Clinical Midwifery Educator

Job Requisition ID: 3294
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Part Time
- Posting Date: 8 Jan 2025

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful**

**Our Journey**

Unique opportunity for a motivated, progressive midwife to undertake a permanent Clinical Midwifery Educator (CME) position. An exciting opportunity exists for you to join our amazing dedicated education team (NaMES) within Monash Health. We require a highly skilled clinician with a passion for education and midwifery, who will be responsible for both the provision of clinical support and education to midwifery (and nursing) staff at Monash Health. Previous education experience is desirable. Experience an Educator role, supporting Nursing and Midwifery staff across all Monash Women's sites, predominantly at Clayton., working 0.74eft 56 hours per fortnight Monday - Friday. Flexability to travel across sites. Primary focus will be on supporting the postgraduate midwifery student cohort with both theoretical and practical education, training and support at all maternity sites.

**A Day in the Life**

You are a highly skilled midwife with a passion for education. You have well-developed engagement, communication and collaboration skills. You have recent clinical experience in all areas of maternity and you are experienced in supporting learners and in particular, you can demonstrate:

- Commitment to quality clinical care and sound clinical skills
- Ability to work effectively with a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to show initiative and work independently when required
- Ability to demonstrate expertise within the full scope of midwifery practice
- Committed to a leadership & mentoring role
- Dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- Committed to delivering patient centred care & a patient advocacy
- Enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
- Excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence
- Completion of or working towards post graduate qualification in education

**About the Role**:

- Supporting contemporary education that promotes best practice standards.
- Clinical support to staff of all proficiency levels, novice to expert
- Demonstrating and promoting expertise and best practice standards
- Helping to ensure that through a highly skilled and educated workforce our patients receive safe and high-quality care within Monash Health
- Working collaboratively with the leadership team including the multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrate agility and work as a change agent

**As a key member of the Nursing and Midwifery Education and Strategy team you’ll be**:

- part of a wider, passionate, and supportive education group
- working closely with teams dedicated to making a difference to the health of Victorians
- enjoy working in a friendly, flexible work environment

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further,**please call Kate McDonald on 0417 570 592.

**Position Description can be**found here**

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

**Applications close 5th February, 2025.