Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC) is seeking enthusiastic, motivated and suitably qualified Registered Midwives Level 2 with an interest in providing clinical education leadership to support staff to grow and develop in their midwifery and nursing careers. Our CDMS provide educational and clinical support to midwives working across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care services as well as continuity of care models.  CDMs also provide support for newly graduated midwives, through an intensive transition to practice program.  As skilled midwifery practitioners, our CDMs coordinate and deliver department wide in-service and education activities. You are supported by the Clinical Support Midwife, Clinical Midwifery Managers and Clinical Support Manager to work within your full midwifery scope of practice across all areas of Maternity.

This is an exciting time for CHWC as we expand our maternity services to include a dedicated Maternity Assessment Unit located adjacent to our Birthing Unit and a dedicated Early Pregnancy Unit within the Antenatal & Gynaecology Unit. Our expansion in service delivery has created exciting opportunities in all areas for experienced midwives to join the team of their choosing.

CHWC is a level 6 tertiary centre providing specialised maternity, neonatology and paediatric services for the ACT and surrounding regional areas to approximately 3800 women per year.

The CHWC offers antenatal, birthing, and postnatal services under various models of care aimed at providing woman and family centred care. CHWC staff are committed to providing a women centred approach where we focus on the woman’s unique needs, expectations, and aspirations; recognise her right to self-determination in terms of choice, control, and continuity of care; and address her social, emotional, physical, psychological, spiritual, and cultural needs and expectations.  The maternity department at CHWC is dynamic with a strong culture of finding innovative modern solutions to the demands and challenges facing contemporary midwifery.

Maternity care options include midwifery led continuity of care models, midwifery led care, and maternity team care, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team as required.  The CHWC is the tertiary referral service for the ACT and Southern NSW region. The Maternity services are supported by a tertiary neonatal service including Intensive Care (NICU), Special Care (SCN) and the regional retrieval service (ACT NETS).

Reporting to the Clinical Support Midwife, the level 2 Registered Clinical Development Midwife is responsible for providing leadership in midwifery education.  This includes supporting staff to achieve excellence in clinical, quality and safe practice, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and with consumers of maternity services.  The level 2 Registered Midwife will lead by example in upholding the CHS values and actively participate in developing a culture that promotes the CHS values and vision within the work unit.

Under limited direction of the Clinical Midwife Manager, you will:

1. Facilitate clinical teaching within the workplace aligned with clinical practice standards and guidelines, applying adult learning principles and utilising current evidence-based practice.
2. Collaborate with the Clinical Midwifery Managers (CMM) and Clinical Support Midwife (CSM) to identify, develop and deliver education to meet maternity staff educational requirements.
3. Attend to competency-based assessment for all midwives within clinical settings as outlined in the National Competency Standards for the Midwife and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.
4. In conjunction with the CMMs and CSM, facilitate a clinically based orientation program for graduate program midwives and new midwifery staff members.
5. Demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional development by maintaining competence in mandatory education and skills development for self and others.  This includes leading, participating and supporting others active involvement in continuing education and in collaboration with CMMs, actively participate in completing, monitoring and reporting on midwifery staff performance requirements.
6. Participate in the development and review of policy, procedures, quality activities and clinical meetings to build an environment of excellence in midwifery care.
7. Promote midwives within the multidisciplinary team as valuable experts contributing to positive outcomes for women and their families and promote an environment that encourages both individual and team development.
8. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.