About the role
Mater Mothers’ Hospital is currently recruiting for a permanent, full-time Clinical Midwifery Consultant - Ambulatory Services.
The Clinical Nurse/Midwifery Consultant (CMC) is a Registered Nurse/Midwife who provides expert clinical consultancy, takes a lead role in the promotion of contemporary Nursing/Midwifery practice, is actively involved in research, education and continuous quality improvement and facilitates the development of Nursing/Midwifery services across the continuum of care.
In this role, the key stakeholders involved will include healthcare providers, pregnant women, their partners, and future parents. The main objective is to promote and embed preventative healthcare and screening practices. The CMC will work closely with healthcare providers to ensure that guidelines for antenatal preventative healthcare and screening are followed effectively. This will involve educating and training healthcare professionals to optimise their practices in line with evidence-based care.
The CMC will lead quality improvement initiatives and implementation of recommendations as well as quarterly reporting requirements for the initiatives.
Salary range: $66.86 - $72.59 per hour plus 11.5% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!
What you’ll be doing
In supporting the Healthier Pregnancy Initiative under the Putting Queensland Kids First (PQKF) to improve preventative healthcare and screening practices for women and pregnant people at Mater Mothers Hospital. The CMC will have four focus areas:
- Provide clinical facilitation capacity to embed preventive health care and screening, along side triaging of at-risk women
- Optimise guideline-recommended antenatal preventative health care and screening practices
- Provide intensive smoking/vaping cessation support for pregnant women and their partners
- Preconception health promotion to enable and empower future parent to access prevention programs and improve health and wellbeing prior to conception
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Bachelor of Midwifery or dual degree Nursing/Midwifery
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (no restrictions)
- Minimum of five years full time experience in specific clinical specialty including experience as a Clinical Midwife or other leadership role.
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.
We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
For more information regarding the role, please contact Kathleen at Kathleen.Goldsmith@mater.org.au
Applications close on Wednesday the 27th November 2024. Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.
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