Registered Midwife - Team

Southern Cross Care (Vic); Melbourne; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Health, based at Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg, Victoria, is seeking registered midwives to join the Team Maternity Care. You will provide care across the maternity continuum in a collaborative model, spanning birthing services, antenatal/postnatal floors, and Mercy at Home, with a flexible rotating roster and strong educational support.

Applicants must have unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Midwife, excellent communication, and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Midwife.
• Ability to work across the childbirth continuum.
• Committed to ongoing professional development.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with different maternity teams.

Responsibilities

• Work across the maternity continuum including birthing services, antenatal/postnatal, Outpatients, and Mercy at Home.
• Maintain a work-life balance with a flexible rotating roster.
• Develop skills to be a well-rounded midwife across the scope of practice.
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities.

Skills

Registered Midwife

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent Full time

Salary: In line with the Enterprise Agreement and will be based on your years of experience - hourly base rate between $35.05 and $46.86

Location: Mercy Hospital for Women, based in Heidelberg, Victoria

Contact: Natalie Roberg Midwifery Manager - Continuity of Care, Email [e-mail], Tel: [phone]

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in that, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

Join us at Mercy Hospital for Women is a major public hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to provide complex care for obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological needs. The hospital cares for public and private patients across maternity, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative, gynaecology, and women’s health services.

Team Maternity care is seeking enthusiastic and motivated registered midwives to join our collaborative model of care to provide exceptional clinical service throughout the maternity continuum. You will have the opportunity to work across a variety of specialties including birthing services unit, antenatal/postnatal floor, Outpatients Department, and Mercy at Home.

• Maintain a work-life balance working a flexible rotating roster
• Permanent Full-time position available
• Opportunities to work across the scope of Midwifery practice – develop the skills to be a well-rounded midwife!
• Ongoing professional development opportunities with dedicated educational resources in a supportive environment
• Onsite Lactation Consultants to support Midwives in day-to-day patient management

ABOUT YOU:

• Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Midwife
• Ability to work across the childbirth continuum
• Committed to ongoing professional development
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with different maternity teams

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Current COVID-19 certificate, proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.