Postgraduate Midwifery Program – Consolidation of Midwifery Practice
Program
The Postgraduate Midwifery Program is specifically designed for Registered Nurses Nurses who have consolidated their nursing practice in the acute care setting and completed a Graduate Diploma of Midwifery/Post Graduate Degree. We recognise that your needs and objectives in a graduate midwifery program are different and we have designed a program that ensures consolidation of your midwifery practice.
This program is twelve months in duration. You will have the opportunity to participate in TeamCare to gain experience in the provision of care for women during pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period. If you are a registered nurse wishing to study midwifery to register as a midwife, please see the postgraduate midwifery clinical placements page.
Duration
Full time (1 EFT) for the program at the Women's Parkville, with employment at the Women’s, beginning in February or August 2023. Other commencement dates are currently being considered with further information to follow.
The split intake allows us to employ more graduate midwives and provide more support to participants in the program.
Postgraduate midwives participate in team care and will be allocated to blocks in the following areas
Postgraduate midwives participate in team care and will take part in study blocks allocated in the following areas
- Birth Centre (3-months)
- Antenatal Clinic
- Acute Antenatal Unit
- Postnatal Unit
Following this intensive program, postgraduates will be offered the opportunity to rotate through these other areas of the Women’s to enhance their skills if they wish:
- Special Care Nursery
- Women’s Emergency Care
- Theatres
This will be in addition to working in the TeamCare model in Maternity Services. The Women’s is keen to ensure that the program is tailored to meet the needs of each graduate.
Professional development days are provided throughout the year, occurring more frequently early in the year. These days are tailored to meet the specific needs of your graduate group and cover a broad range of topics that promote creative and reflective midwifery best practice. They are complemented by individual tutorials and a comprehensive inservice program.
The Women's offers an abundance of learning opportunities. We provide a comprehensive range of services available to women, many specialist practitioners and a variety of education programs available to staff.
We understand the importance of regular feedback and provide a structured three-month performance review program. Together, we discuss your progress and identify ongoing learning needs to help you consolidate and develop your midwifery practice.
- The Program Coordinator’s role is to support, counsel and mentor graduate midwives.
- A team of Clinical Support Midwives is willing and able to guide in the clinical setting. The Clinical Support Midwives' role is to orientate, support and guide novice practitioners throughout the year.
- Each placement provides Graduate Midwives a supernumerary time appropriate to that area.
Annual leave will be allocated during the program to recharge your batteries.
The Women's supports the rights of women to make individual decisions related to their health and well-being. This also includes making available pregnancy termination services. In your role as a postgraduate midwife you may care for women undergoing termination of pregnancy and, included in your care, you may be required to administer the first medication in this process. If you have any concerns in this regard you may need to rethink whether the Women's is the right hospital choice for completion of your Postgraduate Midwife program.
The 2023 Graduate Midwife Information Evening is scheduled for Monday 6th June 2022 via Webex. Please email Clinical Education to register your interest in attending. For us to process your booking, we require:
- your full name
- email address
- mobile phone number
- university
We are currently unable to conduct personal tours at the Women’s due to Department of Health and Human Services Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions.