Midwife Opportunities for 2025 - New Zealand

Are you looking for a New Zealand Adventure in 2024 - short term or permanently!

• Flexible working week so you can see the sights
• Support provided with immigration

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

 If you are a trained midwife seeking a new challenge, broaden your midwifery career and experience an exciting new lifestyle - then this is a great opportunity for you to achieve all 3 goals here in Auckland!

 New Zealand has a unique and successful model of care for maternity services which offers excellent learning experiences and a chance to develop new skills. Within that model, Auckland Hospital is at the forefront of clinical practice expertise. Our National Women's Hospital is one of the largest maternity hospitals in Australasia, with approximately 6,500 babies born each year. We are a tertiary referral centre and the national referral centre for babies needing specialist surgery or medical interventions. We also provide primary maternity care to women in the central Auckland area. 

 We take great pride in the professional development of our midwives and can offer you clear pathways to learn and develop professionally across a range of speciality midwifery practice including clinical expertise, education, research and leadership.

We have full-time and part-time rostered positions available in our maternity services which include Maternity Assessment, High Risk (Antenatal & Postnatal) Delivery Unit and associates areas.

For further details, please refer to the position description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

If you are a registered midwife with one or two years of experience and eligible for full registration with the Midwifery Council of New Zealand, then we would love to speak with you! Please send us a CV and a Cover letter.

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Health New Zealand|Te Whatu Ora, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Health New Zealand leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa)

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

Please watch our video: https://vimeo.com/861896530/8b5ecdd90b?

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, or require information in an accessible format, please contact, Jeanine Taccad - Recruitment Consultant via Jeanine.Taccad@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz to discuss how we can best support your application.

Immigration/Visa Support

Immigration NZ has introduced a new Accredited Employer Work Visa system from 4 July 2022 that includes a simplified residency process for health workers on the new “Green List” of occupations – and this position is one of those designated critical positions! For successful candidates offered a position with us who require a Work Visa, we will provide support with their Visa application. Here are the links to two key pages of NZ Immigration's official site for more information: Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa and Immigration NZ Green List Occupations

The remuneration for this position is covered by a collective agreement: Midwifery (MERAS) MECA 1 Feb 2021 to April 30, 2023