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The Clinical Midwife (Core) provides early clinical leadership within Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, delivering woman‑centred care to a defined patient population in increasingly complex situations. The role supports and guides Registered Midwives and non‑registered staff, provides inpatient antenatal and postnatal care including birth suite backup, and works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and MGP caseload midwives.
About us:
We are the Cassowary Hub Maternity service, based in Innisfail, the southern hub of Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, located 88 kilometres south of Cairns. Our service is dedicated to empowering women and families to birth locally by providing safe, respectful, and high‑quality midwifery care within a rural North Queensland setting. We offer public obstetric services supported by two funded inpatient beds, two birthing suites, and dedicated consultation spaces. Working in partnership with local General Practitioners through shared care models, we ensure continuity and accessibility of care. Our service is further supported by a 24‑hour operating theatre, enabling us to respond to both emergency and elective caesarean births when required.
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.
About your role:
* Practice collaboratively and provide clinical leadership within the interdisciplinary health care team to promote the safety, security and personal integrity of women and their families.
* Provide clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education, and research in conjunction with the Maternity Unit Manager and Associate Maternity Unit Manager.
* Provide effective and efficient clinical care in the area of clinical specialty and work in collaboration with the Maternity Unit Manager and Associate Maternity Unit Manager to ensure the maintenance of safe standards and woman-centred care.
* Provide leadership in clinical decision making to give and/or coordinate care to women accessing midwifery services within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Innisfail under the Level 3 Clinical Services Capability Framework. Maternity services (health.qld.gov.au)
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
What we offer:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
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