Registered Midwife - Permanent Nurses

• Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time
  
• Position Classification: Registered Midwife
  
• Location: Nepean Hospital
  
• Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour
  
• Hours Per Week: up to 38
  
• Requisition ID: REQ565456

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

An incredible opportunity is now available for Registered Midwives to join the team located at Nepean Hospital. These positions on offer are Permanent Full time or Part time and will have you working across the many areas within the division of Women's Health.

This role will see you work collaboratively to provide safe, compassionate, person-centred health care in collaboration with patients, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams.

As a registered Midwife you will assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team to meet defined patient/client care objectives within agreed timeframes. At all times maintain confidentiality on all issues relating to patients/clients, colleagues and NBMLHD and respond effectively to emergency situations, the changing status of patients/clients, clinical concerns, adverse events, critical incidents and complaints.

Our positive and innovative environment will offer many opportunities and career pathways whilst being supported by an experienced and dedicated team consisting of a Nurse Manager, NUM's, Nurse Practitioners, CNC's, CNE, CNS's and RN's.

We encourage you to apply today!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO) - Full time employees
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

Selection Criteria:

1. Current registration as a Registered Midwife Division 1 with AHPRA.
2. Demonstrated experience and clinical skill in Midwifery.
3. Demonstrated capacity to provide effective nursing/midwifery care that is person centred, family inclusive and culturally sensitive to people accessing health services.
4. Demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise work.
5. Demonstrated effective communications written and verbal skills.
6. Demonstrated commitment to professional development.
7. Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
8. Ability to work a flexible roster, day evening or night shift across all days of the week according to the unit or team requirements.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

Need more information?

1. Click here for the Position Description
2. For role related queries or questions contact Jacinta Selby on [email protected].