October 3, 2024

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora

Hamilton

OTHER & FULL TIME

Midwife - First year of Practice

Where you’ll be working: Waikato Region The details: Waikato Midwifery Graduate Programme

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waikato Midwifery Graduate Programme offers you the opportunity to establish and grow your midwifery career in a highly professional and culturally diverse team and community.

Purpose: Our Midwifery Graduate Programme aims to support newly registered midwives as they transition to practice and become confident midwives.

How: We believe that a strong support team is essential to the success of new graduate midwives. Our midwifery preceptors, Midwife Clinical Coaches and Midwifery Educators will work alongside you to offer guidance and support as you develop and acquire new skills and knowledge. The Waikato Midwifery Graduate Programme also offers additional education days specifically facilitated for Graduate Midwives.

Click here to view the position description.
(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service
The Waikato region has an ethnically diverse population. Our service is unique with around 6300 births per year (Stats NZ 2023) 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.

Build Your Own! We offer a fifteen-month flexible programme with three structured placements across the full scope of midwifery practice:

All new midwifery graduates

Return to your favourite area – up the complexity and skills ie

Delivery suite plus HDU/OT

Induction ward – insert balloons

Postnatal- LC experience and and insert Jadelles

Delivery Suite

Five months

Postnatal

Three months

Women’s Assessment Unit

Day Assessment Unit & Women’s Clinic

Antenatal and Induction of Labour

Three months

Last 4 months Graduates choice of the following 5 options

Whanau Mai Team

Rural Primary Birthing

Five months in: Delivery Suite
Three months in E1 Maternity Ward (antenatal and Induction postnatal)
Three Months in E2 Maternity Ward (postnatal)
The last four months is your choice - pick your placement
The rotation structure and order are flexible and specific to the individual midwifery graduate

Mōu | About you

NZ Completed Undergraduate Degree in Midwifery
Completed Relevant Overseas Qualification in Midwifery and have met the requirements of the Midwifery Council of New Zealand
Eligible to work in New Zealand

For your application we require:

A cover letter
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
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 an employed midwife familiar with your practice.

Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato
Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.

As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the advertisement, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter. We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact the Recruitment Team – Komal.Kaur@Te Whatu Ora.govt.nz

Closing date: 3 January 2025

Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!