Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital

The details: Permanent and fixed term - part time or full time hours – Rostered
 

• Be part of the national transformation in Health
• It’s time to create more life in Waikato Aotearoa
• Thinking of making the move to another midwifery role, to another region, or another country?

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Waikato is one of the largest hospitals on one campus in the Southern Hemisphere… but we are also a close-knit community with great staff support. Our Maternity Service is focused on helping you to feel safe, to work at your natural best and to leave at the end of your shift feeling fulfilled. Life is for living; you know that after all you have a huge part in how that starts.

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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

Waikato is a large geographical area with a diverse urban and rural population, the hospital is a tertiary facility and our Maternity service provides care for over three and a half thousand births per year. We also serve women requiring complex care from the Midland region and we support a range of primary birthing units, bringing the total number of births in the Waikato locality to around five thousand per annum.

We are passionate about supporting our newly graduated midwives and have a comprehensive first year of practice programme and competitive New Graduate Allowance. We are committed to building close relationships with our LMC community and engage their valuable insight as part of our quality improvement initiatives.

Our hospital midwives rotate through various areas: including birthing, women’s assessment, and post-natal wards and we have many specialist midwife roles, senior midwife positions and community midwife opportunities. Our midwifery educators support with mandatory education needs, career progression, and gaining post-graduate qualifications.

Te Whatu ora – Health NZ – Waikato offers amongst other things an attractive retention allowance, relocation expenses package and pre-employment assistance.

You will be joining a caring, collaborative, and supportive team in a region ideal for adventure and family life.

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

Te iwi Ngakaunui – People at Heart

• Whakamana – Give and earn respect

• Whakaronga – Listen to me; Talk to me

• Mauri Pai – Fair play

• Whakapakari – Growing the good

• Kotahitanga – Stronger together

He aha Waikato

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast array of flora and fauna at the remarkable Maungatautari Ecological Reserve.

Waikato is the home of the Kiingitanga and rich in Māori culture. Waikato Hospital sits on whenua gifted by Waikato iwi, situated on the banks of the mighty Waikato Awa, Hamilton is New Zealand’s largest metropolitan inland city. Hamilton’s vibrant city centre and rich cultural mix makes it an ideal place to experience the authentic friendly Kiwi lifestyle.

Your move

If this sounds like your move, connect with us and find out more. We will work with you to create more life in beautiful Waikato Aotearoa.

Learn more about living in the mighty Waikato here

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply directly online, applications are not able to be accepted via email.

For any queries about the role please contact Komalpreet.Kaur@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: Open until filled

COVID-19:

A national Vaccination Policy which includes COVID19 is under development. In the interim, a Health and Safety Risk Assessment against the requirements of the role will apply to unvaccinated candidates and employees and appropriate risk mitigation (e.g. extra PPE, RAT testing) may be taken as a result. Please note that when a Vaccination Policy is introduced it will apply to this role and need to be supported.