Clinical Nurse/Midwife (Birth Centre) - Women's Health Unit

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Your organisation – Mackay Hospital and Health Service:

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has eight hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and two additional community health services that employ more than 2,700 staff. The Mackay district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to approximately 182,000 people in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

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Your role:

The Clinical Nurse/Midwife provides advanced level clinical skills to ensure patient-focused evidence based nursing/midwifery care, plans and coordinates the clinical management of patient/client care and provides leadership and support to other nursing/midwifery staff in the Birth Centre within the Women's Health Unit.

Your team

The Birth Centre creates a nurturing environment for antenatal, intrapartum and post-natal care. This care model strives towards shared responsibility between each woman and her midwife and recognises the importance of continuity of care for women as a priority. The Birth Centre offers a midwifery case load model of care with 40 Women per Full Time Equivalent (FTE).

The Mackay Birth Centre was opened in 1994, by the women of Mackay for well pregnant women experiencing an uncomplicated pregnancy who strive for a natural birth in a family environment. The Birth Centre staff recognize pregnancy and birth as a healthy life event for each family. The delivery of family centred care involves education and support to ensure a safe and satisfying pregnancy, birth and early parenting experience. Decisions on all aspects of care are made in consultation with the woman and her family to enable them to make informed decisions.

Why work for Mackay HHS?

Mackay HHS provides a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities, provides roles with variety and flexibility, supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing and encourages work/life balance. Some additional benefits include:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellbeing initiatives and programs

Conditions of employment:

In addition to any mandatory requirements specified on the Role Description, such as Professional Registration and Qualifications, and prior to being made an offer of employment, incumbents are required to demonstrate their immunity to all or some of the following Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD): Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (chicken pox), Pertussis (whooping cough).

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