New Graduate Midwife - 2024 at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Matau a Māui Hawke's Bay, Hawkes Bay

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.

Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.

 

 

Hawkes Bay DHB Maternity Services/ Te Whare Kōhanga ō Te Matau a Māui

Permanent with a 12 month “New Graduate Programme Package”

0.8 FTE (64 hours per fortnight)

Flexible start dates available

 

Are you a Midwife in search of a dynamic opportunity in the sunny Hawkes Bay?

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay is seeking New Graduate Midwives to join our team of professionals in providing excellent care to māmā and whanau. Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay encourages a maternity workforce that is culturally responsive to all whanau needs, and is innovative and passionate about our community. As part of our team we’ll support, encourage and help you to develop your career with us.

 

Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay's maternity facilities are unique in that, in addition to our main secondary care birthing facility we are the only region in New Zealand with a co-located Primary Birthing Unit.

 

Hawke's Bay Maternity is recognised nationally as providing innovative programs to improve maternal and infant health and wellbeing.  As a New Graduate Midwife, Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay is now offering a comprehensive New Graduate Program Package to complement your Midwifery First Year of Practice (MFYP) and support your growth as a confident midwife.

 

Your New Graduate induction and program will be supported by the Educator, Clinical Coaches and Preceptors in addition to your MFYP Mentor throughout the year.

During your first year you will spend time in

 

Ata Rangi Labour and Birthing Suite

 

• Specialist Secondary Labour Cares, Assessments & Inductions

 

Ata Rangi Postnatal ward

 

• Secondary Postnatal Care and Breastfeeding Support

 

Waioha Primary Birthing Unit

 

• Primary Care Birthing Support & Primary Care Postnatal Support

 

Te Whatu Ora- Te Matau a Māui Community Midwifery Team and/or Wairoa Maternity Caseloading Midwifery Team Orientation

 

• Working in the Hawke's Bay community with antenatal and postnatal whanau;
• Antenatal clinics in the newly integrated family health centre
  within the Wairoa Hospital
• Working as a Caseloading Midwife within Wairoa Community and Rural Birthing and Postnatal Maternity Unit within Wairoa Hospital

 

Day Assessment Unit and Antenatal Clinic orientation

 

• Secondary care management of complicated pregnancies

 

You can view our Maternity Services video here to learn more about the services we provide to expectant mothers.

 

If you are not already living in Hawke's Bay and making the most of what is on offer, you should know it boasts an enviable lifestyle with great homes, superb schools, a burgeoning economy, and no traffic headaches.  Whether you like living by the sea, next to the river, nestled in the hills, in a village community, or an art deco city...Hawke's Bay has it all.

 

Talk to us around our relocation packages.

 

Te Matau a Māui - Hawke's Bay is part of the Voluntary Bonding Scheme (VBS)  You can find more information here:

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/health-workforce/voluntary-bonding-scheme

 

If this sounds like you, review the Position Profile HERE and apply now! 

 

For further information about this position contact Catherine Overfield - Clinical Midwife Manager on catherine.overfield@hbdhb.govt.nz

 

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay in general encourages a workforce that is innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills and is passionate about caring for our community. As part of our team we will support, encourage and help you to develop your career with us.

We are committed to delivering and living our Te Whatu Ora values of He kauanuanu – Respect, Ākina – Improvement, Rāranga te tira – Teamwork and Tauwhiro – Care. You should be someone who has similar personal values.

We are proud of our team’s diversity.  We know the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce helps us achieve the best outcomes for our patients and the communities in which we operate and serve.