West Coast Health Collective, located in the beautiful Fraser Valley, British Columbia, is hiring a full time locum midwife for a one year locum starting in June/July. There will be a full time caseload built up for this midwife ahead of time, and there is potential to start clinic before going on call to become familiar with the community standards. There is also potential to stay on long term after the one year locum ends in July 2021. If you are interested in applying, please see the full ad below! We'd love to hear from you.

Skeena Midwives is seeking a full time practice partner! See PDF for more info.

TWO positions open in Kamloops, BC, with Mighty Oak Midwifery Care!

https://mightyoakmidwifery.ca

Mighty Oak Midwifery Care is seeking two midwives interested in long-term work in this community.  We are offering a 6 – 12 month temporary position to start, with potential for a permanent position.  Starting date ideally April 1^st2020, but may be flexible.

Successful applicants will be working in small shared-care model of 3 midwives, within a larger group of 6 midwives total.  Our homebirth rate is approximately 30%.  We have a lovely clinic space that also houses group prenatal classes.  There is MOA support 20 – 25 hours per week.

Royal Inland Hospital is a Level 2 hospital with 1100 – 1200 births per year. Kamloops is a regional hospital serving many rural communities in the area, as well as a large First Nations population.  Midwifery services here were established in 2008 and we have good working relationships with our consultants and nursing staff.   There are three approved second attendants in our community; all nurses from LDR or NICU.

During the 6 – 12 month temporary period, payment will be a monthly salary negotiated in accordance with the MABC locum guidelines.

If a permanent position is offered, the midwife will become an associate with the practice whereby the midwife bills MSP directly for care provided and contributes toward monthly overhead costs.

If you are interested in applying for a position, please send a letter of interest and CV to joanna.norman@interiorhealth.ca

Thank you,

Joanna Norman, RM

Mighty Oak Midwifery Care

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Chief, Department of Midwifery

Royal Inland Hospital

Kamloops, BC

ROLE AND FACILITY INFORMATION

The Division of Midwifery at Vancouver Coastal Health-Richmond, invites interested midwives to apply for full time medical staff privileges. Members of the Division of Midwifery work in community based clinics, and provide midwifery services to women and their families who reside in the city of Richmond and surrounding designated catchment communities. The Division of Midwifery has a matrixed structure as part of the Regional Department of Midwifery and the Richmond Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The Birth Centre at the Richmond Hospital is an integrated multidisciplinary team, focused on providing safe, patient- centered care while maintaining a high vaginal birth rate.

Criteria for Eligibility

A prospective medical staff member (Applicant) must:
1. Be registered, or eligible for full registration with the College of Midwives of BC;
2. Have a minimum of one year of experience as a registered midwife;
3. Plan to join an established midwifery practice in Richmond or South Delta to provide service to our catchment area.

Ideal Candidates will have:
• Proven clinical excellence and experience in the provision of midwifery and maternity care;
• Professional or leadership experience;
• Commitment to the hospital(s) and the community;
• Ability to carry a full midwifery case load*
• Teaching experience;
• An interest in providing midwifery care in a language other than English ;
• Demonstrated commitment to positive collegial relationships, furthering the profession of midwifery and engaging in interprofessional collaboration.

Education Required:
• BSc Midwifery

Skills Required:
• Natal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Fetal Health Surveillance (FHS)
• Midwives Emergency Skills Program (MESP)
• CMBC and MABC (in good standing)


Preference will be given to applicants intending to work full-time in order to help meet the high demand for midwifery care in Richmond.

Midwives are paid through MSP billings - Fee for Service

Division of Midwifery

The Division of Midwifery is committed to increasing the presence of Midwifery in Richmond surrounding communities and welcome new proactive members. We encourage workforce diversity and encourage midwives from underrepresented groups to apply and self-identify.

Interested applicants, please send your application, cover letter, CV and any other relevant documents for review to Sarah Povey, Division Head of Midwifery at Richmond Hospital:

sara.povey@vch.ca

Seeking Locum Midwife to Cover a Maternity Leave

June 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021

Malachite Midwives in beautiful Kelowna, BC is seeking a midwife to cover a maternity leave starting June 1 2020 - July 1 2021, with consideration for a long-term, full-time position if the midwife and team are the rightmatch.

 We are a team practice made up of 6 full-time midwives, in 3 teams of 2 RMs that works together very collegially. We take pride in our peaceful work environment. Our practice operates out of a house in a quiet neighbourhood close to the hospital, hiking and biking trails and downtown. We have a part-time MOA who does an excellent job of supporting us. We use OSCAR for electronic medical records and aspire to minimize our footprints. The shared office space offers two comfortable clinic rooms and a lovely birth suite for use by eligible clients seeking an alternative home birth location. Our home birth rate is often 30-50%. We work out of Kelowna General Hospital, which is a level 2 facility and are proud to say our inter professional relationships are improving.

Our midwives practice in 2 person teams, with often 8 EDD/month/team. Regular off-call time is negotiated within teams and typically includes a week-on/week off-call style rotation, with additional off time when possible. Long-term positions offer up to 2 months of holiday during the contract.

Midwives can visit our website at www.malachitemidwives.ca to learn more about us. Please email us letters of interest with CVs to mail@malachitemidwives.ca. All registrants must already be registered to practice in Canada.

We have a great thing going on here and encourage you to apply!

                        ~ The Malachite Midwives Team ~

Hello all,

We are looking for a locum to join our shared care practice in Mission which is in the heart of the Fraser Valley--close to Vancouver, the US border, and endless recreational opportunities.  The dates of the locum would be September 1, 2020, to September 1, 2021. New grads are welcome to apply. 

Mission is a wonderful place to live and work, with a small town feel but with easy access to the city an hour away. You will be joining 3 other full-time midwives to work as a team of 4. We work as a shared care group, booking on average 4 births per month per midwife.  This model allows ample off call time to explore the area, spend more time with family, or whatever your heart would like to do!  

Our clinic is located in the heart of downtown Mission in a restored heritage house, with excellent administration support.  We use electronic charting, and an answering service which makes switching call very easy. 

We attend hospital births at Abbotsford Regional Hospital which was built in 2008 and features single-room maternity care and 3 tub rooms.  We have 24 hour OB and Pediatric availability at our Level 2 hospital, and are lucky to have excellent relationships with our OB and Pediatrician colleagues as well as our nursing staff.  As well, we are very committed to having a fun, fair and supportive environment between ourselves as midwives--this job can be stressful enough, am I right? We strive to make sure all the midwives in the group feel valued and supported.

Mission is located on the north side of the Fraser River in the Central Fraser Valley, an outdoor paradise surrounded by mountains, forests, and lakes.  There are plentiful trails for hiking or mountain biking, where you can be rewarded by magical views of the Fraser River and the majestic Mt. Baker watching over us.  We are lucky to be surrounded by farmland and get to enjoy fresh bounty through local markets and restaurants.  

For more information on our clinic and practice please visit our website: www.missionmidwifery.com 

Please contact us with any questions and to send in a resume: missionmidwife@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Nooshin Nikpartow, Shannon Ruley and Igna Hoebergen

Mission, BC

Vacancy for a Health Care Practitioner/Midwife

We are looking to rent 1 clinic room to 1 - 2 more health care practitioners. We are open to 1 full time/ 2 part time midwives to come join our Richmond clinic. We are located on No 3 and Williams Rd, and you would be working with a chiropractor and a naturopathic doctor.

There is a physical exam/gyne exam table already available, which you can buy from the ND.

If interested, please contact Dr. Helena at broadmoorchiropractic.contact@gmail.com

Greetings from Nunavut!

The small but determined midwives working in Nunavut are putting the call out to our colleagues in the south to see if there any midwives who would like to join our team by filling a casual position in Rankin Inlet. We are offering 4-8 week contracts with some flexibility, starting mid-October onwards.

Rankin Inlet is a community on the western shore of the Hudson Bay in the central Arctic. It has a population of 2800 people with easy access to both the Tundra and the bay. Rankin Inlet provides an excellent opportunity to explore Canada’s unique northern environment. We are host to amazing northern lights, incredible full moon evenings, lots of snow and renowned winter weather. To balance the long winter nights, spring and summer bring almost 24 hours of daylight, migrating birds, caribou and beautiful wild flowers.

The birthing Centre has been providing antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care to women from Rankin Inlet since 1993. Consultation and transfer takes place with obstetricians at Women from the surrounding 7 communities can also choose to give birth in Rankin Inlet. Midwives travel to other communities in the Kivalliq region, when we have enough staff, to provide prenatal care.

Please do feel free to contact Rachel Jones RM for further information. rjones@gov.nu.ca 867-645-8260.

Thank you,
Rachel Jones RM
A/Manager Maternal & Newborn Services