Unit Manager - Pregnancy Clinics

• Full time, Ongoing 1.00 FTE

• Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available

• $1,33120.00 – 142,828.40 (pro-rata for part time) + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health. Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About the team

The Women’s maternity model of care offers four care pathways for women provided by the obstetricians, registrars, junior doctors, midwives and allied health team. The pathways include:

• Shared Maternity Care with affiliated GP/ midwives

• Caseload - One-to-one midwifery care

• Team Maternity - multidisciplinary care

• Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) – comprising of MFM doctors with midwifery support and boutique clinics including WADS, PTL, RMC, FMU, Diab, PMC, and MPU

The RWH Midwifery Service includes three multidisciplinary teams that provide care for medium and low risk pregnancies, and the maternal fetal medicine program that provides care for high-risk pregnancies

About the role

The Midwifery Unit Manager of Pregnancy Clinics will partner with the Medical Leads for pregnancy clinics to provide joint leadership, management and coordination of care for their multidisciplinary service. In collaboration with the Clinical Directors, they will jointly set the direction and will work together to ensure that Maternity Services are of the highest standard, emphasising excellence in patient care, multidisciplinary collaboration, efficiency, research and education.

A regular day will see you:

• providing professional and operational leadership in Pregnancy Clinics through effective management practices and processes to ensure that the highest quality care is delivered

• ensuring the delivery of optimum quality care to women throughout pregnancy through the effective and efficient management of all resources, including rostering and allocation of staff to optimise continuity of care

• providing professional and operational management of Nursing and Midwifery staff aligned to Antenatal Care, including Team Clinic Coordinators, Childbirth Education midwives, Diabetes Educators, and Shared Care Coordinators

About you

The Midwifery Unit Manager of Pregnancy Clinics is a senior midwifery leadership position, where collaboration and strategic planning are essential.

You’ll bring with you:

• Registration with APHRA as a Midwife

• Previous management experience in a similar role, with tertiary maternity care experience

• Commitment to strong customer service and promoting and supporting patient involvement and family-centred care, consumer involvement and the development of socially/culturally sensitive services

• An ability to think strategically and ensure there is systematic and competent management of mid to long term issues

Our benefits

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation

• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program

• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of trip facilities for cyclists

• Onsite post office, eateries, retail stores and library services

• Breastfeeding and pumping rooms, and a range of daycare centres nearby

• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities

• Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, monthly ADO’s and purchased leave options

Inclusion and belonging

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

Join us!

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.