Registered Midwife - Incentives Offered

• You will be providing exceptional evidence-based midwifery care to women, babies, and their families. You will be supported by obstetric, paediatric, and allied healthcare teams.
• In your role, you will be an advocate for women and their babies and apply evidence-based midwifery care within the inpatient setting.
• You will be an excellent communicator and be able to adapt to the ever-changing environment of the maternity setting.
• You will be able to escalate concerns appropriately and collaborate with all members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Scone maternity unit is a Midwifery/GP shared care model, with 8 beds, 2 labour wards and a midwife-led antenatal clinic supported by GP obstetric team and high-risk obstetric teams at Maitland and JHH.

• Scone is a thriving town in the Upper Region of New South Wales, Australia. With a modest population Scone and great climate, Scone is affordable and has all the benefits of a close-knit country town with familiar friendly faces whist being less than 3 hours from Sydney, two hours from Newcastle and one and a half hours from Tamworth.
• It is known as 'The Horse Capital of Australia' and claims to be the second-largest horse breeding area in the world, after Kentucky in the United States. The equine focus of the town is reflected in numerous ways: it is the home to the Australian Stockhorse Association; the Hunter thoroughbred breeding industry which is reputedly the second largest breeding area in the world; the district has some of the country’s longest-established pony clubs; there is a thriving polo and polocrosse community;
• Scone Hospital is a quaint yet well-equipped facility where our dedicated team of Registered Nurses and Midwives, Enrolled Nurses and Assistants in Nursing promote excellence in patient care by collaborating with each other, other health care providers, families and carers. We encourage and support career progression and professional development with a range of programs and specialist nursing staff.

• Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme - Dependant on Role (See Below)
• You will be supported by Maternity Unit Manager, Health Service Manager, Clinical Manager, Nurse Unit Managers in Emergency and Operating Theatre/ Day Stay Unit along with the facility Clinical Nurse Educator, Quality Coordinator/Clinical manager.
• The role is also supported by Clinical Midwifery Educators, regular meetings with maternity unit managers from other sites.
• Ongoing education is supported.

• Four weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Superannuation contributions 11%
• Salary packaging - Up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing.
• Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

• Attraction incentive paid as a Rural and Regional fortnightly allowance of up to $20,000 in total for the first 12 months (pro-rata for temporary contracts of less than 12 months)
• Retention incentive of up to $10,000 thereafter annually (pro-rata for temporary contracts of less than 12 months)
• PLUS 3 months accommodation assistance (e.g. rent payments, payments for commercial accommodation)
• PLUS Relocation benefits (e.g. expenses incurred due to relocation such as leave for moving, travel to look at potential accommodation, removal and storage costs, transactional and incidental costs due to the sale and purchase of a home, plus more!)
• PLUS Family Travel Assistance (e.g. reimbursement of a return economy air fare to and from the nearest capital city for a family member that is usually part of your household per year)

• Additional annual professional development days (up to 5 more per year)
• Additional personal leave (up to 5 more per year)
• Computer/internet reimbursement (e.g. laptop, wi-fi costs)
• Return airfare to and from your work base (or equivalent motor vehicle allowance) so you can still visit family and friends

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part-time and temporary part-time vacancies.

• To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
• We are able to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

• To be eligible for employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or hold an appropriate visa that allows you to live and work in Australia. Employment of a temporary visa holder will only be offered in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
• If you are currently employed with HNE Health in a position of the same grade, you may not need to submit an online application to be considered. Please contact the hiring manager to discuss your options first.
• We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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