• Join a dedicated and experienced midwifery team that pride themselves on providing high quality women-centred care.
• Enjoy a role where you will be an active member of a health care team that shows leadership and embraces change
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment.

About the facility

Barwon Health’s Maternity Service provides pregnancy care for both high and low risk pregnancies and birthing support to more than 2700 families each year. Antenatal care is provided in both the hospital setting and at community sites. We have a Maternity Assessment Unit, 8 birth rooms a 24-bed Maternity Ward, extended postnatal care and a lactation service.

About the role

In this casual role you will plan, implement, evaluate and maintain a high standard of Midwifery care for both high and low risk pregnancies. At the same time acknowledging the dignity, culture and values of all women and their families. You will empower all women and their families within the service and embrace both continuity of philosophy and consistency of advice and information. You will provide direct patient care through a consumer centred approach within your scope of practice.

About the culture

You will be working in an innovative multi-disciplinary team who maintain extensive knowledge and experience. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation. We are all dedicated to supporting the organisation in achieving our vision of - By 2050, everyone in our community enjoys the best health and wellbeing in Victoria.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

We at Barwon Health strongly encourage people with disability and diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team on (03) 4215 0520 or via email at talent.acquisition@barwonhealth.org.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health Immunisation policy.

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