Clinical Midwifery Specialist

**Title**:Clinical Midwifery Specialist (MGP)

**Location**:Box Hill, VIC, AU, 3128**Job Posting Date**:21 Aug 2024Do you work for Eastern Health currently? If so, please log in to Eastern Health Careers Employee Login using your network login details to see the full range of jobs available to you

**Midwifery Group Practice Midwife**
- Permanent Full Time
- Box Hill Hospital
- Work within a passionate a diverse multi-disciplinary team of midwife, Dr's and other specialists to provide care to our birthing families here at Eastern Health

**Eastern Health**

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan - which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.**About the role**

Are you an Authorised Midwife looking for the opportunity to work with a Midwifery Group Practice Model within the Eastern suburbs or Melbourne? Are you keen to work to your full scope of practice within Midwifery? Then our Midwifery Group Practice team might be for you- We are after a passionate and enthusiastic midwife to work in a permanent full time position here at Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital. The team is comprised of 9 midwives (8 case load midwives and an annual leave reliever) who offer care for families during their pregnancy, labour, postnatal stay and home visits (EPC) here at Box Hill Hospital. Midwives work to their full scope of practice within this model with support from our Clinical Midwifery Consultant and Midwifery Manager.**About you**

To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Current Midwifery registration with AHPRA
- Post Graduate qualifications in Midwifery (Medication Authorised or other Midwifery postgraduate qualifications are desirable but not essential).
- Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
- A strong commitment to high quality care
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.**What we offer**
- Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here- Diverse and engaging career opportunities
- Friendly & supportive team
- Flexible working hours
- Salary packaging options
- Career progression in our teaching hospitals

**Next Steps**- **Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.
- Authorised Midwife Position Decripttion- Registered Nurse Position Description- Contact Person: Sarah Darlison- Contact Number: 9975 6324-
- Job Posting End Date: 19/09/2024- Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]**Our Values in Action**:

- Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day