Job Overview
This is an exceptional opportunity to embark on a career as a Registered Midwife with a dynamic and dedicated team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional care to expectant mothers and their newborns.
The role offers a seamless and compassionate birthing experience for women and their families, ensuring the highest standards of maternal and neonatal care. As a Registered Midwife, you will provide comprehensive midwifery care throughout the childbearing continuum, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
Your expertise and unwavering dedication will empower women and their families, fostering informed decision-making and promoting healthy practices. You will also maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records, adhering to strict confidentiality and ethical standards.
To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practising certificate. Alternatively, you may be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse and Midwife by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practising certificate.
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with comprehensive high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide comprehensive midwifery care throughout the childbearing continuum, encompassing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
* Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to ensure the highest quality of care and positive outcomes for mothers and babies.
* Educate and empower women and their families, fostering informed decision-making and promoting healthy practices.
* Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records, adhering to strict confidentiality and ethical standards.
Eligibility & Qualifications
You must be registered or eligible for registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practising certificate. Alternatively, you may be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse and Midwife by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practising certificate.
Benefits
* Salary packaging options.
* Flexible working arrangements and opportunities for career progression.
* Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
* Supportive culture that encourages all people to use their talents, be valued and rewarded for contributions.
* Promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion and flexibility.
Checks & Certifications
* DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC).
* National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening.
Immunisation Risk
Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances).