Shape Safe, Compassionate Birth Suite Care in a Permanent Full-Time Leadership Role

Permanent full-time opportunity based at Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, leading advanced midwifery practice across Birth Suites and the Maternity Assessment Centre within Metro South Health.

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Your new role:

As the Clinical Midwife Consultant, you will provide expert clinical leadership and advanced midwifery care while supporting a high-performing multidisciplinary maternity team by:

• Leading safe, evidence-based and woman-centred care across Birth Suites and Maternity Assessment Centre
• Coordinating clinical operations and supporting workforce capability, education and succession planning
• Managing complex and high-risk maternity presentations with sound clinical judgement
• Driving quality improvement, service redesign and governance initiatives
• Partnering with women, families and care teams to promote informed choice and positive birth outcomes
• Supporting staff through mentoring, coaching, reflective practice and clinical leadership

About you:

You are an experienced and passionate midwifery leader who thrives in a fast-paced maternity environment with:

• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Midwife
• Bachelor of Midwifery or equivalent tertiary qualification
• Extensive clinical experience in Birth Suites and/or Maternity Assessment settings
• Proven leadership capability in managing teams, resources and service priorities
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills
• Commitment to culturally safe, woman-centred and evidence-based care
• Experience in quality improvement, governance and clinical education initiatives
• Postgraduate qualifications or current enrolment highly regarded

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What we can offer you:

• Supportive leadership team committed to innovation, development and wellbeing
• Flexible work practices that support work-life balance where operationally possible
• Access to teaching, research and ongoing professional growth opportunities
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Logan Hospital:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS05680928_Role Description (PDF)