Registered Midwife Full Time
NSW Health
- Broken Hill, NSW
- $70,050-98,351 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $70,049.73 - $98,351.39 + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ479392Location:
- Great opportunity to join a supportive team and make a real difference
- Grow your career with us with training on offer to support your learning
- Fantastic lifestyle, great food/cafes, art, music, sport and festivals
- Only 3 hours from Mildura and 5 hours from Adelaide or hop on a plane with a short flight from anywhere in Australia
- Work 8 hour solo shifts (7-7) in the maternity ward of the Broken Hill Hospital
- Provide care for admitted antenates/postnates/special care nursery babies
- Be the second midwife at a birth and provide support and mentorship to students and junior midwives
- The MGP midwives are on-call to come in for intrapartum care and assist on the ward if required
- Work in collaboration with consultant locum obstetricians and a close-knit, supportive team, inclusive of BMids, new graduate midwives and students.
- Rural Incentive applies to this role
- 1 week extra paid annual leave every year (pro rata)
- 12 paid ADO's a year
- Salary packaging (pay less tax!) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses +$2.6k for meals and entertainment
- Novated leasing
- Isolation & climate allowance
- Remote Area Housing Assistance Benefits
- Special rates at local gyms
- Fitness Passport
- Support through advanced education & training
- A comfortable and affordable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing
To be considered for this position please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible
- Current midwifery registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Confidence and skill to be rostered on 8 hour shifts as a solo Core Midwife on the ward, and provide senior Midwifery clinical support during admissions, labour and birth.
- Demonstrated application of professional and ethical boundaries to the delivery of patient care in the context of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated application of evidence based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised person centred care patient care.
- Excellent competency and proficiency as a midwife in antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal care, lactation and infant feeding with an understanding of effective escalation and emergency Midwifery care.
- Demonstrated capacity to interact with a multidisciplinary team in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
- Demonstrated commitment to work and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families and employees to enhance health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
- Evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills, and willingness to apply and share professional expertise with colleagues.
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For role related queries or questions contact Megan Ritchie on Megan.Ritchie@health.nsw.gov.auApplications Close: 24th of April 2024#RuralHealthIncentivesFar West Local Health District is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait backgrounds and LGBTQI+ communities to apply for positions.