Associate Midwifery Manager

**Title**:Associate Midwifery Manager**:

- Requisition ID: 2856
- Location: Lilydale, VIC, AU, 3140
- Job Posting Date: 19 Feb 2025

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**Associate Midwife Manager**
- Permanent Part Time | 16 hours per week | Wednesdays and Fridays
- Amazing salary packaging options | Local car parking, shops and cafes
- Yarra Ranges Health, Lilydale

**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 Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**

Eastern Health maternity services program runs a satellite clinic from Yarra Ranges Health, Lilydale to provide antenatal care to local people booked to birth at Angliss and Box Hill Hospitals. Our Antenatal Clinic Midwives play a vital role in providing comprehensive care, education, and support to women and pregnant people. This includes conducting antenatal assessments, offering evidence-based advice, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure a safe and positive pregnancy experience. The role also focuses on ensuring continuity of care throughout the antenatal period to foster an environment of shared decision-making, working with families to ensure they are informed, empowered, and active participants in their care choices.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide leadership and support to midwifery staff, graduate midwifery staff and O&G team to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care.
- Ensure compliance with relevant clinical guidelines, policies, and regulatory standards.
- Facilitate a positive patient experience by promoting best practices in maternity care.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to achieve service goals. Lead quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits through an agreed portfolio.
- Manage staffing levels, resource allocation, and workload distribution effectively

**About you**

**Requirements**:

- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Midwife
- Significant experience in midwifery practice, especially in antenatal care, with previous leadership experience preferred.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and record-keeping skills.
- Alignment with and dedication to Eastern Health Values, ensuring the highest standard of care and patient experience
- A demonstrated commitment to Eastern Health Values and to delivering high-quality evidence based maternity care in a culturally safe environment.
- Completion of Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence Safer Baby Bundle workshop, within the last 12 months and up to date ilearn.

Desired, but not essential skills
- Sound knowledge of and ability to support clinicians with EMR in the outpatient setting.
- Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the _Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice)_. Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to 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.

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Contact Person: Monique Lumley

Contact Number: 9764 6309

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555

**Our Values in Action**:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day