Midwifery Manager - Secondary

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Share your passion for Midwifery Care excellence with a fabulous team.

We are looking to recruit an exceptional and motivated Midwife to join our team as Midwife Manager to manage our secondary care service. The role has a key focus on improving delivery of wāhine and whānau centred care, role modelling, quality practice and supporting the development of new processes and systems relevant to the work area.

The Midwife Manager ensures the effective allocation of resources to provide delivery of midwifery, nursing and support services that facilitate efficient/unit/service function and management. The successful candidate will have substantial midwifery theoretical knowledge, effective leadership skills, the ability to manage conflicts, drive change and will be responsible for monitoring and management of staff performance. The Midwife Manager actively supports opportunities for education and training of all staff reports, including integration of cultural responsiveness training, and ensures practice is evidence-based.

If you have a dynamic and creative approach, initiative and a positive attitude, a minimum of five years' post graduate experience and are working towards or have a Master's Qualification with a proven record of excellent clinical and communication skills, we are keen to hear from you.

Our Organisation

Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral (MidCentral) is part of Health New Zealand, Te Whatu Ora and provides healthcare services to over 180,000 people across the Manawatū, Horowhenua and Tararua regions. With a large hospital campus in Palmerston North, it also provides key health care and support services to neighbouring communities.

Come and join us

Employing over 2500 people, MidCentral offers a supportive work environment that accepts and values all employees. We actively seek Māori kaimahi into our workforce and provide an environment which delivers our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

MidCentral region offers an excellent lifestyle for families with scenic spots for hiking and mountain-biking, great schools and tertiary institutions. With the mountains, city and sea at your doorstep, you'll get to taste the best of both worlds – the perfect blend of rural and city living.

Benefits

• An encouraging learning environment where you will continue to grow and be challenged

• A professional and supportive culture and team setting

• Fulfilling and challenging work with great lifestyle options

• Tailored wellness programmes

How to apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role (by submitting your cover letter and CV), please click “APPLY NOW.” For tracking and reporting purposes, all applications must be submitted through our online career portal.

We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible so may withdraw the advert if the perfect candidate is found before the expiry date.

We strive to be a place where people love to work and learn. We aim to develop a diverse team that reflects the communities that we serve and we welcome people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religious and political beliefs, socio-economic situations and accessibility needs.

MidCentral actively seeks Māori into our workforce to reflect the community we serve.

Some positions are defined as a Core Children's worker under the Children's Act and require full safety checks completed before employment commences.

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