Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) Midwife (As per award)

at  Maryborough District Health Service

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: North West Region | Central Goldfields
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Maryborough District Health Service
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical and Nursing
Reference: VG/23114
Maryborough District Health Service (MDHS) in Maryborough, Victoria is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife to join our Midwifery Group Practice. This is your opportunity to join our fabulous team who continue to deliver exemplary care to our community. Let your passion shape your own working environment and our maternity services more broadly!
MDHS services the Central Goldfields and Pyrenees Shire with campuses in Avoca, Dunolly and Maryborough. The strong clinical and social links between the three campuses ensure that the community is cared for by qualified staff who are committed to high standards of person-centred care. MDHS is one of the largest employers in the region, providing the perfect setting to become part of our team and community.

PERMANENT PART TIME - 2 POSITIONS – 56 HOURS PER FORTNIGHT & 48 HOURS PER FORTNIGHT

Classification: dependent on qualifications and experience
Award: Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024
Maryborough District Health Service (MDHS) in Maryborough, Victoria is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife to join our Midwifery Group Practice. This is your opportunity to join our fabulous team who continue to deliver exemplary care to our community. Let your passion shape your own working environment and our maternity services more broadly.
Our MGP Model of Care was a top 3 finalist in the recent Victorian Public Healthcare Awards. MGP at MDHS is an All Risk antenatal and post-natal model with low risk birthing and supportive collaborative relationships at regional level five services for higher risk women. The model was developed by a Project Governance Committee including representation from Safer Care Victoria, Department of Health, the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation, local consumer representation and other local stakeholders.
As MGP at Maryborough approaches It’s second birthday we are celebrating growing booking numbers and would love to share our rewarding way of working across the full scope of midwifery practise with other like-minded midwives.
Our maternity services team is led by a consultant obstetrician and a Maternity Services Coordinator. We have four General Practice Obstetricians that work on a rotating roster. MDHS is geographically located approximately half way between the regional centres of Ballarat and Bendigo.
Maryborough really is the perfect location for any midwife wanting to work across the full scope of midwifery practice, with a varied caseload and fantastic opportunities for professional growth. Strong relationships with higher level regional services mean that you are able to maintain skills by continual exposure to higher acuity settings, while being based in a small, low risk service. MPG midwives will provide care for an allocated case load of women and will collaborate with other healthcare workers to provide care through the continuum of pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.
The rural location provides the perfect setting for down time away from work, and is easy commuting distance from regional centres and Melbourne.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

• Current registration as a Registered Midwife with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).
• Demonstrate that you meet the criteria for a Clinical Midwife Specialist.
• Current FSEP level 3 practitioner.
• Current Victorian Driving License.
• Evidence of recent neonatal resuscitation competency.
• Demonstrated application of professional and ethical boundaries to the delivery of evidence based, woman centred care with demonstrated capacity to interact with a multidisciplinary team in a personable and professional manner and resolve conflicts when they arise.
• Demonstrated commitment to work and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families and employees to enhance health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
• Evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills, and willingness to apply and share professional expertise with colleagues.

There is a requirement to work on call as part of your roster to meet the care needs of women. MGP roles will be offered at 0.7 FTE as permanent ongoing positions.
0.6 FTE is to be worked in the MGP (with a proportional caseload)
0.1 FTE is to be worked in a rostered (above ratio) capacity at Ballarat Health Services

We are looking for someone with the following qualities:

• Embrace and promote the values of MDHS – Genuine, Respect, Excellence, Accountability & Togetherness
• Excellent communication skills- both verbally and written
• Woman-centred care, with excellent relationship building skills
• Great organisational skills with particular respect to time management
• Basic Life Support Certificate

What’s in it for you?

• Great Working Environment – Join a group of motivated health care professionals with a Permanent contract. Opportunity to join the Social Club, offering a wide range of social events and local retail discounts.
• Fantastic Earning Potential – Generous Base Salary under the Nurses and Midwives EBA with Salary Packaging available.
• Supportive Culture with Continuous Improvement Opportunities – Culture that promotes and embraces the organisational values of GREAT (Genuine, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Togetherness) and encourages and supports employees to engage in professional development with access to the Centred of Inspired Learning and Simulation Lab.