We are looking for a full time registered midwife to join our team at Abbotsford Midwifery and Wellness starting in June 2021 with a flexible start date.   

We are located in the beautiful fraser valley about one hour east of Vancouver.   Known as the city in the country we have an abundance of local outdoor activities as well as a vibrant growing city with lots of local produce, farmers markets, coffee shops, restaurants and craft breweries in the area.  We also have affordable housing, great schools and a local university.  

We are currently a practice of 3 full times midwives supporting families in Abbotsford and the surrounding area.  Due to the high demand for midwifery care in our area and the incentive to have a work life balance we are ready to grow our team.

Our clinic is located in a professional building minutes from Abbotsford Regional Hospital.  We are an integrative clinic and share our space with an obstetrician/gynecologist, acupuncturist, naturopath, registered massage therapist and registered clinical counsellor.  All of our integrative health care providers excel in providing care to our pregnant moms and their families.  We use EMR – Oscar and have full time administrative support.  

Abbotsford Regional Hospital opened in 2008 and our maternity unit is a beautiful 28 bed single room family centered birthing unit.  We even have bath tubs!  The staff, doctors as well nurses are very welcoming and supportive of midwifery and we enjoy excellent relationships. We have access to More OB and ongoing support and education through our local site. 

The ideal candidate will be a midwife with at least one year of clinical experience.  Passionate about midwifery, a team player and good communicator.  We value work/life balance and want to ensure everyone on our team feels supported, valued and respected.  Out of province midwives are welcome to apply!

Please see our website at abbotsfordmidwifery.com for more information about our practice and check us on IG to see what we’ve been up to lately!

Please direct your questions, CV and letter of interest to:  abbotsfordmidwiferygroup@gmail.com ATTN:  Sharon Barber.

This position has a flexible start date. Please contact us if you can start anytime between May 1st and July 1st.

We look forward to hearing from you! Team 1 at The Midwifery Group

The start date coukd be either July or August, ending Dec 1st for the leave coverage.  Ideally we would like to this locum to join our team full time after the leave coverage.  If you are only interested in the leave coverage (July or August through to December) please still apply!

Beautiful location in Squamish BC! We are a rural practice with excellent Obstetrical coverage, and a great schedule where we don't work longer than 12 hours. We are a team of 3 midwives currently seeking a 4th midwife for a minimum one year locum position. Please refer to ad for more details. 

Part time Locum position with possibility of full time extension

Willow Community Midwives in Penticton, BC is looking to hire a locum to cover a 12-month maternity leave beginning in the spring of 2021 with a flexible start date and the possibility of extension. New graduates are welcome to apply!

Bloom Pregnancy & Wellness Clinic is seeking a full time Registered Midwife to serve as a practice partner in a two-midwife rural practice in Dawson Creek, northeast BC with a birth rate of 350 per year. The option also exists to work as a solo supported midwife in this community and the vacancy is open to newly graduated midwives, general registered midwives or midwives who have completed the appropriate programs for internationally trained midwives.

Vacancy details: Flexible start date, any time from November 1st, 2020 for 1 year with the potential to stay on. Remuneration as per MSP fees, (not as per MABC locum fee schedule or 70/30 split) with deductible low overhead compared to urban practices, which allows you to take more money home at the end of the day. Privileges will be at the DCDH which is a level 1 hospital with a supportive inter-professional team including an obstetrician, physicians, nurses and nurse-practitioner. Strong inter-professional relationships with the potential to pursue specialized certification such as caesarean section assist and induction/augmentation of labour.  Supported model allows for every other weekend off call and regular holidays possible with support from midwife and physician colleagues. 15 Rural Midwife Locum Program days per midwife per year that are subsidized at the rural rate made possible through the Midwives Association of BC. Potential for 20% annual loan forgiveness on BC Student Loan and Northern Resident Tax deduction for each day living/working in the north (worth over $2000).

Rural midwifery provides the opportunity to develop clinical and critical thinking skills while being supported by fellow maternity providers. Dawson Creek has friendly and grateful people, making your work-life so much more enjoyable. Other benefits: the hospital regularly runs NRP, CPR, MoreOB and FHS workshops to assists providers in maintaining their annual requirements – so far these have been free to midwives.

Come and enjoy this northern hospitality, easygoing lifestyle, hardy pioneer spirit and low cost of living in Dawson Creek.

Please send applications (CV and letter of interest), as well as any questions to Sonje Juul RM sonjevn@gmail.com

For more information on Dawson Creek: https://www.tourismdawsoncreek.com/uploads/inyourowntown/TDC-2019-Visitor-Guide-64-pg-LR.pdf