Midwife Manager Dandenong Women's Clinic

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• Fixed Term Maternity Leave replacement for 12 months

• Showcase your clinical excellence and grow your leadership skills
• Lead a supportive, friendly and inclusive team at Monash Women’s Dandenong

Opportunity to join the leadership team within a dynamic program to lead the provision of best practice care supporting women and Maternity staff

Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

About the Role:

Join our team as a Maternity Manager, on a fixed term, 80 hours per fortnight opportunity. Experience Management and support the team commencing 30th December 2024 until 4th January 2026, to work at Pregnancy Clinic based at Dandenong Hospital – Monday to Friday.

In this leadership role, as Midwife Manager, you will be responsible for the management and leadership of the Jade team Maternity Clinics - Fetal Surveillance.  Working with your team to care for antenatal women, you will lead a dynamic, professional group and will be accountable for the clinical, financial and human resource management of your area. 

Working closely with your team on a daily basis you will coordinate your pregnancy clinics weekly.  Together with Team Leaders at each of our sites, you will encourage and support Monash Women’s model of practice to ensure women receive consistently high quality, safe care throughout their journey.

The position involves working a combination of Clinical and Management shifts.

About Us:

As the acuity and complexity of conditions grows across the South Eastern window, so does our service and the number of women we care for.  Supporting a culturally diverse group of women, our teams of midwives have the opportunity to advance their skills by rotating through clinic, birth suite, postnatal and extended care into the home. This model maximises continuity of care and provides a positive experience for women and their families.

About You:

You are an experienced midwife, passionate about midwifery, with a demonstrated commitment to empowering childbearing women and their families within a service that embraces consistency of advice and continuity of philosophy. You consistently role-model midwifery excellence and are a proven leader of people, motivating your team to work effectively together in a clinical setting. You will be inspired everyday working with like-minded, passionate colleagues who share your values and purpose.

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Postgraduate midwifery experience, including an Associate Manager or equivalent leadership role 
• Demonstrated experience and recency of practice in both leadership and clinical excellence within Pregnancy Care clinics is essential due to the nature of the role. 
• Skills in leading the planning, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of midwifery care at a consistently high standard 
• A commitment to supporting midwives the opportunity to gain and maintain full scope of practice 
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to achieve goals and health outcomes 
• Sound communication skills, enabling the development and maintenance of effective working relationships with health professionals, support staff and other stakeholders, both internal and external to Monash Health 
• Excellent organisational skills, time management, analytical and problem solving skills 
• A commitment to safe practice, utilising a sound knowledge of relevant legislation, guidelines and standards 

In Return

We will provide a fast paced, dynamic environment, passionate about Women centred care and patient advocacy and dedicated to safe best practice.  This is a challenging and highly rewarding leadership role, working in a tertiary service caring for women with high risk and complex pregnancies.

Watch the journey of Maternity manager Hannah Oppy here, to see what Monash Women's can offer you.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Jacquie Mejia – Director Clinical Operations : Dandenong and Casey Hospitals on 0417012071

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: Wednesday 6th November 2024