Case Loading Midwife, Primary Birthing Units

**Case Loading Midwife-Primary Birth Unit**
- **Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of women and their families by providing personalized, continuous care.**:

- **Primary Birthing Units, Full Time**:

- **Rostered time off**

**About the Role**:
We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Case Loading Midwife to provide continuity of care to women throughout the antenatal, labour, birth, and postnatal periods. This role requires a midwife who is passionate about supporting women in their maternity journey, while ensuring a high standard of clinical care and collaboration with other maternity and healthcare providers.

As a Case Loading Midwife, you will be responsible for managing a caseload of 40-50 women per annum, providing midwifery care throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period. You will work on a roster system with on-call ensuring seamless care within the Birthing Unit and across other Health NZ Counties Manukau maternity services as required.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Provide Continuity of Care**: Support women through the entire maternity process, offering care 24/7, including telephone advice or in-person assessments for urgent issues.
- **Collaboration with Healthcare Providers**: Work closely with hospital and specialist services and other health professionals to ensure access to required care, including obstetric consultations.
- **Quality Improvement and Risk Management**: Demonstrate leadership in identifying quality improvement opportunities and participate in case review meetings and development of controlled documents.
- **Professional Development**: Commit to your ongoing professional development, ensuring up-to-date knowledge in midwifery practice, cultural safety, and legal and ethical standards.
- **Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity**: Uphold the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti O Waitangi, respecting cultural beliefs and practices.
- **Utilize IT Systems**: Efficiently use clinical information systems such as i.PM, Clinical Portal, and BadgerNet.

**Essential**:

- NZ Registered Midwife with Current Midwifery Registration
- 2+ years recent midwifery experience in NZ, post registration
- Full and clean NZ drivers licence
- Demonstrated clinical leadership and ability to maintain evidence-based practice.
- Strong commitment to quality improvement and professional development.
- Excellent communication skills.

**Our Organisation**:
Health NZ Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health care delivery within the New Zealand Public Health Sector. We continue to work with others to achieve equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities and will continue to develop and implement plans, based on local needs to improve the health and wellbeing of Counties Manukau region.

Our main sites are Middlemore Hospital, Kidz First Hospital and Manukau Health Park.

We are part of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. HNZ leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

**Why Join Us?**
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of women and their families by providing personalized, continuous care.
- Work in a supportive, collaborative environment with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals.
- Work within a community-focused healthcare service that values diversity and cultural safety.

If you are a passionate, skilled midwife looking for a rewarding role that offers both clinical challenge and personal satisfaction, we would love to hear from you

**Job Number: CMH202514767A**

**Application Closes: Until positions filled**
- Whakawhanaungatanga, Kind -Manaakitanga, Together -Kotahitanga, Excellent
- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today._