Clinical Midwife Specialist Diabetes in Pregnancy, Community Midwifery Service
Clinical Midwife Specialist – Diabetes in Pregnancy
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of women and their families by providing individualised pregnancy care.
- Community Midwifery, Part Time Permanent role (0.9 FTE)
- Monday to Sunday
Our Organisation:
Health NZ Counties Manukau is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health care delivery within the New Zealand Public Health Sector. We continue to work with others to achieve equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities and will continue to develop and implement plans, based on local needs to improve the health and wellbeing of Counties Manukau region.
Our main sites are Middlemore Hospital, 3 Primary Birthing Facilities at Botany, Papakura and
Pukekohe, locally Community-located clinics, Kidz First Hospital and Manukau Health Park.
We are part of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. HNZ leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.
About the Role:
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Midwife to join our team of Clinical Specialist Diabetes in Pregnancy Community Midwives. The team provides continuity of antenatal and postnatal care, at home, in clinics, and digitally by phone, video call and other remote methods across the whole of the Counties Manukau District of South Auckland.
This role will be working alongside women who have pre-existing Types 1 or 2 diabetes and those who have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy. The focus will be on providing a high standard of individualised diabetes care, with some scope for also providing direct antenatal and postnatal midwifery care for women with complex care needs as their primary care midwife alongside your diabetes specialist role. A significant part of the work will be in partnership with self-employed midwives when they are providing the primary care for women with diabetes.
The hours of work are mainly Monday – Friday, with some occasional on-call weekend duties to provide antenatal and postnatal care. When staffing levels permit, the ability to have some agreed rostered daytime working from home may be possible. The ability to work flexibly occasionally on weekends and evenings is also required in order to individualise our diabetes care to women whoh may require intensive monitoring and support. Our team office is in Wiri, Manukau.
Ideally, the successful candidate for this senior midwifery role will have had experience of working with women who have had diabetes during their pregnancy, however this is not essential. Although you will need to be an experienced registered, practising Midwife currently in New Zealand.
About You:
- NZ Registered Midwife with Current Practicing Certificate
- Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team and with complexity in pregnancy
- At least 12 months Secondary/Tertiary hospital experience caring for complexity in pregnancy
- At least 24 months Community Midwifery / LMC midwifery experience
- Full and clean NZ Drivers Licence
It is an essential requirement of the role that you will successfully complete the agreed postgraduate study within 18 months of commencing in the position to enable advanced knowledge and prescribing of diabetes medications.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of women and their families by providing personalized, continuous care.
- Work in a supportive, collaborative environment with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals.
- Work within a community-focused healthcare service that values diversity and cultural safety.
If you are a passionate, skilled midwife looking for a rewarding role that offers both clinical challenge and personal satisfaction, we would love to hear from you!
Apply online now! If you have any questions, please contact Fran Upoko in the Recruitment Team at cm-nursemidwifejobs@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.
Job Number: CMH202617017
Application Closes: 22 June 2026
