Our con­cert­ed pur­suit of inno­va­tion — to dis­cov­er, improve, adopt and adapt — dif­fer­en­ti­ates Mater as a leader in the areas of health, edu­ca­tion and research. We are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing excep­tion­al care in the community. 

Mater Mack­ay offers one of the 5 pri­vate Mater Moth­ers’ Hos­pi­tals in Aus­tralia. This expe­ri­enced mater­ni­ty ser­vice is locat­ed with­in St Gerard’s which is an 27-bed Unit pro­vid­ing spe­cialised care extend­ing to ante­na­tal, post­na­tal, neonates and gynae­co­log­i­cal, breast pae­di­atric sur­gi­cal or med­ical cases. 

The Unit facil­i­ties and ser­vices include an approved Lev­el 3 neona­tal nurs­ery, ante­na­tal class­es, pre-birth clin­ic ser­vice and post­na­tal edu­ca­tion. The 4 ​‘par­ent care’ rooms, incor­po­rat­ed with­in the St Gerard’s Unit, have been designed to accom­mo­date chil­dren and their par­ents, thus ensur­ing that par­ents are able to par­tic­i­pate in the care of their chil­dren and use those knowl­edge and skills with con­fi­dence when they return home.

About the role

The Mid­wife posi­tion pro­vides fam­i­ly-cen­tred mid­wifery care in col­lab­o­ra­tion with oth­er health pro­fes­sion­als and sig­nif­i­cant oth­er to ensure safe, effi­cient and effec­tive man­age­ment of the patient with­in the Women’s Unit.

Full-time, part-time or casu­al appli­ca­tions are welcome.

Base salary range for these posi­tions are: 

• per­ma­nent — $37.23 — $47.84 per hour
• casu­al — $46.54 — 59.81 per hour

The appro­pri­ate salary will be depen­dent on the peri­od of applic­a­ble pri­or expe­ri­ence and are exclu­sive of allowances, penal­ties and superannuation.

What you’ll be doing

• Pro­vide high qual­i­ty patient care apply­ing nurs­ing and/​or mid­wifery clin­i­cal skills and con­tem­po­rary knowl­edge to sup­port opti­mal care out­comes through care coor­di­na­tion, col­lab­o­ra­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­tion with­in scope of pro­fes­sion­al competence;
• Part­ner with patients and their sup­port per­sons through­out the preg­nan­cy and birth con­tin­u­um to pro­vide woman-cen­tred mater­ni­ty care with regard to per­son­al and/​or cul­tur­al needs and preferences;
• Under­take com­pre­hen­sive ante and post-natal assessment(s) and devel­op, or revise, care plans that are inclu­sive of the patient’s phys­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal, cul­tur­al and spir­i­tu­al needs and expec­ta­tions for her preg­nan­cy-child­birth con­tin­u­um and/​or expect­ed clin­i­cal outcomes;
• Deter­mine and mon­i­tor mater­nal and fetal well-being through­out the peri­od of hos­pi­tal­i­sa­tion and com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly with oth­er health pro­fes­sion­als to ensure safe and high stan­dards of care;
• Acknowl­edge and sup­port the effec­tive­ness of the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team and diverse care envi­ron­ment by del­e­gat­ing tasks to team mem­bers com­men­su­rate with their scope of pro­fes­sion­al exper­tise and practice;
• Extend adher­ence to the deliv­ery and doc­u­men­ta­tion of care to include applic­a­ble Mater frame­works, poli­cies, pro­ce­dures and forms;
• Under­take com­pre­hen­sive dis­charge plan­ning to ensure patients and their sup­port per­sons, where applic­a­ble and appro­pri­ate, are pro­vid­ed with ade­quate sup­port through the pro­vi­sion of edu­ca­tion, resources and appro­pri­ate com­mu­ni­ty ser­vices access; and
• Act as a men­tor for col­leagues and nursing/​midwifery stu­dents with­in the team where appro­pri­ate depen­dant on own lev­el of exper­tise permits.

About you

To be suc­cess­ful in this role, you will demon­strate the fol­low­ing criteria:

• Cur­rent dual reg­is­tra­tion with the Aus­tralian Health Prac­ti­tion­er Reg­u­la­tion Agency as a Mid­wife and Reg­is­tered Nurse is essential;
• A com­mit­ment to adhere to the Mater immu­ni­sa­tion require­ments, which includes being ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed against COVID-19 and pro­vid­ing appro­pri­ate evi­dence as pre­scribed by Ser­vices Aus­tralia pri­or to commencement;
• Cur­ren­cy of neona­tal resuscitation;
• Cur­ren­cy of K2 Peri­na­tal Train­ing through an approved provider;
• Oth­er post­grad­u­ate qual­i­fi­ca­tions in rel­e­vant nurs­ing and/​or mid­wifery spe­cial­i­ty or work­ing towards (e.g. lac­ta­tion consultant);
• Min­i­mum of one year post grad­u­ate expe­ri­ence, includes in birth suites;
• Aus­tralian Cit­i­zen­ship, per­ma­nent res­i­den­cy, a cur­rent work Visa with no restric­tions or an applic­a­ble ANMAC occu­pa­tion­al code if seek­ing Visa sponsorship.

Why join us?

In return for your skills you will work with a pas­sion­ate and dri­ven team that pro­vides high qual­i­ty patient care. Work hours are flex­i­ble in accor­dance with oper­a­tional require­ments. We are a fam­i­ly friend­ly employ­er and give con­sid­er­a­tion to the needs of our employ­ees. Addi­tion­al ben­e­fits include:

• Great vari­ety of nurs­ing delegations
• Sup­port environment
• Salary pack­ag­ing
• Edu­ca­tion and train­ing opportunities
• Employ­ee Assis­tance program
• Dis­count­ed gym mem­ber­ship and oth­er leisure/​lifestyle centres
• Work/​life bal­ance, vari­ety, and flexibility

How to apply

Apply for this posi­tion on SEEK or through our web­site at Careers in Cen­tral Queens­land — Mater where you can find more infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy. This posi­tion is list­ed on our web­site under Mater Pri­vate Hos­pi­tal Mack­ay vacan­cies.

Should you have any ques­tions please con­tact Keryn Brant, Patient Care Man­ag­er, at Keryn.​Brant@​mater.​org.​au or call 07 4965 5803.

Intro­duc­tions from Agen­cies are wel­come but must be direct­ed to Employment-​CQ@​mater.​org.​au

Need to relo­cate? Email Keryn.​Brant@​mater.​org.​au to arrange a dis­cus­sion on what options may be avail­able to you or call 07 4965 5803.

Please note:

• Stat­ed ref­er­ees may be con­tact­ed through­out the short-list­ing process.

This vacan­cy shall remain open until filled.

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