St George Hospital - Clinical Midwife Consultant 3 - Risk Management and Practice Development Maternity Services – Temp Full Time

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Clinical Midwife Consultant
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REQ486312 Requisition #
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time Until 03 August 2025
Position Classification: Clinical Midwife Consultant Grade 3
Remuneration: $135,591.23 - $138,111.46 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ486312



Where you'll be working
St George Hospital, Kogarah

What you'll be doing

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.  South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.
The Maternity Risk Management & Practice Development Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC) will work in collaboration with relevant clinicians and managers to provide leadership and direction in response to clinical incidents and be responsible for the overarching management of clinical governance within Maternity Services at St George Hospital.
The Maternity Risk Management & Practice Development CMC will also lead, support and implement practice development changes across the service.
The CMC will be responsible for promoting, reviewing and measuring clinical risk across maternity services. The CMC will undertake relevant quality activities, including reviewing and development of local high risk policies and guidelines. The CMC will work in close liaison with the Maternity Unit Managers, CMC/CNC's, Educators and the Obstetric Lead for clinical risk. The position will also promote and facilitate the development and implementation of continuity of care models for maternity service provision and work in consultation and collaboration with the W&CH Midwife & Nurse Manager to lead relevant local, District, State and National Maternity initiatives.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

All Category A workers and new recruits are required to receive one dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine annually to be considered compliant.

Category A workers and new recruits who are non-compliant with seasonal influenza vaccination or have a medical contraindication to influenza vaccinations must comply with all other infection control risk reduction strategies as directed while working in a Category A position.

SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.

Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support. If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email to: SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au

  1. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and completed or working towards Post Graduate Masters qualifications in a relevant field of practice.
  2. Demonstrated experience and understanding of midwifery models of care that optimizes continuity of care.
  3. Demonstrated clinical expertise and senior leadership experience within a maternity service, including an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework.
  4. Demonstrated experience leading and implementing a project or large scaled initiative within maternity services.
  5. Demonstrated high level advanced communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and proven ability to write for a variety of documents.
  6. Demonstrated experience and understanding of the clinical governance requirements of a maternity service.
  7. Demonstrated experience governing the clinical incident management system for maternity services, including the ability to lead clinical incident reviews, provide open disclosure to families and feedback to staff.
  8. Experience using various IT platforms including eMR, and proficiency with eMaternity Maternity Information System (MIS).



Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Maria Bulmer on Maria.Bulmer@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 19 May 2024

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