Position Overview

Key responsibilities

Under limited direction of the Clinical Midwife Consultant you will perform comprehensive safe midwifery care to women and their infants. You will:

1. Demonstrate evidence of advanced clinical knowledge and skill in providing midwifery care to women of all complexities.
2. Work as a clinical team leader.
3. Demonstrate clinical leadership skills with particular focus on effective interpersonal communication skills within a multidisciplinary team.
4. Accept responsibility for own actions in midwifery practice.
5. Participation in professional development of self and others.
6. Demonstrate commitment to clinical research, quality improvement and procedure development and implementation.
7. Provide leadership and excellence in the delivery of women-centered care.
8. Demonstrate ability in planning, coordinating and providing advanced midwifery care.
9. Provide leadership in clinical policy development, clinical auditing and portfolio development.
10. Have well-developed supervisory skills, with proven team building ability and the management or organisational resources.
11. A demonstrated ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.
12. Communicate positively with families, members of the public, public stakeholders, executive, management and staff.
13. Provide preceptorship and mentoring to less experienced staff.
14. Work in other areas of the hospital when required.
15. Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Competencies

Ideally the Level 2 Registered Midwife will have the following competencies, however, this is not an essential requirement:

• Use of Digital Health Record (DHR) or electronic medical record system
• IV cannulation and venepuncture
• Blood culture collection
• Insertion of in-dwelling catheter and bladder management
• Care of the pregnant woman (all risk) throughout the continuum including antenatally, intrapartum and immediate postpartum period
• Suturing
• Speculum assessment
• Balloon Catheter insertion
• Care of the newborn including well-baby assessments
• Basic Life Support
• Neonatal Advanced Life Support
• Breastfeeding support

About you

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Position Requirements / Qualifications

Mandatory

• Tertiary Qualification in midwifery.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• A minimum 4 years’ work experience in the continuum of care (antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care including neonatal cares)
• CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates and contingencies.

Highly Desirable

• Holds or working towards post graduate qualifications in midwifery, lactation, management or education.
• Team leader experience in a midwifery setting.
• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework and all other related frameworks.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:.

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Important information

All employees are required to:

• adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct.
• act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• comply with all relevant clinical and/or competency standards.
• be available for weekend, night duty and/or after-hours work.

What you Require (Key Selection Criteria)

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Demonstrated evidence of advanced clinical knowledge and problem-solving skills in midwifery.
2. Demonstrated clinical leadership skills that reflects the values of the organisation.
3. Demonstrated high level interpersonal and communication skills.
4. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development of self and others.
5. Demonstrated understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, work, health and safety (WH&S) principles and the positive patient experience.

Work Environment Description

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.