Dual Registered Nurse/Midwife (Paediatric) - Mareeba Hospital

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An exciting opportunity currently exists for you to join the Mareeba team as a Dual Registered Nurse/Midwife. As a dual-registered professional, you will deliver person-centred nursing and midwifery care, applying clinical knowledge, critical thinking, and professional judgement across the continuum of health. The role requires the ability to adapt to changing clinical environments while maintaining high standards of care, professional accountability, teamwork.

About us: 

The 24-hour Core Midwifery Service operates across three shifts, providing comprehensive inpatient antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care. The Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) supports women across all risk categories, offering birthing care for those classified as low to moderate risk (ACMI). High-risk women receive antenatal and postnatal care through Share Care and are referred to Cairns for birthing. Additionally, the service plays a vital role in breastfeeding support, offering advice and education to midwives, medical staff, and the broader community.

Mareeba Hospital provides healthcare services to the local community, supporting primary health centres and Lotus Glen Correctional Centre. It offers emergency care, medical imaging, maternity, and medical wards, along with a variety of specialist outpatient services.

Mareeba experiences a tropical savanna climate, characterized by a short, hot wet season and a long, warm dry season. Agriculture and tourism drive the local economy, with diverse tropical fruits, vegetables, poultry, and cattle contributing to the region's prosperity.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About your role:

Registered Midwife

• Selection and allocation of appropriate caseload for MGP care.
• Comprehensive antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to a caseload of women.
• Birthing care in birth suite and birth centre as dependant on maternal request, clinical situation and eligibility criteria.

Registered Nurse

• Provide safe, efficient and effective adult & paediatrics clinical care.
• Assist core RN/RM, under direction, with cares of antenatal and postnatal women as required, maintaining RN scope of practice.
• Recognise and respond to deteriorating patients.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description and Role Overview.

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland