Registered Midwife at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Wairarapa, Wairarapa

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Location: Wairarapa Hospital

Service: Maternity Services

Contract: Permanent, full time - Part Time

Salary: As per MERAS MECA dependant on experience

We are committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations. We believe in improving, promoting, and protecting the health and well-being of the Wairarapa commuinity.

Welcome to the Wairarapa Region. The Wairarapa region offers a fantastic lifestyle for all. With quality schools, strong community spirit, great beaches, world class vineyards, mountain ranges and rivers, this is a place you can call home. Come and enjoy the great lifestyle the Wairarapa has to offer!

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

In this smaller unit, you-re a midwife, a support person, and an advocate for the women and babies in your care. You will understand the emotional highs and lows that come with this transformative time of their lives, and be able to develop a relationship where they trust and connect with you. This is a role for a midwife with high professional standards, who wants to provide a service you are proud of.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

The Wairarapa has a proven track record of developing innovative models of care through collaboration of primary and secondary health providers. Our maternity service provides care for women in the Wairarapa region with just under 500 births per annum. Midwives have the opportunity to work across their scope of practice by, providing care to ante and postnatal inpatients and working alongside their Midwife LMC colleagues to provide secondary intrapartum care.

Moū - About you

The ideal candidate will have:

• New Zealand Registered Midwife
• A current practising certificate with the Midwifery Council of New Zealand
• Evidence of recent effective, competent midwifery practice
• Ability to work effectively within a busy environment with competing demands
• Previous clinic roles obstetric and/or midwifery
• Good communication/interpersonal skills ensuring the ability to interact positively and enable cooperation/coordination between:
• women who use maternity services and their families/whanau
• all maternity practitioners
• Positive, enthusiastic and proactive manner that instils confidence in clients and colleagues
• Awareness of and sensitivity to individual and cultural differences

To learn more about the role, or for a friendly informal conversation please contact: Kirsty Mitchell, Charge Midwife Manager on Kirsty.Mitchell@wairarapa.dhb.org.nz +64 (6) 946-9800 ext. 4111 or (027) 675-5931.

Vacancy Ref # 6278354

Closing Date: Open until role appointed to 

Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, including two primary doses and at least one booster. We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.