Midwife Manager - Delivery Suite - Fixed Term

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital – Women’s Health

The details: Fixed Term – 80 hours per fortnight

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for a Midwife Manager (MM) to lead the Women’s Health Team Delivery Suite for a fixed term providing leadership, vision and focus to this integral part of the wider women’s health service.

About the service:

Waikato Women’s Delivery Suite has 7 birth rooms, a dedicated 2 bed HDU room, theatre and PACU bay.

The role of CMM is busy and varied – the ideal candidate will be a solution focused person able to work with staff from a variety of disciplines and manage competing and often conflicting demands.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Manage people, systems, budget and resources within a defined area to ensure that service delivery is of a high standard.
• Manage systems, processes and resource that enable staff to meet the needs of the woman/consumer/tangata whaiora in an efficient and effective manner.
• Provide clinical leadership for the multi-disciplinary team and inspire the team to provide excellent maternity care.
• Provide professional and operational leadership to the midwifery and nursing team, developing the midwifery and nursing services and monitoring quality, including standards of practice and service standards.
• Contribute to the strategic direction for the clinical care area and the women’s health service.

Mōu | About you

The successful Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

• Recent clinical leadership experience within a secondary/tertiary service.
• Proven experience managing and developing staff.
• Bachelor of Midwifery.
• Registration with the Midwifery Council of New Zealand and hold a current annual practising certificate.
• Midwife is required to have an up to date portfolio providing evidence of participation in the Midwifery Council’s recertification programme.
• Midwife must have achieved leadership level on the Quality and Leadership Programme and/or completed a post graduate certificate or is working towards.
• At least five years post graduate midwifery experience.
• Proven involvement in change management, clinical audits and quality initiatives.

Please click here to view the position description for Midwife Manager.

Why us:

We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. To do this we are working hard to develop a robust and capable workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply and would greatly value seeing more applicants from our Māori communities.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply directly online, applications are not able to be accepted via email. For any queries about the role please contact Komalpreet.kaur@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: 6 May 2024

Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!