[ozmidwifery] Care In Partnership program

[Lynne Staff]

Dear Ozmid Listers.....   Like the Secret Women's business postings we see from time to time, I am placing this posting on behalf of the Care In Partnership Midwives (CIP), and the core group of midwives at Nambour Selangor Private Hospital in QLD - who are seeking midwives who either would like to work as part of the CIP program or as a rostered midwife. If you ever wanted to care for a woman – to get to know her and her family throughout her whole pregnancy, her labour and birth, and during the first few weeks with her new baby, or wanted to visit women in their homes for their antenatal and postnatal care, then keep reading. If you ever wanted to stay with a woman during her labour and her birth and not have to leave her because it is end of shift, sat in a women’s circle as they discussed and explored the journey before them with one another, wanted to work with a small group of midwives, supported by obstetricians, paediatricians and management who really care about what birth means to women and their partners, then keep on reading! If you have ever wanted to support a woman as she laboured and gave birth in a bath of warm water, or a woman planning a vaginal birth after one or more Caesareans, or wanted to accompany a woman as she gives birth to her twin babies powerfully and beautifully, or wanted to stay with a woman throughout a caesarean – where she was not separated from her partner and her baby and breastfed her baby within the first minutes, then look no further.   If this sounds like you, then we would love you to join us as one of our Care In Partnership Midwives. The Care In Partnership Program at Nambour-Selangor Private Hospital on the Sunshine Coast in QLD has been running for 18 months and we believe it is the first of its kind. We are seeking a midwife to join a group of 4 who each book 6 women per month and care for them as their primary midwife with the support of an obstetrician throughout their pregnancy, birth and beyond.   OR, would employment as a rostered Midwife suit you more? Same environment - same support, and best of all, woman-centred care. We have grown from 320 births in 1999 to 1000 births for this year, and the Sunshine Coast really is beautiful!!!!!.    If you would be interested in either the CIP program or working as a rostered Midwife, please send an _expression_ of interest and a CV, to:                 Ms Irene Kinmond                 Maternity Centre Manager                 Nambour-Selangor Private Hospital                 62 Netherton St                 Nambour QLD 4560     Cheers everyone, Lynne.