Midwife Manager, Community Midwifery Service at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Midwife Manager, Community Midwifery Service  Womens Health 

• Community Midwifery Offices, Permanent Full Time Role (1 FTE) 

• Senior Midwife Opportunity 

• Monday - Friday 

Our Organisation: 

Health NZ Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health care delivery within the New Zealand Public Health Sector. We continue to work with others to achieve equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities and will continue to develop and implement plans, based on local needs to improve the health and wellbeing of Counties Manukau region. Our main sites are Middlemore Hospital, Kidz First Hospital and Manukau Health Park. 

We are part of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, the overarching organisation for New Zealands national health service. HNZ leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.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 Maaori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

About the Role: 

We are seeking an experienced and valuesdriven Midwife Manager who will provide strong clinical and operational leadership across our Counties Manukau Community Midwifery Service. 

This is a senior leadership role where you will shape the delivery of safe, culturally responsive, and highquality midwifery care for women, birthing people and whānau with diverse and often complex needs. 

As the Midwife Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the leadership, quality, and performance of the Community Midwifery Service. Reporting to the Service Manager, Community Maternity Services, you will lead a multidisciplinary workforce of approximately 40 FTE, including midwives, nurses, lactation consultants, social workers, community health workers and administration staff. 

You will balance strategic leadership with handson clinical credibility, ensuring excellent care outcomes while fostering an engaged, supported, and highperforming team.You will have the opportunity play a key role in the future functioning and direction of Community Midwifery Service as it develops across the Counties Manukau District to meet the needs of service users. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Clinical leadership & quality: 

• Provide expert clinical leadership, promoting excellence, safety, and evidencebased midwifery practice 

• Ensure care is whānaucentred, culturally safe, equitable and responsive to social complexity 

• Lead and participate in clinical governance, audits, quality improvement and adverse event reviews 

• Maintain your own Annual Practising Certificate and provide expert clinical care when required 

Service & operational management: 

• Oversee daytoday operational and clinical management of the Community Midwifery Service 

• Ensure effective rostering, staffing levels and skill mix to meet service demand 

• Lead recruitment, retention, performance development and staff wellbeing 

• Ensure staff meet mandatory training and professional requirements 

Strategic & relationship leadership: 

• Contribute to service planning and strategic initiatives, particularly those focused on early and ongoing engagement with midwifery services 

• Build strong relationships across maternity services, primary care, NGOs, Oranga Tamariki, Tamariki Ora providers and social support agencies 

• Maintain respectful, collaborative relationships with Lead Maternity Carers (LMCs) to ensure seamless care transitions 

Equity, Te Tiriti o Waitangi & workforce development: 

• Actively promote Māori health gain and equitable outcomes 

• Support Māoriled and Pacificled models of care and community partnerships 

• Attract, retain and develop kaimahi Māori and support culturally safe practice across the service 

Financial & resource stewardship: 

• Participate in budgeting, business planning and capital requests 

• Promote costeffective practice while maintaining safety and quality 

• Ensure facilities, clinical equipment and resources are safe, fitforpurpose and wellmaintained 

About You: 

• NZ Registered Midwife with a current Annual Practicing Certificate. 

• 5+ years recent midwifery experience (post registration). 

• Proven leadership and/or management experience - ability to lead and coordinate a team. 

• Relevant Post graduate qualification preferred 

Why Join Us? 

• Work in a dynamic and supportive environment with a highly skilled team. 

• Be part of an organization dedicated to excellence in maternity care. 

• Opportunity for professional development and career progression. 

For a copy of the job description click here

If you are a confident, values led midwifery leader ready to influence community maternity care at scale, we would love to hear from you. Apply online at https://careers.tewhatuora.govt.nz/locations/counties-manukau/ If you have any questions, please contact Service Manager Isabella Smart at isabella.smart@tewhatuora.govt.nz or Fran Upoko in the Recruitment Team at nursemidwifejobs@middlemore.co.nz

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

Job Number: CMH202617196 

Application Closes:  1 June 2026