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Job details

Role details

The Proserpine Hospital is seeking applications for a Caseload Midwife to join their team on a permanent basis.

For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

• Responsible and accountable for delivering quality patient focused, evidenced based nursing care providing leadership, direction and support to other nursing staff and students and working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team in the Maternity Department.
• The Caseload Midwife provides primary midwifery care for an allocated group of women, in collaboration with other health care providers, across the continuum of pregnancy, labour, birth and the post-partum period within the Greater Whitsunday Midwifery Group Practice.
• The Caseload Midwife will provide midwifery care/clinical expertise, support and education to woman and their families and staff within the Proserpine Maternity Unit Model of care that ensures the provision of best practice and quality woman centred care. The midwife will work collaboratively with the MGP and rotate the responsibilities of organizing MGP and caseload meetings, women's meet and greet sessions, collection of monthly statistics and written quarterly reports for the Midwifery Group Practice.
• As a Clinical Midwife and part of Proserpine Hospital, deployment within the hospital service may be required to support midwifery and nursing colleagues in times of staffing crisis and workload acuity.

About the Team

Proserpine Maternity Unit covers a wide area from the Whitsunday Islands to the east, Collinsville to the west and Bowen to the north. The unit is made up of a hospital team of 5.27FTE midwives and an MGP of 3.63FTE Midwives and caters for up to 300 women a year. The two practices work closely together and also support the rural generalist service of the hospital. The service is a level 3 capability service with access to a theatre. High risk women are share cared with Mackay Base Hospital which is 1 ½ hours south of Proserpine. The versatility of experience in this rural locality enables midwives to maintain experience in all aspects of midwifery care.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,500 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Further information

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

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation by attaching to their online application. Applications remain current for 12 months (permanent roles) or for the duration of the vacancy (temporary roles).

Documents

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

• QH Information Applicant Pack (PDF)
  
  Role Description (PDF)