Midwife Manager - Primary Maternity

• Primary Birthing unit, Rākai Kahukura Wanaka
• Salary band - $128,416 to 139,448 p.a. pro-rata and KiwiSaver
• Excellent opportunity to manage and develop our maternity units
• Use you proven leadership skills to facilitate and enhance service delivery
• Permanent, part-time position (32 hours a week)

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the role

Are you looking for a fresh challenge and the opportunity to develop and grow professionally? Are you inspired by the challenge of providing high quality care, and are ready to move into a more advanced leadership role?

As the Midwife Manager, you will lead and support the Wanaka unit providing clinical and operational leadership to ensure the service is responsive to the changing needs of our community and health system.

Some key deliverables include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide professional and clinical leadership for the Rākai Kahukura Primary Maternity unit (Wānaka) to ensure safe and effective delivery of maternity care, identification and mitigation of clinical risk, and continuous quality improvement
• Provide operational leadership to ensure the Midwifery unit operates effectively, safely and sustainably on a day-to-day basis
• Work in partnership with the Midwife Managers of the other Primary Maternity units providing collegial support and sustainable leadership coverage across Central Otago/Lakes
• Ensure the service is appropriately staffed, best practice human resource standards are met, and staff are supported and managed to maintain a cohesive and productive team
• Ensure Rākai Kahukura Primary Maternity unit (Wānaka) operates within budgets for the financial year, and work in collaboration with Director of Midwifery to develop risk mitigation strategies for unexpected expenditures; participate in developing and managing annual and three-year capital expenditure plans
• Management unit quality and risk programmes; lead and manage certification and accreditation within the Maternity unit

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About you

Alongside your strong leadership skills, our ideal candidate will also bring extensive midwifery experience and be an excellent communicator.

Some of the skills we are looking for are as follows:

• It is essential that you are a NZ Registered Midwife and hold a current annual practicing certificate
• Possess the ability to think outside the square, communicate effectively and promote best practice and standards of midwifery care
• Demonstrate sound professional judgement
• Have relevant knowledge of patient safety and resource management, including budgeting, equipment and staff management
• Demonstrate clinical quality, safety and best practice.
• Confidence to build successful working relationships with those around you, the ability to work independently or within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Confidence with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
• Hold a relevant post-graduate qualification

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now.' All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by Monday, 14 April 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Katie Procter katie.procter@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/