Clinical Midwife Educator

Ready for a fresh start? Relocate to Melbourne, Victoria, and join Mercy Health as a Clinical Midwife Educator, where you'll make a real impact while enjoying a rewarding career and a vibrant lifestyle!

Employment Type: Permanent full time and or part time

Hours: 1.6 Flexible EFT – AM and PM shifts

Salary: RN35 as per award

Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital, Victoria

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: Enquiries welcome, please contact Kassandra Russell ***************@mercy.com.au, - a copy of the full position description is also available

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

• An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Learning Team at Werribee Mercy Hospital for an experienced Clinical Midwifery Educator.  This is a permanent position. 

• The Clinical Midwifery Educator will work collaboratively with the Director and Assistant Directors of Nursing and Midwifery Education and clinical support, to support clinical education and training programs. 

• The Learning Team is dedicated education team that provides support to the organisation over a wide range of education and development services, including but not limited to, in-service education, development and delivery of training programs, competency assessments, supervision of student placements and staff development education.

• We are seeking applications from experienced and enthusiastic midwives  with a passion for learning and development to work collaboratively in providing high-quality learning opportunities.  A midwife who has demonstrated ability in leading education in the implementation a various models of midwifery care and is able to work across the continuum of care.

The Clinical Midwifery Educator;

• Supports contemporary education that promotes best practice standards.

• Supports staff of all proficiency levels, novice to expert

• Demonstratesand promotes expertise and best practice standards

• Helps to ensure that through a highly skilled and educated workforce our patients receive safe and high-quality care within Mercy Health

• Demonstrates agility and work as a change agent

What you’ll bring
 

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Registration as a Midwife with AHPRA

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills

• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.

• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

• Knowledge of contemporary midwifery issues

• You demonstrate innovative approaches to problem solving

• Recent clinical experience across the peri partum period

• Relevant post registration qualifications and experience

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.