Royal Women’s Hospital Hiring for Clinical Midwifery Educator Job at Melbourne Full Time

Maternity Services Education Program (MSEP)

Exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic team to facilitate interdisciplinary education for public health providers of maternity services across Victoria.

Midwifery Educator

Fixed term position (12 months) – 38 hours per week

The Women’s is Australia’s leading independent specialist hospital for women dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women of all ages and cultures, and new born babies. The Women’s is recognised as a leader in its field, with expertise in maternity services and the care of newborn babies, gynaecology, assisted reproduction, women’s health and cancer services.

The Maternity Services Education Program (MSEP) is a Victorian Department of Health funded initiative provided by the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne. MSEP has facilitated pregnancy care and maternity emergency education across regional and rural Victoria for over 16 years. Our vision is to improve clinical outcomes for women and babies through the provision of interdisciplinary education, supportive partnerships and capacity building in rural and regional services.

Our major areas of focus are; pregnancy care, maternity emergency education and Koori Maternity Services. We liaise with the following groups; Department of Health, Health Services, Professional Colleges, La Trobe University, AHPRA, PIPER, Ambulance Victoria, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) and Koori Maternity Services. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSEP have developed the Centre for Teamwork Excellence in Maternity Emergencies (CTEME). The CTEME is a flexible interdisciplinary model of online, face to face and hybrid modules than can be facilitated regardless of travel restrictions in place at a given time with clinicians from Level 1 – Level 4 maternity services.

The role of the MSEP Midwifery Educator will be to work alongside the Midwifery Consultant and clinical leaders (midwifery/medical) to further develop and implement this state wide mobile program and CTEME programs. The education program aligns with key objectives for the National Maternity Services Plan 2010, the Royal Women’s Hospital strategic plan and DOH clinical governance framework.

Key Performance Indicators

The Midwifery Educator work with the Midwifery Consultant to:

• Review the content of all MSEP education and investigate options for further education.
• Ensure effective coordination of the program within services participating in the program across Victoria.
• Ensure effective lines of communication are maintained and are customer focussed.
• Ensures responsibility of own professional development.
• Takes reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves, fellow colleagues and other staff in the workplace.

Qualifications / Experience

• Division 1 Nurse endorsed Midwife with a current practicing certificate, or
• Registered Midwife with a current practicing certificate.
• Appropriate tertiary qualification in education (or working towards) highly desirable.
• Previous experience in development and facilitation of maternity emergency education desirable.
• Previous experience in facilitating interdisciplinary maternity education highly desirable.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated experience/skills in all areas of clinical midwifery.
• Current drivers licence
• Ability to travel and attend overnight stays as required supporting program delivery in regional, rural and remote areas of Victoria.

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit:www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

It is a policy of the Women’s to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under ‘Contact Person’

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister’s Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women’s regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

If you were fully vaccinated (two doses) before the 12th of September 2021, you will also be required to provide evidence of having received a booster by the 12th of February 2022. If you received your second dose after the 12th of September 2021 and are not yet eligible to receive your booster, you will be required to show evidence of having received it by the 29th of March 2022.

All applicants will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.

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