Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital The details: Permanent, full-time, part-time and fixed-term positions available

• It’s time to create an amazing life in the Waikato Region of Aotearoa New Zealand
• Become part of a caring, collaborative, and supportive team in a region perfect for adventure and family life
• Make a real difference to the whanau experience
• Multiple opportunities available to suit your area of Midwifery expertise

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
We’re looking for Registered Midwives to join our team at one of the largest tertiary hospitals in the southern hemisphere. Waikato Hospital serves women requiring complex care from Hamilton city, the Waikato region, and from hospitals located in the wider Te Manawa Taki region.
As part of the team you’ll be able to develop your core midwifery skills in pregnancy assessment, normal labour, birthing and postnatal care as well as developing advanced midwifery skills for wahinē with complex pregnancy journeys. We have opportunities across birthing, acute assessment, antenatal, induction of labour and postnatal - discuss your area of expertise with the hiring manager and become part of our team today!

You’ll be able to develop and extend your expertise in:

• Midwifery-led Triage
• Tertiary acute assessment skills
• High level decision making
• Induction of labour
• Caesarean Section theatre
• Perineal suturing
• Neonatal Resuscitation and Life Support
• High Dependency Obstetric Care
• BFHI Breastfeeding support in both clinical skills and education
• Long Acting Reversible Contraception skills – prescribing, skills training and support
• Perinatal bereavement care

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Ko o tatou painga | Our Benefits

• Our Midwifery Educators and Midwifery Clinical Coaches will support you with mandatory education needs, career progression, Quality and Leadership Programme preparation and gaining post-graduate qualifications.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities, generous annual leave entitlement and access to Te Whatu Ora staff discount schemes.
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Mōu | About you
Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

• Must have New Zealand registration as a midwife, and a current practising certificate with the Midwifery Council of New Zealand (or in the process of obtaining your registration/APC).
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to easily build rapport with people.
• Passionate about midwifery and have a real desire to provide the best care possible.
• Have an understanding of Cultural Safety.

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service
The Women’s Health team at Waikato Hospital serves a diverse population of urban and rural women from Hamilton city and the Waikato region with over five thousand births per annum. The families of our region have a range of superb primary birthing units to choose from and when complexity arises, they are also able to access care from the team at Waikato Hospital.
We pride ourselves on having a fabulous midwifery team, and are passionate about supporting our newly graduated midwives. We offer a comprehensive first year of practice programme and competitive New Graduate Allowance. We are committed to building close relationships with our primary care midwives from the community (LMC midwives) and strive to engage their valuable insight as part of our quality improvement initiatives.

Hear personally from our staff: Life starts here – Jessica Jordan and Life starts here – Darjee Sahala.

What does Te Whatu Ora, Waikato offer you?
Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our Te Whatu Ora family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact the Recruitment Team – Komalpreet.Kaur@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: Open Till Filled

Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!