Community Midwife

Community Midwife

Our supportive team is on the look-out for an experienced Community Midwife to join us to provide a quality health service to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales. Reporting to the Manager Healthy Start, this full-time opportunity includes key responsibilities such as:

Key Responsibilities:

· Coordinating and assist in a wide variety of midwifery treatments and care activities using a patient-centered approach in a general practice clinic.

· Work as part of the Child and Family Program within the Maari Ma footprint, to provide safe and effective community midwifery services and ensure the continuity of care for mothers and children through pregnancy, infancy and ongoing into childhood.

· Mentor and support Aboriginal Health Practitioners and trainees with ante natal and post-natal care, encouraging their active participation at all times.

· Competently perform clinical midwifery duties identified as being required in the preparation, execution and monitoring of maternity care plans according to best available evidence. E.g., antenatal and post-natal assessments, baby checks, immunisations and other injections, collection of pathology samples.

· Implement the AMIHS Program Activities working in collaboration with maternity, medical, obstetric and paediatric staff to provide a range of community-based services for Aboriginal women and their babies. These services include the provision of:

o a culturally appropriate continuity of care model through the antenatal and postnatal periods up to 6-8 weeks;

o identification of complicated pregnancies and appropriate referral to specialists;

o outreach and home visiting service;

· Develop and maintain a positive collaborative working relationship with Broken Hill Health Service midwifery team, to facilitate best practice holistic, culturally appropriate care is provided throughout pregnancy and postnatal period.

· Emotional and social support for women, especially those with high needs.

To Be Successful:

· Current unconditional registration with AHPRA as an registered nurse

· Holds a Graduate Certificate or Diploma of Diabetes Education through a recognised Australian University.

· Credentialed Diabetes Educator with ADEA (Australian Diabetes Educators Association) or able to obtain this accreditation within 12 months of commencing employment

· Ability to titrate insulin and GLP-1 injectable medication.

· Current Venipuncture CPD certificate.

· Ability to work with Aboriginal staff and communities in a way that fosters mutual respect.

· Demonstrated experience working in a multidisciplinary primary care team to deliver prevention, early detection and chronic disease management programs.

· Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, liaise and network with a range of health services and GP's.

· Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles of primary health care and how they apply to the prevention and management of chronic disease.

· Ability to work effectively in a community-based setting and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Salary up to $130,000 gross per annum plus superannuation. (Depending on qualifications and years of experience)

Incentives for this position

· Retention bonus of $5,000 paid following 1 and 2 years of full-time service

· Temporary accommodation for 4 weeks

· Relocation assistance to help you get to Broken Hill

· Home base travel allowance to keep in touch with your family - $600 allowance on completion of each 6 months of service for 2 years.

Maari Ma offers a great range of benefits including:

· Working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm

· 5 weeks paid annual leave per year

· Christmas Closure including additional paid leave to cover the period (4 days)

· Public holidays off

· Paid accrued day off (for full time employees up to 12 per year)

· Flexible leave accrual

· Remote allowance

· Generous Salary Packaging, standard up to $15,900 per year. Plus access to Salary Packaging Novated Leasing, Meal Entertainment and Accommodation card and Remote Area Benefits to increase the standard amount you can salary package – full benefits go to the employee.

· Supported advanced education and training and excellent personal development opportunities

· Access to use our accredited health care service for you and your family (conditions apply).

· Access to free and confidential Employment Assistance Program.

· CPI increases annually.

TO DISCUSSthe role please contact Lavinia Henderson on or email

APPLY ONLINE - please go to the "Working with us" page of our website.

Applications Close when position is filled

· All Maari Ma Aboriginal Health employees are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate.

· Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are encouraged to apply for this position.

· Maari Ma acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land in which we live, and we pay our respect to their Elders both past and present and emerging.

About Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation

Maari Ma Health is an Aboriginal community-controlled regional health service that has been providing a quality service to the Aboriginal people of far western New South Wales for more than 20 years and employs over 140 people within the region.

The Location:

We are proud to work on Paakintji country. The Oasis of the Outback, Broken Hill is a living, breathing time capsule where the local Aboriginal Culture blends seamlessly with a rising modern art scene, all set amid a sprawling desert landscape. It is a place of huge skies, rocky red earth, and a fascinating and internationally significant history. This historic town is great for all ages and has several day-cares, primary schools, high schools, and TAFE. Beyond Broken Hill and on your doorstep, you can discover spectacular and culturally significant national parks, lush rivers and lakes, abundant wildlife, and other classic towns of outback New South Wales and beyond. Broken Hill has an airport servicing both Qantas and Rex with two-three flights a day from Sydney and Adelaide and is only a 5-hour drive from Adelaide.