At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver advanced midwifery and child health care services across antenatal, postnatal, and early childhood.
- Company: Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service, offering a vibrant lifestyle in Cairns.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, superannuation, and salary packaging options.
- Other info: Opportunity for personal growth and meaningful connections in remote areas.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in diverse communities while enjoying breathtaking landscapes.
- Qualifications: Experience in midwifery and a passion for community health.
The predicted salary is between 5390 - 5852 $ per month.
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD
Temporary Full Time - January 2027 up to June 2027 (with possibility of extension)! Experience the best of both worlds in a role based in Cairns, with regular travel to the remote communities of Cape York. Cairns offers a vibrant tropical lifestyle, combining the convenience of a regional city with world-renowned reef and rainforest experiences, excellent schools, healthcare services and outdoor recreation. In contrast, Cape York provides the opportunity to work closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, experiencing rich cultural diversity, breathtaking natural landscapes and the unique reward of delivering meaningful healthcare where it is needed most.
As the Maternal, Child and Family Midwifery Consultant (MCH CMC) - Cape York Outreach, you will deliver advanced primary midwifery and child health care services to women, children and families across the antenatal, postnatal and early childhood continuum. Working within the Midwifery Navigation Service, you will provide a midwife-led model of care focused on care coordination, advocacy and education throughout pregnancy and the first 1,000 days, supporting positive health outcomes for mothers, children and families across Cape York and Far North Queensland.
Professional and personal motivators! As a Maternal Child and Family Clinical Midwife Consultant professional working in Torres and Cape HHS, your contribution in helping treat, rehabilitate and improve the lives of patients is huge! You’ll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person. Torres and Cape will give you a career with purpose, plus excellent benefits and allowances:
- Base salary comprising between $5390.40 - $5852.40 per fortnight
- Generous employer superannuation contribution of 12.75%
- Salary packaging options
- Generous leave entitlements including 17.5% loading on annual leave
Travelling within the Torres and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes. Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance.
Torres and Cape HHS Values - Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage
Maternal Child and Family Clinical Midwife Consultant – Cairns employer: Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
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Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Recruitment Team
