About us:

The Maternity and Paediatric Ward in Mareeba is a level 3 birthing service and is comprised of 4 funded ward beds, two birth rooms and 24-hour obstetric and operating theatre cover. The ward provides care for low acuity paediatric patients, antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal women and medical outlie patients.

Maternity services are provided through a Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) model including a First Nations MGP. The Mareeba Maternity Service cares for around 300 women per year from the surrounding communities of Mareeba, Dimbulah, Kuranda and Chillagoe and the Midwifery Team collaborates with GP Proceduralists onsite and Consultants at Cairns Hospital. Around 200 women birth at Mareeba Hospital each year and the others receive shared care with Cairns Hospital or other Tertiary Hospitals.

About your opportunity: 

In this position you will....

• Demonstrate advanced clinical judgement, problem-solving and clinical management skills, with the ability to coordinate care, work autonomously and deliver safe, high-quality midwifery services.
• Lead a team in conjunction with a Midwife Grade 7 to support effective shift coordination, performance management and development, change management initiatives, rostering and workforce planning, while fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
• Act as a role model for Registered Midwives, Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, and unregulated healthcare workers in the provision of holistic healthcare.
• Participate in developing, evaluating, and updating clinical service procedures, protocols, standards, and guidelines.
• Engage in incident reporting/investigation and conduct and apply quality improvement frameworks and audits and develop risk minimisation strategies/activities to promote safe and/or rectify unsafe practice.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

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What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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