Maternity and Newborn Services Coordinator

• Permanent Part-Time
• Located in the Beautiful Alpine Region
• Work a multidisciplinary, progressive work environment

Principle Responsibilities:

• To be an effective clinical lead and role model.
• Coordinate staff and the delivery of all maternity and newborn services delivered by Alpine Health.
• Manage and maintain effective patient care administrative and information systems, including data collection and reporting.
• • Enable and promote safety and quality systems that benefit staff, clients and the organisation.
• Participate in the review of policy, procedure and work practices which directly relate to maternity and newborn programs, with the responsible DCO.
• Accountable to the Director of Clinical Operations (DCO), holding the Maternity and Newborn portfolio.

Performance Outcomes:

Patient / Resident Experience

• Leads the establishment, monitoring and measurement of systems that capture the 'voice of the client' including feedback, satisfaction surveys,

Quality and Improvement

• Work with the Quality and Safety Team and the DCO (Maternity portfolio holder) to establishment, embed, monitor and measure systems including; governance framework, environmental audits, clinical case auditing.
• Seeks innovative methods of care delivery based on efficiency and effectiveness and raises these ideas with the healthcare team as appropriate.

Effective Leadership

• Coordinates postnatal domiciliary Midwifery care to women and their families in accordance with the domiciliary care contracts held by Alpine Health.
• Employs professionally appropriate communication styles and with impartiality.
• Establishes a communication strategy with the midwife group and reviews and updates this regularly.
• Engages with stakeholders internally and external to the organisation to promote collaborative care provision.
• Promotes a safe workplace through a focus on education and training, team review of incidents, orientation of new Midwives to the program and annual peer review conversations.
• Accountable for personal actions and decisions

Our Region:

• Alpine Health comprises three multi-purpose health services across the stunning Alpine Region of Northeast Victoria.
• We are in the heart of Alpine country and boasts skiing, scenic walking/hiking trails in our local area, including the majestic Mt. Hotham and Falls Creek.
• We are close to world class Gourmet Food and Wine Region, including King Valley, Rutherglen, Glenrowan and Milawa Gourmet regions.
• We are only 40-60 minutes form the regional centres of Wangaratta and Albury Wodonga.

The successful applicant will benefit from:

• Competitive remuneration, novated leasing and full salary packaging benefits Available. If you have relocated permanently you may also be able to substantially increase your take-home pay by salary packaging some or all of your relocation costs.
• 5 weeks annual leave and an addition week for any employee working 10 or more weekend shifts. There is also the option for full time employees to be able to purchase additional leave if they wish.
• Option to be able to swap any existing public holiday to another religious holiday or day of significance of your choice.
• Employee Assistant Programs (EAP)
• Support for our diverse workforce

Applying for the role:

• Enquiries can be made via
• A PD for this role can be downloaded below or at Jobs | Alpine
• Applications must address the Key Selection Criteria from the PD
• All additional documents can be uploaded within the application after filling in the key criteria.

Essential Qualifications:

Current Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration – Registered Midwife

Desirable Experience:

Additional qualifications and / or experience in care coordination is desirable.