Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork.

Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.

The Women's Health Unit at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Clinical Facilitator – Midwifery to join their team on a permanent basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

• The Clinical Facilitator Midwife is an advanced level clinician who is responsible for supporting nursing/ midwifery workforce development and growth, providing leadership, clinical and education direction, and support to other nursing/midwifery staff, students and the interdisciplinary team in the delivery of evidence based and best practice services.
• This role will support an appropriately skilled workforce to deliver evidence-based person-centred care and service planning.
• As the Clinical Facilitator Midwife, you will demonstrate advanced level of clinical expertise and/or skill set in the provisions of midwifery care as specified by registration requirements, NMBA standards and codes, educational preparation, relevant legislation and context of care.

About the Team

Women's Health Unit is a Level 4 Maternity and neonatal service, which provides maternity care for low- and moderate-risk women. The service is multidisciplinary and offers several maternity models of care, including providing or referring to midwifery community care.

There are 4 models of midwifery care in Women's Health Unit:

• An all risk Core obstetric model
• 3 Midwifery Group Practice models of care:
• Birth Centre (low risk model of care)
• Maternally Yours (low risk Post-Graduate model of care)
• Kem Kem Yanga (all risk Indigenous model of care)

Women's Health Unit also consists of Antenatal Diabetes Clinics, Special Care Nursery, Gynaecological services, Family Planning clinic and Extended Midwifery services.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• Education opportunities, Study and Research

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity .

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation by attaching to their online application. Applications remain current for 12 months (permanent roles) or for the duration of the vacancy (temporary roles).

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