About Us

Western Health manages three acute public hospitals: Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown Hospital. It also operates the Sunbury Day Hospital, Transition Care at Hazeldean and a range of community based services. We care for a culturally diverse population of more than 1 million people. We have 7,000 employees who are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES).

Our continued growth has seen the addition of a new purpose built, multi-storey Joan Kirner Women's and Children's at Sunshine Hospital.

About the Role

Women's & Children's Services provides ambulatory services across a number of sites within the western catchment, predominantly at Sunshine, but also at Sunbury and within the community. The service collaborates across a number of divisions within Western Health and partners with external health services and community services to ensure Best Care. 
The Antenatal Clinic provides quality maternity care for over 5,500 women per year from diverse multicultural backgrounds from communities across the Western Suburbs of Melbourne. The clinic is staffed by a multidisciplinary team who work collaboratively to provide holistic antenatal care to women.

This position presents the successful applicant the possible opportunity to transition into our broader Maternity Services to deliver care across the maternity continuum. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as we transition our services into the new purpose built Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital.

The position will suit a professional, motivated, experienced and enthusiastic midwife to join our Antenatal Clinic Team at Western Health (Sunshine Hospital) on a temporary part time basis.

You will work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility across the maternity continuum from antenatal bookings through to birth and home-based postnatal visits, with further opportunities to participate in day-stay pregnancy monitoring, specialist clinics and lactation support

Our ideal candidates will have:

• Registration as Midwife with AHPRA
• Enthusiasm to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary care model
• Previous Antenatal Clinic Experience 
• Experience across all areas of midwifery care
• Great communication skills
• Most importantly, a commitment to high quality, safe and person centred patient care

Our Organisation

Join our team and contribute to our positive, family focused and progressive culture. The Joan Kirner Women's and Children's (JKWC) service will include 20 labour delivery rooms, brand new NICU cots, 39 SCN cots, 64 women’s inpatient beds, 32 children’s inpatient beds, 4 operating theatres, 4 beautiful birth pools and additional outpatient clinics. There are opportunities to work part time, full time or casually across the full scope of practice. In addition we offer support to develop clinical knowledge and skills or undertake research with key academic partners. 

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits such as:

• Work-life balance
• Professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Onsite fitness clubs
• Culturally safe and respectful environment
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program

Culture

At Western Health, we value our employees and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop.  Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience. Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance and (if applicable) a Working With Children’s Check.

Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies