Midwifery Unit Manager at Hunter New England Local Health District

Job description

Lead a clinical services team to provide excellent woman centred care within a hospital environment in order to maximise the health outcomes for the community in which the clinical service functions.

• Effectively manage the day-to-day operations of the clinical service including clinical, operational and people management.
• Registered Midwife with current Authority to Practice with APRHA and demonstrated experience in midwifery management.
• Demonstrated ability to build a cohesive service focussed team through coaching, mentoring and guiding team members.
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflicts and overcome resistance when initiating and implementing change strategies within a team.
• Demonstrated ability to apply and share professional expertise to immediate work and the work of the team to enhance service delivery.
• Demonstrated service excellence focus evidenced by the ability to plan for and act on issues quickly, decisively and effectively to either enhance service delivery or manage situations impacting on achievement of service delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrated influencing and negotiation skills necessary for resolving service delivery and workplace issues and mentoring team members in conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to maximises the allocation and utilisation of resources to achieve service delivery outcomes through a broad range of strategies.