Anum - Maternity in The Home

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:

- Werribee Mercy Hospital is a public hospital in Melbourne’s south western region providing comprehensive and collaborative care for women and their families in the surrounding areas. Midwifery in the Home (MIITH) is a department that provides holistic best practice community care in the postnatal phase of a woman’s pregnancy journey.
- The MITH Department provides community care 7 days a week and is a dynamic and fast pace unit lead by a team of senior midwives that ensure and facilitate the continuing support and care for our families out in their local communities.
- Midwifery in the Home Department - Werribee Mercy Hospital
- 1.4 EFT ANUM
- Midwifery in the home clinicians are responsible for the ongoing care of the women and infants once discharged home from our hospital
- Form an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a highly responsive and flexible service to clients and their families
- The role includes ensuring that women are empowered and educated regarding their postnatal care and wellbeing inclusive of providing infant nutrition, ongoing recovery from birth, family planning, community support service awareness & adapting and transitioning to life with a baby/babies.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Are you an experienced midwife with a drive to support and care for our families as they transition back into their communities in the postnatal period? If you are passionate about Women’s Health and advocacy this is the team you want to be a part of.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Registered Midwife in Postnatal and or Community Midwifery
- AHPRA Registration as a Registered Midwife
- Current Full Victorian drivers licence
- Previous leadership experience or worked as an AMUM
- Ability to work within a team as well as work autonomously and independently
- Ability to manage, monitor, troubleshoot and escalate clinical care or challenges
- Excellent time management skills
- Enthusiasm, passion and motivation specific to Women’s health and wellbeing throughout the pregnancy continuum

**ABOUT US**:

- Werribee Mercy Hospital is a General Public Hospital located in the rapidly growing Western suburbs of Melbourne. Our services include surgical, medical, maternity, newborn, renal dialysis, emergency, mental health, rehabilitation, aged and palliative care. The hospital has recently undergone significant expansion with the opening or our new intensive care unit, additional operating theatres and the opening of two new wards, taking the total number of beds to 298. Join us now and be part of our team as we expand to serve our community.
- 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).

**Contact**

**Alternate Contact Person**

**Closing Date**

Midwifery Unit Manager Louise Thompson

8754 3408

MUM Alison Cook

8754 3408