Re: [ozmidwifery] midwives in Alice

[Birth Centre-MBH]

Hi Astra,   I have worked there about 4 years ago and have a midwife friend working there at the moment who says they are absolutely crying out for midwives.  It is soley a mid unit so I don't think you would need dual qualifications.  They do have student midwives there as well as midwives doing the grad program.  As far as the work..... there is alot of high risk as alot of the women who birth there are indigenous, and many have underlying health problems.  You definitely get to see and learn new things.  A doctor I was recently working with in Katherine (NT) from Zimbabwe said that the health of aboriginal people is worse than third world countries.  So I guess in one sense it is great experience, but I have to admit I did miss just having normal straight forward births.  Hope this helps.   Cheers Michell   e >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/10/06 7:35 am >>> Hi All, just a quick message to ask if any of you work in Alice Springs? If so, what's it like to work there in midwifery, and would it be necessary to have dual qualifications to work there? Could direct entry midwives gain employment? Also, do you ever have students? Yours in anticipation, Astra. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. ***************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. ****************************************************************