Core Midwives

**Based in Oromairaki within Toka Hap**āi** (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 focused

**Mō 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**:

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- 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 hua

**Ngā** **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.