Job Description - Registered Midwife, Community Clinic (HAU02280) Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whanau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role The Community Clinic (Midwife/Nurse Lead Clinic) is looking for a registered midwife to join its small team in providing sexual and reproductive health care. This role serves to ensure equity and the opportunity is there to develop the depth of skill sets necessary to provide ongoing comprehensive levels of sexual and reproductive health care, that meets the cultural requirements of our unique community.
This role will also be working to support people across the gender diversity spectrum, women experiencing first trimester loss, and women seeking termination of pregnancy. There is also the opportunity to work in the Maternity Unit casually.
Our Tairawhiti Way of Working involves us working collectively across agencies to enable whanau to flourish. There is a shift to an interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary approach, which identifies the needs of whanau and the best people to provide support—requesting the right support at the right time in the right place. The workforce shares information, works flexibly and collectively to reduce barriers and provide the support that the whanau needs and requests.
About You The successful applicant will be required to upskill in contraception, immunisation, cervical screening, and to begin training in Narrative Therapy, a postgraduate counselling programme run through the University of Waikato.Registered Midwife with a current APCCompetency with te ao Maori, tikanga, and te reo Maori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth (mandatory)Experience in projects/initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Matauranga Maori and Kaupapa Maori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings (mandatory)Working for Health New Zealand Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand is committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
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 our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whanau 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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.How to Apply To apply for the role please click "apply now." All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Chris Hannah at ******.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert.
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