Midwifery Educator
We invite applications for midwives who have current education experience and meet the selection criteria to apply to join our Maternity Services education team. The Midwife Educator will work collaboratively to ensure a sustainable training model. The ME will develop and enact a governance system for the training including management of ongoing competence. The incumbent will ensure training is provided to the critical mass from across NSLHD.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 30 June 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Clinical Midwife Educator Grade 1
Remuneration: $2,361.30- $2,428.60 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ548569
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.
Where you'll be working
Royal North Shore Hospital
The Midwife Educator will liaise with HETI and other LHDs regarding the currency of training. The Midwife Educator will provide the subject matter expertise in within the district. The Midwife Educator will build relationships with stakeholders within and across the LHD to ensure maximisation of resources and minimal repetition.
What you'll be doing
The incumbent will ensure education is sound, evidence-based and contemporary, while being patient and learner centred, flexible and catering to different learning styles.
The ME will support and peer coach the trainers. The ME will engage in and role model professional behaviours in line with the Values and Behaviours Charter. The ME will provide educational leadership in all aspects of service delivery within NSLHD and the building of a positive team culture. The incumbent will provide coaching and mentoring to staff who require support or training in the workplace.
The ME will maintain an up-to-date knowledge of clinical service delivery whilst preserving professional competency standards and ethics. The ME will complete all mandatory training and attend any lectures, tutorials, programs and development activities that management deems necessary.
Part of the responsibility of the ME is to assist with the education and training of midwifery students, newly registered midwives on the Transitional Program, and staff within the Maternity Services.
The ME will collaboratively prioritise the target groups across the LHD. In collaboration with management, the ME will provide educational opportunities to facilitate a positive workplace culture and a safe workplace environment. The incumbent will develop, implement, facilitate and evaluate educational opportunities in all aspects of service delivery to enhance staff capabilities.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Current Registration as a Registered Midwife Division ( with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA).
- Holds tertiary Post Graduate qualifications. Holds, and/or is working towards, a post-registration educational qualification relevant to providing specialist Midwifery education training sessions for a range of stakeholders.
- An awareness of contemporary issues in Midwifery clinical practice, quality service delivery and staff education development.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to develop, deliver and evaluate education programs consistent with the learning and development need of midwives.
- Sound theoretical knowledge and demonstrated experience in utilising a range of teaching and learning strategies to support staff development including eLearning.
- Demonstrated advanced interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team with a variety of multidisciplinary stakeholders.
- Demonstrated advanced competence in the use of technology for communication as pertinent to the Midwife Education role.
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For role related queries or questions contact Larissa Monney on Larissa.Monney@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
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