An exciting opportunity exists for a Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC) - Supporting Healthier Pregnancies to join the team and be a part of the implementation of Supporting Healthier Pregnancy Initiative under the Putting Queensland Kids First Strategy to improve the current and future health of pregnant people and their children through strengthening preventive health care and recommended screening during routine public antenatal care, with clear pathways to ongoing support. The CMC is expected to demonstrate an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice and decision making in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

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An exciting opportunity exists for a Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC) - Supporting Healthier Pregnancies to join the team and be a part of the implementation of Supporting Healthier Pregnancy Initiative under the Putting Queensland Kids First Strategy to improve the current and future health of pregnant people and their children through strengthening preventive health care and recommended screening during routine public antenatal care, with clear pathways to ongoing support. The CMC is expected to demonstrate an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice and decision making in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

The role will work across service streams and groups to support seamless pathways for women experiencing vulnerabilities in pregnancy.  The CMC will work in partnership with the midwifery, medical, Child Health and Children's Plus teams to provide support and service responsiveness. 

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north. 

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Work collaboratively across the antenatal, postnatal and child health teams to streamline timely access to required supports for pregnant people.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategies to sustainably improve screening and preventive health practices and embed systems for antenatal care.
• Contribute to building capacity and systems for vulnerable women, chronic disease, and future health risk screening of pregnant women in public antenatal care services across the state, with clear support pathways.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with Schedule 2, Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health Award) – State 2015 – Generic Level Statements Nurse Grade 7 and the Queensland Public Service values.

Remuneration value up to $164 212 p.a., comprising salary between $132 562 - $143 924 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (NRG7). Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered). 

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers  

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:
• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

Check out the latest updates here:
https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/ 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• SC648352_RD (PDF, 275KB)
  Role Description
  
  Information for Applicants, SCHHS (PDF, 1.79MB)
  Application Kit