Clinical Midwife First 1000 Days

Queensland Government • Full-time • Australia • 2d ago

We're excited to welcome a Clinical Midwife to join the First 1000 Days team in Child, Youth & Family Health services.

The First 1000 Days program is an integrated midwifery and child health nurse model, which aims to provide an holistic, flexible, needs-driven, and responsive health service to families with vulnerabilities that otherwise may not engage in health services. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, families receive coordinated, responsive clinical care starting in pregnancy and continue through the early years. The program focuses on connecting and supporting women and families with complex vulnerability factors who find engaging with health services challenging due to a past experience, stigma or system barriers. Clients supported by this program are pregnant women, postnatal women and their children up to the age of two years.

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

Key Responsibilities include:
Knowledge and experience with socially complex women and families
Experience working autonomously, have advanced communication and complex problem-solving skills.
Knowledge/Experience working with CPLU/Child Safety.
Awareness of legislation for release of information, section 159(N/M) of the Child Protection Act, 1999

Remuneration value up to $131 900 p.a., comprising salary between $107 960 - $115 604 p.a. (f/t), or salary rates: $54.44 - $58.30 p.h. (p/t), employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (NGR6 (1) (Full-Time and/or Part-Time positions available). Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

A wellness program;
Generous superannuation;
Flexible work arrangements;
Career training and development; and
Salary packaging.

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