Midwifery Unit Manager

2 months ago

Heidelberg, Australia Mercy Health Full time

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
This role will see you leading our passionate team of staff who provide clinical care, screening and assessment for high risk mothers and babies.
- Employment is with Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg.
- Fixed term full time position (12 months).
- Provide effective leadership and strategic direction within the unit.
- Ensure high quality clinical practices and patient care.
- Tactically manage the operational, financial, human and information resources within the unit.
- Great work environment with a motivated and passionate multidisciplinary team.

**ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT**:

- The Foetal Monitoring Unit operates Monday to Saturday and offers a range of foetal surveillance techniques including foetal heart rate monitoring (cardiotocography, CTG), ultrasound evaluation of amniotic fluid (amniotic fluid index measurement) and foeto-placental blood flow (umbilical Doppler measurements), and formal biophysical profile assessment. Our midwife-led service is supported by our Maternal Foetal Medicine team, with our ‘MFM of the day’ consultant available for further evaluation and advice. Our Foetal Surveillance Unit also provides the foetal monitoring required for our external cephalic version service and the Pregnancy Day Assessment Centre (PADC).
- The Perinatal Medicine Department delivers clinical care for high risk women. Our multidisciplinary team provides comprehensive counselling and pregnancy care, as well as obstetric imaging, fetal monitoring and prenatal procedures.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Current registration as a Registered Midwife or Registered Nurse/Midwife with AHPRA.
- Post Graduate Degree (or working towards) in hospital or health services, administration, management or equivalent qualification.
- Minimum 5 years post graduate experience.
- Current Level 3 Practitioner as per the RANZCOG FSEP framework.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of high risk pregnancy.
- Experience working within a maternal foetal medicine unit (desirable).
- Credentialed to perform limited third trimester ultrasound (desirable).
- Demonstrated clinical leadership.
- Awareness of financial and budgetary process.
- Proven leadership and change management experience.
- Demonstrated clinical innovation with high level change management.

**ABOUT US**:

- Mercy Hospital for Women is a fully accredited Level 6 Public Specialist Teaching Hospital providing both public and private patient care through maternity services, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative services, gynaecology, women's health and associated health, support and diagnostic services. We are a major teaching hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to treat the most complex obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological cases.
- Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
- Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:

- Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

- caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families.
- protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect.
- taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable.
- offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**:

- Proof of vaccination status consistent with public health orders and with Mercy Health’s policy (includes but is not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination compliance requirement).
- If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process, please contact us on the details below.

**Contact Details**:

- Jackie Sacco,
- Acting Divisional Director Women's & Children's ServicesActing Divisional Director Women's & Children's Services Jackie Sacco

03 8458 4526

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