The Women and Children Division within North Canberra Hospital provides Maternity, Neonatal & Gynaecology services to women and their families in the ACT. These services include antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care; gynaecology care; neonatal special care nursery support and domiciliary care. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team including a midwifery and nursing team, medical staff, and allied health.

This position is for Transition to Practice midwives in their first 2-3 years of practice who wish to work in a model that provides continuity of midwifery care and to work in their full scope of practice. The midwife will have knowledge in midwifery practice and demonstrate ability to work in a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

The midwife will have access to a mentor, clinical education resources and support from other more experienced midwifery staff. They will have a reduced clinical load (75% caseload) to allow for their learning needs. They will work within a small team and be on call for labour and birth during their allocated set days (8 days per fortnight).

The midwife will take responsibility for their own professional development goals in collaboration with their Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC).

Appointment to this role could be made by application only.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Under the direction of the Clinical Midwifery Manager

• Work as a primary midwife within a caseload model, providing evidence‑based continuity of care from pregnancy to 10 days postnatal across hospital and community settings.
• Work in partnership with women and their families, supporting informed decision‑making in line with Canberra Health Services Policies and Procedures, National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral and relevant legislation
• Practice in a way that acknowledges the dignity, culture, values, beliefs, and rights of individuals and/or groups.
• Promote midwives within the multidisciplinary team as valuable experts contributing to positive outcomes for women and their families.
• Understand and practice within own scope of clinical practice.
• Promote an environment that encourages both individual and team development.
• Maintain competence, including mandatory education and assessment; participate in the development of policy, procedures, quality activities and clinical meetings.
• Participate and encourage an environment of active lifelong learning.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Specific competencies include but are not limited to the following.

• Demonstrated sound level interpersonal, communication and customer service skills
• Sound organisational skills, including simultaneously managing and prioritising multiple issues, with a high degree of drive
• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate change and provide responsive services to meet clients’ needs
• An ability to work respectfully in partnership with a range of stakeholders while simultaneously demonstrating safe and effective midwifery care.
• Working knowledge of the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral.
• Understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards align with this role.
• Developing or demonstrated competence in skills such as suturing, IV cannulation, obstetric emergencies, and balloon catheter insertion (training and support provided).

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• A tertiary qualification in midwifery
• Registered as a Registered Midwife (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Current unrestricted driver licence.
• The successful applicant will be available to work in an on-call capacity on their rostered days of work, including weekends.

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• A minimum 1 year of midwifery experience.
• Ability to work safely within scope of practice in a busy clinical environment, seeking guidance and support appropriately.

Desirable

• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in alignment to the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, Partnering With Consumers Frameworkand all other related frameworks.

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances.

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Ongoing employment is subject to the maintenance of the above requirements.

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 and/or after-hours work.

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.

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

1. Demonstrated interest and ability to work across the full scope of midwifery practice
2. Evidence of emerging clinical knowledge and sound problem‑solving skills
3. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development
4. Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with women, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
5. Demonstrated understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety, and the delivery of a positive patient experience, with behaviours consistent with CHS values of kind, reliable, respectful, and progressive.

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.

Administrative	Frequency
Telephone use	Frequently
General computer use	Frequently
Extensive keying/data entry	Occasionally
Graphical/analytical based	Occasionally
Sitting at a desk	Occasionally
Standing for long periods	Frequently

Travel	Frequency
Frequent travel – multiple work sites	Frequently
Frequent travel – driving	Frequently

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Frequently
Working outdoors	Never

Psychosocial demands	Frequency
Distressed People e.g. Emergency or grief situations	Occasionally
Aggressive & Uncooperative People e.g. drug / alcohol, dementia, mental illness	Occasionally
Unpredictable People e.g. Dementia, mental illness, head injuries	Never
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Never
Exposure to Distressing Situations e.g. Child abuse, viewing dead / mutilated bodies; verbal abuse; domestic violence; suicide	Occasionally

Specific hazards	Frequency
Working at heights	Never
Exposure to extreme temperatures	Never
Operation of heavy machinery e.g. forklift	Never
Confined spaces	Occasionally
Excessive noise	Occasionally
Low lighting	Occasionally
Handling of dangerous goods/equipment e.g. gases; liquids; biological.	Occasionally
Slippery or uneven surfaces	Occasionally

Manual handling	Frequency
Lifting 0 – 9kg	Occasionally
Lifting 10 – 15kg	Never
Lifting 16kg+	Never
Climbing	Never
Running	Never
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Occasionally
Foot and leg movement	Occasionally
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Occasionally
Bending/squatting	Occasionally
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Occasionally
Push/pull	Occasionally
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Occasionally