What can we offer you:
● City living without the traffic - click her to see why you should live inCanberra.
● Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions.
● Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
● Flexible working conditions.
● 11.5% Superannuation.
About the Hospital:
North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary Public Hospital Bruce) and Clare Holland House are now run and operated by Canberra Health Services (CHS)
This is a significant milestone as the ACT Government moves towards delivering a new billion-dollar hospital on Canberra’s Northside.
The current North Canberra Hospital is a level 4 hospital that provides a range of acute and sub-acute services including community based care to the residents of the northside of Canberra and Southern NSW. North Canberra Hospital (NCH) is a 270 public hospital located in Canberra’s expanding northside. North Canberra Hospital operates a 24 hour Emergency Department. Inpatient services include general medicine, surgery, maternity, mental health and critical care.
Other service modalities include day surgery, specialist outpatient clinics, Hospital in the Home and the Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation service that reaches into aged care facilities across the ACT.
The new Northside Hospital will be built on the existing Calvary Hospital campus in Bruce. It will be a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for patients, visitors and its workforce and will provide more beds and increased services. Until then, it's business as usual at the NCH, and we'll keep providing high-quality care to our patients and community.
About the role:
The service is family centered, as we understand that the family is central to the successful delivery of health care. We believe in respect for mother, baby and their family and their cultural and religious needs. Each person is an individual with the right to dignity and privacy. The environment is breast feeding friendly and we provide a safe, functional and comfortable work environment for all those that work here. We provide family-based care with an emphasis on partnership with families at this important time. We are committed to staff excellence, with a rich culture of ongoing professional development in the specialty of Maternity and Gynaecology outpatients.
Under the direction of the Continuity of Midwifery Care Service Clinical Midwifery Consultant (CMC), working within a continuity team, the registered midwife will provide continuity of care to a caseload of women. The midwife is responsible for coordinating safe and effective delivery of care to women and babies during pregnancy, birth and in the immediate postnatal period.
Under limited direction of the Clinical Midwife Consultant you will:
• Provide woman focused autonomous and accountable, evidence based, continuity of midwifery care during pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period within a Midwifery Group Practice model.
• In consultation with the multidisciplinary team, and with clinical support, provide comprehensive care involving appropriate consultation, referral, and collaboration, including delegating, prioritizing and managing work time effectively.
• Provide a supportive educational environment to enable women and their families to make informed choices about their care.
• Effectively communicate with consumers and health professionals using well developed verbal, written and technological skills. The midwife will access various computer applications including health specific databases to assist in communication, support service delivery and accurate data collection for reporting.
• Participate in continuing education, clinical guideline development, research, evaluation, and peer review to ensure high quality midwifery is provided and women receive safe and appropriate midwifery care.
• Participate in the effective management of human, material and financial resources within the North Canberra Hospital and as per the ACT Public Service Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.
About you:
Requirements/Qualifications:
• Be registered or be eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• This is an on-call position and when on call the applicant needs to be available within 30 minutes of the North Canberra Hospital
• Must hold a current driver’s license
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies
Desirable
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Framework and all other related frameworks.
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Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under theWorking with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011is required.
• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
How to apply:
Applications must be submitted through the e-recruitment system;
• Applications must include a copy of a current CV anddetails for at least 2 professional referees
• A pitch outlining your skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this role. You should take into consideration the selection criteria (below) when drafting your response.
• Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.
To be eligible for permanent employment within the ACT Public Service you must be anAustralian citizen ora permanent resident”
What you require:
These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your CV and experience.
• Demonstrates the ability to apply evidence led woman-centred care and education to women across the scope of midwifery practice, including ability to triage designated patients, recognition of need for appropriate consultation, collaboration, and referral to the multidisciplinary team
• Ability, with support, to work autonomously and within a team, with well-developed and respectful communication, interpersonal and negotiation and collaboration skills. Including the ability to prioritise work and manage time effectively within a variety of settings including the community, hospital and the woman’s home
• Demonstrates proficient knowledge of, and the ability to use, computer applications including MS Office applications, and the ability to learn and use consumer information systems.
• Demonstrates commitment to the provision of reflective, evidence-based midwifery practise, and an understanding of quality improvement activities, risk management principles and accreditation processes. A commitment to education of self and others to increase knowledge base and contribute to positive care outcomes across the service.
• Demonstrates a commitment to work, health and safety (WH&S) and the positive patient experience and displays behaviour consistent with Canberra Health Services values of Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind.
A merit pool will be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Hanako Sayers, [email protected]
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