Job Opening: Full-Time Registered Midwife
Job Title: Full-Time General Registrant - 3
New Registrant - 2
Organization: Chinook Midwives
Job Type: RM
Position Posted: July, 2024
Location: Lethbridge, AB
ROLE DESCRIPTION
This is an exciting opportunity for Midwives who are committed to building a practice that will deliver comprehensive maternity care. Chinook midwives Practice is in a vibrant community with growing interest and increase demand for midwifery care in Lethbridge and its surrounding areas. We are a close-knit group of women, dedicated to our craft, have a combination of primary call midwives and shared call midwives.
At the Chinook Midwives, we are working to develop a strong culture of equality, safety, and kindness. If you join us, we want to hear your voice and for you to feel welcome. We hope you will see working here as a wonderful opportunity to explore your passion for midwifery and create the work/ life balance you want for yourself and our family.
Registered Midwives practicing in Lethbridge are part of the maternal care team and have Clinical Privileges at Chinook Regional Hospital, working collaboratively as part of the team which includes Community Family Practice, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Nursing, Pediatrics, and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The Chinook Regional Hospital is the main hospital for the City of Lethbridge and many surrounding areas. The facility offers maternal services, surgical services, and a NICU 24/7.
RMs are not employees of AHS, but contracted providers who are granted an AHS Appointment and Clinical Privileges in the geographic area where they practice.
Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:
Reside in the community of Lethbridge or surrounding areas
Provide midwifery services within the community of Lethbridge
Contribute to and participate in teaching programs and activities
Contribute to and participate in other administrative responsibilities as assigned
Work collaboratively as part of the maternal care team in the community of Lethbridge
QUALIFICATIONS
This role requires the applicant to be eligible for registration with the College of Midwives of Alberta (CMA). Prior to beginning practice in the community, a successful candidate will require a valid Practice Permit from the CMA and hold appropriate liability insurance.
LOCAL MIDWIFERY SERVICES
Chinook Midwives is an established practice, serving a large catchment in the southwest corner of Alberta. The practice cares for clients within the city of Lethbridge and the surrounding areas. We have an increasing home birth rate of 30-50%. The practice has a functional clinic set up in the city of Lethbridge.
The practice is excited to have additional Registered Midwives, to help cover this area.
Further information about the practice can be found here: https://chinookmidwives.com/
COMPENSATION
-Remuneration for midwifery services through AHS will be funded through a contracted midwifery practice.
-Midwifery Alternate Relationship Plan is available to support alternate services in the community provide by a RM.
-Relocation allowance is available for Midwives moving from out of Province.
We are happy to discuss the details of this and what it can mean for you as a practitioner here.
INTERESTED APPLICANTS
Send your resume to: account@chinookmidwives.com
MORE ABOUT LETHBRIDGE
Lethbridge is a city located southeast of Calgary along the Oldman River, borders with U.S. and British Columbia. The population is over a hundred thousand people (according to the 2023 municipal census). It is a small city full of charm and friendly people! Agriculture is the main industry in Southern Alberta and plays an important role in the city as well.
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