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Return To Practice Midwives , Women's Health

 
 

Return to Practice Midwives – Women’s Health

  • Middlemore Hospital or Primary Birthing Unit, Permanent Full/Part Time Roles
  • Supportive work environment & programme
  • Re-establish your career here at Counties Manukau

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 Zealand’s 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 Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities. 

About the Role:

Health New Zealand Counties Manukau offers financial support for midwives returning to practice and also practical support such as dedicated midwifery clinical coaching across our maternity settings.

We welcome expressions of interest from midwives who are interested in:

  • A permanent position
  • Re-establishing their career at 0.6FTE and above, in either our Middlemore Hospital Birthing and Assessment Unit or Pukekohe Primary Birthing Unit”

Come work in a midwifery driven environment that strives to meet the needs of our mama, pepe and whaanau as well as our midwives’ passion and drive to give outstanding care that is second to none.

Our values of Whakawhanaungatanga (Valuing everyone), Manaakitanga (Kindness), Kotahitanga (Together) and Rangatiratanga (Excellence) support our desire to meet the needs of a diverse and wonderful community. 

Counties Manukau Health has the highest birthing population of any district in New Zealand with 7,720 women giving birth in the region during 2019 (inclusive of private birth units and homebirths) so there is wide variety of experience to be gained.

Why Join Us?

  • Work in a supportive and collaborative environment within Health NZ Counties Manukau.
  • A learning environment focused on supporting you and your career pathway.
  • Flexibility with shifts and locations of work.

If you would love to come back to a rewarding career, please register your interest by applying online through http://careers.countiesmanukau.health.nz/working-here/ or for further information please contact Deputy Chief Midwife Sarah Nicholson 021 391 363 or Fran Upoko in the Recruitment Centre at nursemidwifejobs@middlemore.co.nz

If you are an internationally registered midwife please visit the Midwifery Council of New Zealand’s website to explore your eligibility for New Zealand registration https://www.midwiferycouncil.health.nz/

Job Number: CMH07815

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us.  We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community.  To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve.  We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities.  Our values are  Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga,  Together –Kotahitanga,  Excellent- Rangatiratanga.   If these are your values too, then join us today.
 
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