Clinical midwife consultant

Clinical Midwife Consultant – WA Country Health Service (WACHS)

Location: Perth

Work Type: Casual, Fixed Term – Full Time, Fixed Term – Part Time

Salary: AUD 4 - 135,851 per year.

Applicants must have a valid working visa for fixed-term appointments or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or hold a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia for permanent appointments.

• WA Health requires applicants to undergo criminal record and integrity screening.
• Applicants may also be required to undergo a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment.
• Adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.
• This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information refer to https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au.
• Any offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory pre‐employment health assessment (PEHA).

As part of a multidisciplinary team for the WACHS Command Centre, the Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC) is responsible for providing clinical consultancy as part of the Midwifery and Obstetrics Emergency Telehealth Service (MOETS) within the assigned area of specialty across the WA Country Health Service and its regions. Responsibilities include providing timely expert and advanced and complex midwifery advice and clinical support including cardiotocograph monitoring to regional health services using audio‐visual modalities; delivering concurrent fetal monitoring guidance; providing mentorship and role modelling for midwives; contributing to the advancement of the midwifery profession and maternal and newborn services; and enabling innovation and improvement in health service delivery.

WACHS is the largest country health system in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to approximately half a million people, including 45,000 Aboriginal people, across a vast area of 2.5 million square kilometres. The organisation comprises seven regions, with a strong network of public hospitals, health services and health centres located across rural and remote Western Australia. Our core business is the provision of quality, accessible health services to country WA residents and visitors.

• 12% employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice.
• Access to generous salary packaging arrangements.
• Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Flexible leave arrangements.
• Other professional and location based allowances.

WAHealth is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people with disabilities. WA Health supports flexible working practices within the context of a quality health service.

Please see the attached Job Description Form (available ).