Registered Midwife - FIFO

Join the Tamworth midwifery team and enjoy a flexible working arrangement!

Employment Type: Various - Casual, Temporary Part Time and Full Time
Location: Tamworth Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $35.33 - $49.60 + 11% superannuation + allowances
Hours Per Week: Up to 38 hours
Requisition ID: REQ476310

Hunter New England Local Health District provides public health services to the Hunter, New England and Lower Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales. Within Tamworth Hospital, you will have the opportunity to learn and thrive within a supportive and dynamic environment. You will have the opportunity to work across: 

• Antenatal and post-natal units,  
• Birthing suite, 
• Antenatal clinics, 
• Midwifery home visiting services, and 

We have very exciting opportunities for you to do short term contracts across our midwifery team, you can choose when to work to suit your lifestyle. You’ll be providing individualised women-centred care to maximise health outcomes and become a crucial part of bringing new life into the world, offering support to women and their families throughout the pregnancy journey.

What’s in it for you?
We want to help you create a career that works for you so Tamworth Hospital and we can shape that together! 

You will have the choice to work: 

• Full- time, part-time or casual;  
• Temporary contracts, you can choose for how long
• Within a specific unit or rotate pending your scope of practice. 

 
On top of the National Employment Standards for all employees, you can enjoy: 

• Daily Allowances (LAFHA) - $118.15 per day (including days off if working full time or amount calculated at pro-rata if part time). This equals up to $827.05 per week extra.
• Free Accommodation - On-site or local. You can take your partner and even your pet (dependent on availability).
• Travel Costs - Which may include paid travel time (capped at a certain amount) and other reimbursements/contributions including interstate flights, train, and car.
• Employment Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family.  
• Flexible, family-friendly rostering  
• Opportunities for ongoing study and career development. We are passionate about career development so you will be supported to undertake additional training with the opportunity for scholarships (pending eligibility).  Find out more information regarding our scholarships here.
• Senior Clinician's support will be available on all shifts.

About you
We are looking for midwives who are positive, friendly, enthusiastic, eager to learn and can work as part of a team.  

• You will be passionate about women-centred care and thrive on making a positive difference to women, their families, and babies throughout the pregnancy journey. 
• You will possess the ability to respond appropriately and effectively to challenging situations with the ability and commitment to support colleagues and patients alike.
• Your high-level communication and interpersonal skills, alongside your ability to build strong, professional relationships with your patients will see you thrive in these environments. 
• Current registration as a Registered Midwife with AHPRA

Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Kelly Ison on Kelly.Ison@health.nsw.gov.au
For recruitment or application related queries or questions contact Amber Cumming on HNELHD-Jobs@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants:  
Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2

Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health.  For more information, please visit:  http://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp.

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.  

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.  

Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.