About the role
About the role
As a Clinical Midwife within the Maternity Unit at Redcliffe Hospital, you will provide advanced clinical midwifery care to women, babies and families across a range of maternity settings. You will apply expert clinical knowledge and evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care, ensuring safe, high-quality and woman and baby focused outcomes.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary maternity team, you will provide leadership, education and support to midwives, nurses and other healthcare staff, while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, portfolio management and the delivery of compassionate, culturally safe and responsive maternity services.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:
- Provide advanced clinical midwifery assessment, planning, coordination and delivery of women and baby centred care within the Maternity Unit.
- Respond to complex and changing clinical situations, providing expert support, direction and clinical leadership to nursing, midwifery and support staff.
- Educate and support women and their families, promoting informed decision-making, wellbeing and independence throughout their maternity journey.
- Contribute to a positive learning culture through mentoring, education, professional development and participation in evidence-based practice initiatives.
- Drive quality improvement activities that enhance safety, humanised maternity care and best practice outcomes for women, babies and families.
Benefits when working for us
- Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
- Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
- Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
- Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75% and access to salary packaging
Metro North Health offers a dynamic and progressive environment at the forefront of healthcare, research, and education. With a strong commitment to inclusion, flexibility, and professional development, we provide meaningful opportunities in a workplace that puts people first.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.