Registered Midwife Night Duty

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Hours: Night Duty 2100-0730 at 0.5 EFT, 4 night shifts per fortnight

Salary: as per EBA

Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: Lisa Nikoletseas p. 8458 4067 e. lnikoletseas@mercy.com.au

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

• Join our highly skilled Birthing Services Team and provide evidenced based, women centred care.
• We support our midwives to grow and develop their skills to be able to provide hollistic care in birthing services.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Prior experience as a midwife working in a Birthing Suite
• Level 2 or above RANZCOG practitioner status
• Competence to perform IV Cannulation, Balloon Catheter insertion for induction of labour, perineal suturing, and waterbirth (or working towards these skills)
• Knowledge of managing high risk, complicated pregnancies and birth, but also possess the skills and desire to facilitate physiological birth where possible

About you:

• you are approachable, compassionate and contribute to a positive team culture
• you have excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve
• you hold the birthing person at the centre of their care ALWAYS - ensuring informed consent and prioritisation of birthing
  preferences

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.