Registered Midwife (Part Time), Graduate Midwifery Programme, Te Whatu Ora at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Counties Manukau, Auckland

Permanent Positions!    

Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau Midwifery Graduate Programme offers you the opportunity to establish and grow your midwifery career in a highly professional and culturally diverse team and community. 

   
The Counties Manukau District has an ethnically diverse population which makes us one of the most diverse health care providers in Australasia. Our service is unique with over 7400 births per year and has a strong midwifery focus.  This makes working here exciting and rewarding as you have a real influence in the future of New Zealand.    

Counties Manukau leadership has made a commitment to the women of South Auckland and have established a dedicated Women’s Health Division.   You can be part of this and help shape our vision.

Our Midwifery Graduate programme is designed to consolidate your newly acquired midwifery skills under the guidance of our experienced team of midwives.

   
Our fifteen month programme involves three structured placements providing practice experience across the scope of midwifery practice. Five months each in: Birthing & Assessment (B & A), Ward 21/Maternity Ward (antenatal and postnatal high risk), and either in one of the three Primary Birthing Units or with the Community Midwives (antenatal and postnatal care), with an additional four education days specifically facilitated for your group.

On-going guidance from dedicated senior midwives, our team of midwife educators and CM Health / AUT Midwifery Development and Education Service (MDES) ensures a supportive environment, facilitating your transition to a confident practitioner.   

For your application we require:

• A cover letter
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• A copy of your Academic Record to date (grades from three or four years)
• Two Referees: telephone and email contact details. Either one being the LMC of your last continuity placement and the other from your tertiary institute or school of midwifery or one being the LMC of your last continuity placement and the other from a previous employer or DHB midwife familiar with your practice. 

Essential criteria:

• NZ Completed Undergraduate Degree in Midwifery
• Eligible to work in New Zealand 

If you are interested in a Graduate Opportunity with Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, then apply online or contact Fran Upoko in the Recruitment Centre on (09) 276 0044 ext 53449 or Sanne Wesseling, Midwife Coordinator on 276 0044 ext 52055 for more information.