Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary, and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region.

Canberra Health Services is seeking suitably qualified Registered Midwives Level 1 to join our midwifery team. Your professional growth will be supported by our midwifery team including midwives on the floor, Clinical Development Midwives, Clinical Support Midwife and Clinical Midwifery Managers.

CHS encompasses several different campuses, including Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), North Canberra Hospital (NCH), Canberra Hospital and the University of Canberra Hospital.

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 is the tertiary referral service for the ACT and Southern NSW region.

North Canberra Hospital is a major general hospital with level 4 role delineation. The hospital supports a broad range of acute and sub-acute services including community based services to the North side of ACT and Southern NSW to approximately 1800 women per year.

CHS offers antenatal, birthing, and postnatal services under various models of care aimed at providing woman and family centred care. CHS staff are committed to providing a women centred approach where we focus on the woman’s unique needs, expectations, and aspirations; recognise the right to self-determination in terms of choice, control, and continuity of care; and address social, emotional, physical, psychological, spiritual, and cultural needs and expectations.

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.  Maternity services at CHS are supported by a tertiary neonatal service including Intensive Care (NICU), Special Care (SCN) and the regional retrieval service (ACT NETS).

Reporting to the Midwifery Manager, the level 1 Registered Midwife is responsible for providing evidence based, safe and effective midwifery care to women in a supported environment. The midwife is responsible for providing care that meets quality and safety standards, will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and consumers of maternity services. The level 1 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.

There are a range of positions available, including working directly in one unit and rotational positions across your scope of practice. There are full time and part time positions available.

The successful applicant may be appointed based on application and referee report alone.

Multiple positions are available throughout maternity services at CHS, including but not limited to:

• Antenatal
• Postnatal
• Birthing
• Canberra Midwives Program-continuity programs
• Maternity and Gynaecology Outpatients
• Special Care Nursery

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

Under limited direction of the Midwifery Manager, you will perform the Level 1 Registered Midwife position. You will:

• Co-ordinate and provide midwifery care in accordance with Canberra Health Services Policies and Procedures, National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral and the 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 responsibilities 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.

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

Essential

• Tertiary Qualification in Midwifery
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

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

• Tertiary level midwifery qualifications
• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, and all other related frameworks.

Desirable

• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, and all other related frameworks.

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

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

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. What clinical skills and attributes you can bring to Canberra Health Services.
2. What areas of midwifery you are most passionate about and why.
3. How do you successfully communicate and collaborate with colleagues, patients and their families in your daily practice.
4. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behaviour consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

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	Frequently
Graphical/analytical based	Frequently
Sitting at a desk	Frequently
Standing for long periods	Frequently

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

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Frequently
Working outdoors	Occasionally

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	Occasionally
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Occasionally
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	Never
Excessive noise	Never
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	Frequently
Lifting 10 – 15kg	Occasionally
Lifting 16kg+	Never
Climbing	Never
Running	Occasionally
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Occasionally
Foot and leg movement	Frequently
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Frequently
Bending/squatting	Occasionally
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Occasionally
Push/pull	Frequently
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Frequently