply our shared values to every aspect of their work. This helps make sure our workplaces are effective, inclusive and empower our employees to reach our goals.

As a Child Safe Organisation, At West Moreton Health

• We prioritise children and young people being seen, heard, and safe in every interaction.
• We create inclusive environments where the voices and needs of children and young people are valued and respected.
• We believe safeguarding is shared responsibility, upheld by every member of our organisation.

What it's like to work with us | West Moreton Health

Why choose us

• Professional development opportunities.
• Career pathways with support to step into senior roles and leadership.
• Wellbeing support
• Competitive benefits including salary packaging and up to 12.75% super.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for all West Moreton Health vacancies.

Occupational group Health - Midwifery