Midwifery Navigator, Queensland Health

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West Moreton Health is looking for a Midwifery Navigator to join our Nursing and Midwifery team. Reporting to the Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery you will be responsible for the facilitation of safe and efficient care for patients by reducing service fragmentation.

• Temporary Full-time opportunity for up to 2 years!

About the role

The Midwife Navigator High-Risk Antenatal Care is a Registered Midwife who demonstrates practice at advanced levels in both knowledge and practice. The Midwife Navigator aims to facilitate a safe and efficient care for women who are high risk through the reduction of service fragmentation, education, coordination and empowerment of individuals to enable self-management. The role will work with women who have pre-existing diabetes, complex co-morbidities, previous birth trauma, barriers to attending care, and/or are identified as a high risk obstetric patient within a multidisciplinary team.

With the intention of providing holistic patient-centred care, the four key principles of the Midwifery Navigator role are:

1. coordinating patient centre care,
2. creating partnerships,
3. improving patient outcomes and
4. facilitating systems improvements.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated ability to apply effective contemporary clinical knowledge and clinical management skills in the management of nursing care.   
• Advanced clinical evidence-based skill and knowledge in, midwifery, high risk antenatal care, coordination and interdisciplinary care management, evidenced by recency of practice and achieved clinical and professional competencies.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships and to develop strong teams across the health landscape within a framework of open communication.
• An ability and commitment to deliver clinical services collaboratively integrating the broader multidisciplinary health care team across the system in delivering high quality, patient centred care.
• Demonstrated contemporary clinical nursing expertise with clear understanding of the requirement for evidence-based patient centred care.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and provide independent professional judgement and expertise in patient centred problem solving and clinical management.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16 (PDF) ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/150120/hed-0116.pdf )

About West Moreton Health

West Moreton Health is one of the most rapidly evolving health services in the south east corner, with a community growth expected to almost double to more than 588,000 by 2036. Our vision is for a robust hospital and health service that includes fit-for-purpose spaces, interconnected buildings, multi-disciplinary health services, research, education and community partnerships.

To read more on how West Moreton Health are committed to transforming and optimising our care, to meet the health care needs of our growing and diverse community - Follow this link ( https://www.westmoreton.health.qld.gov.au/futurefocus ) 

Benefits

• 17.5% annual leave loading (Additional allowances/entitlements may apply)
• 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation
• Professional development
• Salary sacrificing options ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/conditions/salary/sacrifice )
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Service (EAS).

To apply

Further information regarding this role please download and read the attached Role Description and Information Packages. You will need to submit your Cover Letter, CV or Resume including the names and contact details of two referees and a short response (maximum 1-2 pages) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities are relevant to the role.

Applications to remain current for a period of 12 months and may be used to fill a similar vacancy.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for all West Moreton Health vacancies.