Bairnsdale Regional Health Service is a multifaceted, growing regional health service employing over 900 staff and providing a comprehensive array of health care services to the East Gippsland community. Located in the beautiful Victorian region of East Gippsland, you will relish a relaxed lifestyle living on the Gippsland Lakes with easy access to isolated beaches, the high-country and snow fields. BRHS offers a rewarding work environment providing challenge, variety and a range of opportunities to progress your career. You will join our dedicated team of health professionals and support staff who are committed to delivering a high quality experience to all. Be bold, make the change now!

Permanent or Short Term contracts, Part Time or Full Time  - You Choose!

Are you an experienced midwife looking for a genuine lifestyle change? If so read on, as this will be the best move you ever made.

Hear from one of our midwives, Nichola, on her move to East Gippsland here.

Unique benefits for this opportunity only:

• Relocation support up to $1500
• Provision of hospital accommodation for up to 12 weeks at no charge
• Additional professional development of an extra 5 days
• Re-imbursement of Australian College of Midwives professional membership fees ($365) when next due

What we Offer:

If you choose BRHS, you choose lifestyle, career and community.

Lifestyle:

• Experience regional living at its best in stunning East Gippsland - enjoy the Gippsland Lakes, beaches, national parks and snowfields on your door step!
• Relish an amazing work/life balance - gain hours back in your day and enjoy an easy drive (or bike ride) to work with no traffic & only 3 sets of traffic lights in our town!
• A variety of places to create your new home - reside on the Gippsland Lakes, the 90 mile beach, acreage in the hills or a property in town just minutes from everything!
• Enjoy a reduction in your living costs with affordable housing, entertainment and education
• We prioritise your health with a range of programs that support employees to achieve positive health and wellbeing and work/life balance.

Career:

• Continue to grow your career with a range of roles available to enable progression.
• Rapidly expand your experience with more responsibility and opportunities to practice midwifery across the whole spectrum of practice in a supportive environment
• Fulfilling work - our smaller hospital will enable you to provide greater continuity of care,  scope to use your full skillset and have a real and immediate contribution
• Develop your skills - midwives will be supported to undertake lactation consultant qualifications & certification
• Exciting times ahead - be part of the development of our new birthing centre & model of care in 2022.
• Base annual salary for RN Midwife Year 4 commences at $76,902 plus penalties & extensive salary packaging
• Professional environment with a strong focus on quality improvement, you will work collaboratively with professional, experienced and dedicated multidisciplinary teams

Community:

• Rewarding community connections with greater connection to your town and with patients and families
• Enjoy friendly faces and welcoming environments, a valued and significant trait of regional living
• East Gippsland offers good education infrastructure, strong employment, quality healthcare, and caters well to all ages.

Employer visa sponsorship will be considered

A application closing date is no longer applicable for this recruitment. Applications will be reviewed and considered as received.

To find out more about the role and BRHS:

View the full position description

Contact Laura Griffiths, Maternity Unit Manager on 03 5150 3231 or laura.griffiths@brhs.com.au

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Submit your application by selecting "Apply Now" or email to people.culture@brhs.com.au

In accordance with recent Victorian Public Health directions, all employees working in the Public Health system are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of COVID19 vaccination prior to commencement.