Clincial Midwife - Caseload

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Clincial Midwife - Caseload. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Great career advancement opportunities available with our health service!
• Enjoy working with our friendly and supportive team of dedicated professionals.
• Be rewarded with a generous remuneration package and additional benefits!

Job Ad Reference: MI278301

Salary: Remuneration package of up to $107,262 p.a., comprising salary range of $87,796 - $94,010 p.a. (+ any other applicable allowances/benefits including RANIP) (Nurse Grade 6), recreational leave loading (17.5%), and employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%).

About North West Hospital and Health Service
The North West Hospital and Health Service covers an area of over 300,000 square kilometres and services the rural and remote communities within North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Health Service includes the City of Mount Isa and the towns and areas of Burketown, Camooweal, Cloncurry, Dajarra, Doomadgee, Julia Creek, Karumba, Normanton and Mornington Island.

Health professionals are in high demand and working in this area offers a number of personal benefits including living in a unique natural environment close to where you work and a supportive local community.

Some of the professional benefits include:

• greater autonomy and responsibility
• the variety of working in a multidisciplinary team
• a diverse patient mix
• access to professional development and support networks
• a range of additonal financial benefits

About the Role

• To practice autonomously and collaboratively at an advanced level providing continuity of midwifery care to a defined group of women in a defined geographical area throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, focusing on the woman's individual unique needs, expectation and aspirations.
• Plan, coordinate and integrate evidence-based care into midwifery practice, providing education and support which empowers women and their families, recognising the woman's right to self-determination in terms of choice, control and continuity of carer. Encompassing the needs of the woman, her family significant others and community as identified and negotiated by the woman herself.
• To provide professional leadership support and mentorship to the Grade 5 Caseload Midwife in the partnership consistent with professional practice model values, facilitating a supportive learning environment.

Requirements:

• The successful applicant must hold Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a registered midwife and have possession of a current annual practising certificate. Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and registration or membership with the appropriate registration authority or association.
• A minimum of four years midwifery clinical experience in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care preferred.
• Competence in perineal suturing and Healthy Hearing screening would be highly regarded.

For additional information regarding the responsibilities and/or other requirements for this position please refer to the role description.

Working with North West HHS
We are committed to providing a wide range of rewarding career opportunities to our employees. Our health service offers generous remuneration packages and employment benefits which include salary sacrificing options, recreational leave loading, generous employer superannuation contribution, shift allowances, locality allowances, professional development assistance, flexible working arrangements, access to corporate discounts, staff wellness programs and the employee assistance program.

Mount Isa is a unique and progressive city nestled among the splendour of the Selwyn Ranges in the heart of North West Queensland. Once a raw frontier town built around the vast mineral resources, Mount Isa has grown into a thriving industrial and commercial centre renowned for its friendly and welcoming nature. Affectionately known as the ‘oasis of the outback,' Mount Isa represents over 50 nationalities which give the city a unique cosmopolitan flavour. People enjoy living in this modern community, with restaurants, excellent health care, shopping, churches, clubs, service clubs and social activities. You will love the yearly carnival of festivities and celebrations including the Mount Isa Rodeo. Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!