Core Midwife

Core Midwife – Maternity, Wairau Hospital Marlborough

• Work as a midwife in true midwifery practice in a wonderful maternity unit!
• We are committed to women-centred and culturally respectful care
• We have a fabulous supportive midwifery team environment
• Permanent 0.8FTE

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Why come to the Marlborough region? New midwifery staff are saying:

“I love the pace of life, the climate, the beauty of the region and the team is wonderful to work with! “

We are looking to employ a permanent NZ registered midwife with loads of passion and commitment to join our maternity team, primarily covering staff leave and assisting during times of peak capacity.

We have 500 births a year and we can promise that your core midwifery role will be busy and varied – so no two days will be the same. The best thing is that our service is midwifery led so you will get to be a midwife practising in all the areas you love!

About the Team/Service

The midwifery team at Wairau is awesome! Our midwifery led service has close collegial relationships with our Obstetric and Paediatric teams too. The team not only makes such a positive work environment to be in – they love to get together for social activities too! You will be guaranteed to receive a very warm welcome into our team.

We provide a great place to work with professional development opportunities, job security and workplace wellness programmes.

We encourage a workforce that’s innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills, and passionate about caring for our community. We do great work and we need a talented team to help us deliver.

About you

All midwives welcome to apply! You will be committed to women centred and culturally respectful care. As a midwife you will be able to use all of your clinical, time management and organisational skills and expertise across pregnancy, birthing and postnatal care. You will be an important member of maternity service and support us to achieve the broader organisational health care objectives.

The benefits of this position

• Clinical support from a midwifery educator and clinical coach? You sure will have!
• Ability to work as a midwife in all the areas you love? Absolutely we value our midwifery lead service!
• Additional remuneration? Absolutely! You will be supported on the Midwifery Quality and Leadership programme
• Access to education, self-development and midwifery projects? Absolutely! We will support you with your special interest areas
• Free parking onsite

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 22.05.25. If you have any general questions please contact the nursing recruiter on [email protected] or for more role specific questions please contact Louise Burkhart, Charge Midwife Manager on [email protected]

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.