Midwife Blenheim

Nelson Marlborough Health; Marlborough; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking onsite

Job summary

Nelson Marlborough Health is seeking a permanent NZ registered midwife to join our maternity team in Marlborough. You will deliver midwifery care across antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal services in a busy, midwifery-led environment, with opportunities to expand scope into vaccinations and ultrasound.

We offer a supportive team culture, a region known for its beauty and a flexible range of contracts including permanent or fixed-term, part-time or full-time positions.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with NZ registration
• Commitment to women-centred and culturally respectful care
• Ability to work across antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal care

Responsibilities

• Provide midwifery care in a busy secondary-level maternity unit
• Contribute to vaccinations, early pregnancy ultrasound and maternity assessments
• Collaborate with community midwifery team and hospital colleagues

Education

NZ Registered Midwife

Job description

• Work as a midwife in true midwifery practice in a wonderful maternity unit!
• We are committed to women-centred and culturally respectful care
• We have a fabulous supportive midwifery team environment
• Range of options for you, can be permanent or fixed term, part time or full time

Ētahi atu mōhiohio (More Information)

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

Te Whatu Ora (Nelson Marlborough) is the main health provider for the top of the south. Nearly 3,000 strong we are Nelson and Marlborough’s largest employer. Our main locations are Nelson and Wairau Hospitals, but we are spread across the region and service all parts of the community. Our work can be challenging, but we are up for it. We have a great team, and we work hard to make a difference. We value integrity, innovation, respect and teamwork.

About the Role

Why come to the Marlborough region? New midwifery staff are saying:

“I love the pace of life, the climate, the beauty of the region and the team is wonderful to work with! “

We are looking to employ a permanent NZ registered midwife with loads of passion and commitment to join our maternity team.

We have 500 births a year and we can promise that your core midwifery role will be busy and varied – so no two days will be the same. The best thing is that our service is midwifery led so you will get to be a midwife practising in all the areas you love!

We can offer the opportunity to expand your scope of practice in vaccinations, early pregnancy ultrasound and maternity assessments including iron infusions and LARCS.

We also have a community midwifery team, there is an opportunity for you to work across the hospital and community maternity services.

About the Team/Service

The midwifery team at Wairau is awesome! Our midwifery led service is a secondary level maternity service which has close collegial relationships with our Obstetric and Paediatric teams too. The team not only make such a positive work environment to be in – they love to get together for social activities too! You will be guaranteed to receive a very warm welcome into our team.

We provide a great place to work with professional development opportunities, job security and workplace wellness programmes.

We encourage a workforce that’s innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills, and passionate about caring for our community. We do great work, and we need a talented team to help us deliver.

About you

All midwives welcome to apply! This is the perfect opportunity for midwives who have completed their first year of practice in a tertiary unit and are now looking to use their full range of midwifery skills in a secondary level maternity unit, with the opportunity to expand your midwifery scope of practice. You will be committed to women centred and culturally respectful care. As a midwife you will be able to use all your clinical, time management and organisational skills and expertise across Antenatal, Labour and birth and postnatal care. You will be an important member of maternity service and support us to achieve the broader organisational health care objectives.

(The benefits of this position)

• Clinical support from a midwifery educator and clinical coach? You sure will have!
• Ability to work as a midwife in all the areas you love. Absolutely we value our midwifery lead service!
• Additional remuneration? Absolutely! You will be supported on the Midwifery Quality and Leadership programme
• Access to education, self-development and midwifery projects? Absolutely! We will support you with your special interest areas
• Free parking onsite

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.