New Graduate Midwife at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Whanganui, Manawatu / Whanganui

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

New Graduate Midwife, Whanganui Hospital
Permanent 0.8fte (64 hours per fortnight)

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. 

Ko wai mātou | Who are we

Whanganui Hospital Maternity Unit is classed as a Secondary Maternity Facility, providing three birthing rooms - each have their own birthing pool and 11 inpatient bed units (14 beds in total).

Whanganui Hospital maternity service has a high normal birth rate, long history of water births, low intervention rates, low caesarean rates.  We are a small dedicated team with a commitment to providing women with optimal healthcare through women-centred and appropriate clinical assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation and education.

Te Whatu Ora - Whanganui serves an estimated population of 68,395 and includes residents of the Whanganui and Rangitikei Territorial Authority areas, as well as the Ruapehu Territorial Authority area wards of Waimarino and Waiouru – known as South Ruapehu.

The community we provide care to is semi-rural – rural with Māori making up 27.3% of our population (compared to the New Zealand average of 16.6%) and small but growing populations of Pacific and Asian people.

Whanganui has something for everyone our centrally located region offers access to outdoor activities such as kayaking, skiing, surfing, tramping, cycling, fishing and hunting.  There are a good selection of schools and plenty of areas to take the family out and play.  Nestled between 2 snow-capped mountains, on the banks of Whanganui River there is always plenty to do and explore. Whanganui has the best value for money real estate in NZ and has been voted prettiest city.  As Wanganui is centrally located access to airports makes travelling nationally and internationally a breeze.

Whanganui Hospital is located in the centre of this beautiful region, our DHB encourages a relaxed and healthy work life balance which is a great reason to consider us.

You can discover more about Whanganui here: www.discoverwhanganui.nz

Ngā Uarātanga | Our Values

At Te Whatu Ora - Whanganui we recruit for Ngā Uarātanga (Our Values). Why do we do this? Values-based teams deliver better care.  Ngā Uarātanga support each of us to make a difference every day in the things we do and say. Therefore, it's important that when recruiting, we recruit new colleagues who have Ngā Uarātanga that align with ours.

Ngā Uarātanga:

Aroha - The value of love, respect and empathy, demonstrating compassionate and non-judgemental relationships.

Kōtahitanga - The value of unity and vision sharing where we demonstrate trust and collaboration.

Manaakitanga - The value of respect, support and caring where we demonstrate doing our very best for others.

Tino Rangatiratanga - The value of self-determination where we empower individual/whānau choice.

Ko te kaupapa | About the role

We have a position available for a new graduate midwife to commence practice within our supportive team of hospital midwives at Whanganui hospital, in January/February 2027.

We have a comprehensive hospital orientation programme and a Midwife Clinical Coach and Midwifery Educator for support and specific orientation to our maternity service.

This is a permanent 0.8FTE working rostered rotating duties position and supports completion of the Midwifery First Year of Practice programme.

If you are enthusiastic and passionate about midwifery, we would really love to hear from you.

If you would like to discuss opportunities with Whanganui Hospital you can contact Angelique Tucker Midwife Manager (angelique.tucker@wdhb.org.nz)

Rā Katinga | Applications close

Applications close: 28 October 2026

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