Midwife Blenheim new graduate

• 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.
• Blenheim location 0.8FTE permanent role
• National relocation assistance available

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 new graduate to our secondary level care maternity unit in Blenheim, the role is for a permanent NZ registered midwife with loads of passion and commitment.

 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!

We can offer the opportunity to expand your scope of practice in vaccinations, early pregnancy ultrasound and maternity assessments including iron infusions and LARCS.

We also have a community midwifery team, there is an opportunity for you to work across the hospital and community maternity services.

About the Team/Service/ Location

Our midwifery team is awesome! We are very proud of the service we provide to our communities. Our midwifery led service has close collegial relationships with our Obstetric and Paediatric teams.

The team not only enjoys a positive work environment in an active NZCOM region – we also love to get together for social activities. We can guarantee you’ll receive a very warm welcome into our teams! 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 and diverse team to help us deliver.

As a part of your first year of practice programme you may have the opportunity to consolidate your practice in a variety of maternity settings.  This means you could get to experience all areas of midwifery to find out what you love the most. 

About you

• You will have loads of passion and a commitment to women centred and culturally respectful care.
• As a recent or new graduate, who meets the Midwifery Council and NZCOM enrolment requirements for the Midwifery First year of Practice programme (MFYP), we will assist your transition to practice through a comprehensive New Graduate Midwifery programme which includes: a full orientation, access to midwifery educator and clinical coach support, and a range of clinical experiences across a variety of midwifery settings to help prepare you to become a confident midwifery practitioner.
• As a midwife you will be able to use all your clinical and organisational skills and expertise across pregnancy, birthing and postnatal care. Shift will be rostered across AM, PM and Nights working 8-hour shifts.

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 26.10.26. If you have any general questions, please contact the nursing recruiter on Lee.Packer@tewhatuora.govt.nz or for more role specific questions please contact Louise Burkart Charge Midwife Manager Wairau on Louise.Burkhart@tewhatuora.govt.nz

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

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