Shape exceptional, woman-centred maternity care as a Clinical Midwife

Permanent and temporary full-time and part-time opportunities are available for Clinical Midwives to join the Birth Suite and Maternity Assessment Centre at Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Clinical Midwife, you'll use your advanced clinical expertise, leadership and problem-solving skills to deliver safe, individualised and woman-centred maternity care while supporting the team to achieve high-quality outcomes. Your role will include:

• Providing specialist midwifery care for women with complex care needs across the maternity journey.
• Working autonomously while providing clinical leadership, guidance and support to colleagues.
• Developing and coordinating individualised antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care plans.
• Promoting informed choice, advocacy, continuity of care and culturally safe practice.
• Supporting evidence-based practice, quality improvement, clinical governance and risk management.
• Mentoring, educating and supporting midwives, students and other team members.
• Working collaboratively with women, families, multidisciplinary teams and community services.

About you:

We're looking for an experienced midwife who combines strong clinical capability with a commitment to woman-centred care, collaboration and professional leadership, with:

• Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a Midwife.
• A tertiary qualification such as a Bachelor of Midwifery or equivalent.
• Advanced clinical knowledge, assessment and care-planning skills across midwifery practice.
• Experience managing complex midwifery care and making sound clinical decisions.
• Strong communication, collaboration, delegation and problem-solving skills.
• An ability to apply contemporary evidence and research to clinical practice.
• Experience supporting the education, mentoring and professional development of others.
• Current competence in fetal surveillance, including FSEP and K2, and advanced neonatal resuscitation competency.

A postgraduate qualification, or current enrolment in a relevant postgraduate program, is highly desirable.

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What we can offer you:

• A supportive and collaborative team committed to high-quality, woman-centred maternity care.
• Opportunities to lead and grow, with access to education, mentoring, research and professional development.
• A diverse and inclusive workplace that values different cultures, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds.
• Opportunities to contribute to innovation and service improvement across maternity care.
• Flexible working arrangements, with full-time and part-time opportunities available.
• A strong teaching and research environment within Metro South Health.
• 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.

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

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• MS10694179_RD (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)