Midwifery Group Practice Midwife
An opportunity for midwives to work in Barwon Health's Midwifery Group Practice providing continuity of care to women of the Greater Geelong Region.
Summary about this job
Nursing - Midwifery, Neo-Natal, SCN & NICU
Company: Barwon Health
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Contract/Temp
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Phone: +61-3-9404-4846
Fax: +61-8-1711-5489
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Detail information about job Midwifery Group Practice Midwife. Terms and conditions vacancy
- A Challenging and rewarding role within a dynamic team
- Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment
- Build a rewarding career at Victoria's leading regional health care service
Temporary Part Time
- A Challenging and rewarding role within a dynamic team
- Enjoy a role working in a dynamic Midwifery Group providing case-load midwifery care in which you can provide delivery of a high quality service
- Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment
- Join the largest Regional Heath Care Service in Victoria and build a rewarding career
About the facility
University Hospital's, Maternity Services is the referral centre for Geelong and surrounding areas and has approximately 2,500 births per year. Services include specialty pregnancy care clinics, including midwives clinics, adolescent pregnancy care, chemical dependency pregnancy care, shared care, midwifery group practice and specialist obstetric clinics.
About the region
Barwon Health is the largest health care provider in the Geelong region, and the locality provides for a relaxed regional centre lifestyle, yet still within easy access to both coastal areas as well as the Melbourne CBD. In this vibrant city, you can enjoy the cosmopolitan lifestyle, cultural precincts and fantastic restaurants and cafes.
About the role
Are you a Registered Nurse and Midwife looking for a career within Maternity Services? If so, we are looking to recruit a midwife to work within the Midwifery Group Practice at University Hospital Geelong. Midwives interested in working autonomously across their scope of practice, with the opportunity to focus on women's needs and expectations, are encouraged to apply.
As the successful applicant you will be committed to providing holistic care across the continuum of pregnancy, intrapartum and the extended postnatal period providing continuity of care for women with your partnering midwife. Flexibility and adaptability to work in self-managed hours are important components of the role. A proven commitment to woman-centred, flexible and innovative in practice including an evidence-based approach to care is required. You will require Midwifery experience across the scope of practise, clinical competence and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
About the culture
We are an enthusiastic, energetic and focused team who work cohesively together. We promote positive respectful relationships and strong working partnerships in the workplace and in the community. As a team we are focussed on providing the highest quality patient centred care. Everything we do centres all our services on the patient and is guided by our driving values: Respect, Compassion, Commitment, Accountability and Innovation
Barwon Health staff benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Our Commitment to Child Safety
- Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
- Aboriginal Employment Plan
If you have knowledge & understanding of and commitment to Health Service Key Performance Indicators with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, we encourage you to apply.
At Barwon Health we celebrate and harness diversity, and consider it a competitive advantage. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds including individuals that identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, GLBTIQ+, and individuals with disabilities. Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all our consumers including children and appropriate rigorous reference and background checks will be undertaken. Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
Enquiries: Kylie Cole
Ph: 0478 493 096
Applications Close: 24/07/2018
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