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New Brunswick Midwifery is Expanding!
We’re looking for passionate midwives to join the Horizon Health Network team in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Whether you’re experienced or just starting your career, we have flexible opportunities available with full-time, part-time, and casual positions.
Our midwives provide comprehensive primary maternity care in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We’re committed to patient and family centered care, excellence in practice, and strong teamwork.
Responsibilities
· Provide care, assessment, and monitoring of women during normal pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period as well as their healthy newborns.
· Provide health care in clients’ homes, communities and in hospital and clinic.
· Provide care consistent with the philosophy and ethics of midwifery care in Canada
· Respect community standards of care and NB code of ethics
· Support both hospital and home births, with a home birth rate of approx. 30%
· Work well within a team and maintain positive relationships with community providers
Qualifications
· Must be a graduate of a Canadian university midwifery education program or an equivalent in accordance with the New Brunswick Midwifery Act and Regulations
· Must be eligible to register with the Midwifery Council of New Brunswick
· Must possess a valid driver’s license and own a vehicle
· Ability to attend work on a regular basis
· Ability to perform the duties of the position
· Good work record
· Willingness to undergo a criminal record check and vulnerable sector record check as condition of employment
Benefits
· Unionized employment
· Paid vacation and sick leave
· Pension and health benefits
· Overtime and on-call pay
· Admin, overhead, and professional development funding provided by the employer
· Opportunities to sit on local and provincial committees
Join us in shaping the future of midwifery care in New Brunswick!
To apply for this job email your details to Careers@horizonnb.ca.