Core Midwives

Based in Oromairaki within Toka Hapāi (Selwyn Health Hub) as well as other
maternity facilities in Ōtautahi (Christchurch)
- Permanent positions available part time minimum 0.4FTE up to full time 1.0FTE
- Be part of a dynamic new birthing

unit within a community health hub
- Work across the Women - s Health
Service as required Mō te tūnga | About the role
We have a wonderful opportunity for Registered Midwives to join our team alongside Lead Maternity Care
midwives, committed to facilitating birthing in the community. The FTE will be negotiated with successful applicants.
The role requires
you to be available for all shifts within a
rolling roster or rostered to fill smaller gaps for smaller FTE. This position
will provide for the Oromairaki rostering in Selwyn as a priority. On occasion
if that unit is quiet we expect shifts may be moved to other maternity
facilities. We will also orientate you to our other facilities in Christchurch.
If you are not confident providing complex care you would not be expected to
work on birthing suite at Christchurch Women - s Hospital.
Christchurch Women - s Hospital (CWH), based in central Ōtautahi
(Christchurch), is a modern, acute teaching hospital for midwifery and
obstetrics. Canterbury has over 6000 births per annum and CWH is the tertiary
referral centre for the bulk of Te Waipounamu (the South Island). Kurawaka
Waipapa will open at the end of the year providing a primary birthing facility
in the central city.
Canterbury is fortunate to currently have three community units. In
May last year Oromairaki
replaced Lincoln Maternity Unit and is a contemporary new birthing unit within
the Selwyn Health Hub (Toka Hapāi) located in Rolleston. It is now a well-established 10-bed unit and
been embraced by the local community. Consequently, these roles advertised will
enable full double staffing to meet this demand.
Ko wai koe | About You
This role offers an exciting opportunity for
committed and motivated individuals who are looking to be part of the maternity strategy to promote the midwifery model of care, supporting and protecting
normal childbirth by working with women and their whānau in the Selwyn
community.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills
and experience

**This role requires the following**:

- Registered Midwife with

a current NZ practicing certificate
- Able
to practise autonomously in the community including confidence with obstetric
and neonatal emergencies and ability to cannulate.
- A
passion for primary birthing and supporting women to initiate breastfeeding
- A commitment to equity
and our responsibilities under Te Tiriti o Waitangi within maternity services
- The ability to be
adaptable, flexible and solution focusedMō mātou | About Us
- Ko

ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we
do
- We
strive to promote excellence and tautoko and support and facilitate improved
women centred care which recognises equity outcomes for whānau within our
maternity services.
We
are committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring
our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our
conversations. We believe in improving, promoting, and protecting the
health and well-being of the Canterbury and West Coast community.
The
culture at Te Whatu Ora Waitaha is driven by our ā Mātou Uara
(Our Value
- s)
- Care and respect for others - Manaaki me te whakaute i

te tangata.
- Integrity in all we do - Hāpai i ā mātou mahi katoa i
runga i te pono.
- Responsibility for outcomes - Te Takohanga i ngā huaNgā hua |
Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora Waitaha
When
you work at the Te Whatu Ora Waitaha, you are part of a wider whānau that will
support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning
outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses
and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.
At
the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of something greater than yourself and
encouraged to be your unique self.
Please
Contact Steph Keene, Recruitment