Midwife Clinical Coach

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Waikato Region
• 20 hours per week
• Permanent

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, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

We are seeking a registered midwife with at least 5 years post registration experience to join our established Midwife Clinical Coach team in one of the largest tertiary hospitals in the southern hemisphere.  Become part of a caring, collaborative, and supportive team in a region perfect for adventure and family life.

Key responsibilities:

• Enable and motivate midwives to work at their natural best, to feel safe and leave at the end of the shift feeling fulfilled.
• Work in a supernumery capacity, coaching, sharing knowledge, helping to develop critical thinking and providing practical clinical support.
• Be integral in supporting the growth of our student midwives, those new on their midwifery journey and those returning to the midwifery profession.
• Act as a resource, build relationships with students and help in the development and support of the New Graduate Programme.
• Orientate new midwifery staff, and supervise midwives undertaking the Return to Practice Programme.
• Help grow and develop our midwives in complex areas of HDU care and flight team training.
• Endorse and support QLP, postgraduate studies, speciality midwife roles and senior midwifery positions.

About the service

Waikato Hospital serves whanau requiring complex care from around a widespread and diverse region, from primary birthing units within the Waikato to other hospitals located in the wider Midland region.  We provide maternity services for urban, rural and remote rural populations, compromising over five thousand births per annum.  We pride ourselves on having a great midwifery team and the Midwife Clinical Coach role is an essential part of building and supporting this team.

About you

• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.
• Experience in upholding Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.
• Bachelor of Midwifery or equivalent.
• Registration with Midwifery Council and current practicing certificate without conditions.
• Desirable to have a confident or higher level on the Quality and Leadership Programme.
• NZCOM preceptor or mentor training course.
• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience.
• Be fully engaged in the Midwifery Council Recertification Programme.
• Completed or participating in postgraduate education.

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 are 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 whānau 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 Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

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How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply online’ or apply via our Waikato Careers Website by clicking here All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 16 March 2025.  If you have any questions about the role, please contact Robyn Payne at Robyn.Payne@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz