Deputy District Chief Midwife, Counties Manukau
- Drive professional quality improvements in midwifery
- Provide an equity lens over maternal and neonatal care provision, supporting improved outcomes for our Women and their Whaanau
Make a difference where it truly matters. Shape the future of midwifery in Counties Manukau.
We are seeking a dynamic, visionary, and people-focused Deputy District Chief Midwife to join the senior leadership team at one of New Zealand’s largest and most complex hospitals – home to the country’s highest birthing population. This is a rare opportunity to lead meaningful change and innovation in a system that touches thousands of lives every year.
About the role
This is a front-facing operational and change leadership role, working closely with the Chief Midwife, Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Group Leadership Team (GLT), and wider services to ensure excellence in midwifery care.
In this role, your key responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring safe staffing and leading the implementation tools such as CCDM, TrendCare, etc. across maternity and community
- Reviewing adverse events, complaint resolution, and outcome improvement
- Strategic workforce planning – identifying gaps and reallocating resources where they are needed most
- Supporting professional development, wellbeing, and retention of midwives through innovation.
- Working in close collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to uphold high standards of safe, equitable, and person-centred midwifery care for mothers and newborns.
Reporting to the District Chief Midwife, this role offers the autonomy to lead and innovate, giving you the opportunity to shape the future of midwifery and drive meaningful change across the system. You will enjoy the unique blend of working across both hospital and community settings, offering the best of both worlds in your leadership practice.
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Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
You will be a part of a brilliant and supportive team that is deeply passionate about making a real difference in the lives of mothers, babies, and whaanau. You will play a key role in advancing equity in maternal and neonatal care, helping to ensure better, more culturally responsive outcomes for all women and their whaanau.
About you:
You will be an experienced midwifery leader with a current APC. You will demonstrate strong academic confidence, holding a master’s degree and professional experience across maternity services in both hospital and community. You will have a strategic, flexible, and forward-thinking approach to leadership.
We seek a leader who is open to new ideas, courageous in driving change, and dedicated to long-term, sustainable progress. The role requires someone who is energised by operational challenges yet remains firmly committed to compassionate, whaanau -centred care. Resilience, patience, and genuine empathy are key qualities you will bring to your leadership.
You’ll thrive in this role if you:
- A keen communicator
- Have experience working across both hospital and community settings as a midwife
- Can balance immediate operational needs with longer-term strategy
- Enjoy collaborating with others, sharing knowledge, and mentoring teams
- Are committed to improving equity and outcomes for all women and babies
- Have excellent verbal and presentation skills
Ready to lead midwifery into the future?
Apply now and join us in transforming care, empowering our workforce, and making a true difference to the lives of our whaanau.
For more information or a confidential conversation, contact Chris Mallon – Chief Midwife, Health New Zealand, Counties Manukau on Christina.Mallon@middlemore.co.nz or Santosh Parab – Recruitment and HR Operations Manager on Santosh.Parab@tewhatuora.govt.nz . Alternatively, please submit your application online using the link below or via our careers website and we will be in touch with you.
