Community Midwife - Fixed Term

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ABOUT THE COMPANY 

Capital and Coast DHB (CCDHB) is located centrally in Wellington and has the equivalent of around 4,300 full time staff, making us a major employer in the Wellington region. We are also the leading provider of a number of specialist services, including neurosurgery, oncology, neonatal intensive care, and specialised mental health services, for the upper South and lower North Islands, a population of about 900,000 people. Our DHB has an annual budget of more than $1 billion, which we use to deliver health services directly and contract external providers to provide care, such as general practices, rest homes and pharmacists. 

CCDHB operates two hospitals – Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kapiti Health Centre in Paraparaumu.

Wellington is New Zealand’s capital. It is a “foodies” paradise, cultural art-loving harbour city, and a place you quickly begin to call home. Wellington has been named the best place to live in the world by Deutsche Bank’s 2017 study of 47 cities globally ranked. According to Deutsche Bank, it is also officially the city with the world's highest quality of life and has the least pollution of any city ranked.

ABOUT THE ROLE 

We are seeking a confident experienced midwife to do a fixed term contract with our Community Midwifery Team providing antenatal and postnatal care. You will also be working a minimum of one day per fortnight in Delivery Suite whilst we a review our community midwifery services and models of care.

We are looking for an experienced Midwife who has:

• The ability to work as a member of a team
• The ability to work in an efficient and organised way
• The ability to be adaptable
• The ability to work collaboratively with all health professionals to support excellent maternity care
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; verbal, telephone, written and electronic
• An understanding of the importance of liaison with all stakeholders in hospital and community
• A strong midwifery philosophy

DUTIES

The Community Midwifery Team provides antenatal and postnatal midwifery care in any setting, including the home and hospital for;

• Primary women who cannot find community based LMCs 
• Women under the care of a private obstetrician, where there is a shared care arrangement
• Secondary women requiring hospital midwifery services 
• Women under tertiary care who have transferred from another DHB and are less than 6 weeks postnatal who have a baby in NICU

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential requirements are:

• Registration with the Midwifery Council of NZ as a Registered Midwife
• Current practising certificate with no restrictions on practice
• Broad experience in Maternity care
• On confident level of QLP or working towards it
• Sound computer skills
• Full, clean drivers licence
• Ability to drive both manual and automatic cars

BENEFITS

Capability development is a high priority for CCDHB. Professional development opportunities are a given, as well as the ability to upskill and to take on other roles. People and their skills are highly valued at CCDHB.

Staff benefits include discounts from many companies throughout the region, access to a cost-effective gym including exercise classes and use of two low-cost holiday homes at Taupo. 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications will not be accepted via email. All candidates applying for any of our current vacancies must complete an online CCDHB application form by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. 

Applications close on 14 July 2018. Please ensure your uploaded CV and cover letter is in either Word or PDF format. For further information on this role, please email [email protected] and please indicate the vacancy number (NM144-18) and job title in the subject line.