New Graduate Midwife - Southern Region

About the role

Here in the Southern region, we are dedicated to helping you deepen your knowledge and understanding of midwifery.

We provide you with a nurturing platform designed to empower you to truly thrive in a safe and supportive environment.

We wholeheartedly recognise and appreciate the unique diversity you bring to our community.

We offer a comprehensive 12-month programme, 32 hours (0.8FTE) per week with the flexibility of 0.6 FTE being considered.

Successful applicants will begin their role anytime from December

• onwards.

As a new graduate in your Midwifery First Year of Practice, you will gain experience across a range of options including (but not exhaustive of) the following :

• Secondary and tertiary hospital environments - rotations through the antenatal, labour and birthing suite, and postnatal wards
• Primary maternity unit and hubs located in urban, semi- urban, rural and remote settings
• Experience working in a caseload team alongside our maternity settings
• Be part of an integrated system where primary, secondary and tertiary services network and provide a safe childbearing journey
• Opportunity to tailor a career across different work environments

Our Director of Midwifery, Midwife Managers, Educators, Clinical Coaches and midwives will support you through your journey in caring for our whanau.

We provide a comprehensive and flexible orientation package.

We are a close knit creative and passionate community of midwives.

Collegiality and values are important to us.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have :

• graduated with a Bachelor of Midwifery in
• or
• a passion and motivation for growth and knowledge to meet the needs of our whanau
• understand the value of communication skills to build a strong partnership with women / pregnant people and their whanau
• a commitment to work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-ethnic environment, embracing each other's diversity and strength
• integrity, strong values and positive attitude.

As a new graduate midwife, we know you are the future of our maternity care for whanau.

Thank you for considering joining our maternity team - we are keen to support you to experience the joy and challenges of your first year of midwifery practice.

About us

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities and welcoming around

• babies per year.

We take pride in the mahi we provide across the region and the local and creative solutions we deliver to serve and meet our communities needs.

Join us and relocate to a family-friendly Southern district!

Our district offers excellent amenities, first- class early childhood through to tertiary education, and the opportunity to have an outstanding work-life balance.

Whether it is skiing, hunting or fishing, theatre, live-music or art - there's literally something for everyone.

Click here to see what the region and we can offer you and your whanau.

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To find out more about our region and what our new grad midwifery programme is about, click here.

Salary range

This role falls under the terms and conditions of the MERAS Midwives Collective Agreement (1 February

• April
• ), Registered (Core) Midwives Salary Scale, Step 2 ($82,642) per annum, pro-rata.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Katie Procter

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

We only accept online applications.

Please apply via our website.