The Red team at Strathcona Midwifery is hiring! We are looking for 1 or 2 new midwives to join us. The first position is open now and is to fill an extended leave and the second position would be to start in the summer. We are really open to creative ways to work towards sustainability. Is that a larger team or two side by side teams of 2? There is no perfect way to do this work but we are happy to look into different options with the right candidate(s).

New grads welcome!

Please see the job posting attached and email Cora if you're interested.

Our shared care clinic in West Kelowna is looking for a fifth midwife to join our busy practice. Start date is flexible but ideally by June this year. We are willing to train the right candidate and are open to any working arrangement. This could be clinic only, postpartum care/visits only, day call only, part-time coverage each month to avoid moving, or any combination! Basically if you have dreamt of doing it, we are open to discussing it!

 As mentioned, we are a shared care clinic, including GPs, RNs, and childbirth educators. We are continually trying to optimize work life balance and our team is very supportive. If you are interested at all, please reach out, we would love to chat! Please email midwife@maternitycarewestside.com.

We are looking for a full-time Registered Midwife and a New Grad to join our lovely established practice in Abbotsford flexible start date as soon as possible. This would be a full caseload we can’t keep up with the demand for midwifery care in our community.  We have a great schedule that allows for work/life balance as well as coverage and support for vacation.

We will provide mentorship for a New Grad for a period of one year.  Our practice will provide you with a supportive environment in which to consolidate your skills during your first year of practice. 

Abbotsford Midwifery is a well-established integrative health clinic with naturopathic care, acupuncture, registered clinical counseling and registered massage therapists. We are located in a beautiful spacious clinic infused with natural light.  We are minutes to Abbotsford Regional Hospital and is easily accessible by car, bike, walking or bus.  There is plenty of free parking and a there is a lab located on the lower floor.

We have two exceptional MOA’s who keep our clinic running very smoothly.  We use Oscar for electronic charting while our MOA’s manage our admin work, including billings, birth rosters, referrals, faxing, filing and scheduling clients. 

We hold hospital privileges at Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Our maternity unit is a 28 bed single room family centered space with large bright windows and an amazing staff of nurses and doctors.  We have excellent working relationships with our maternity care providers which we have strived to achieve. 

We are looking for someone who is interested in joining our team and community and who is willing to place our clients at the center of their care.  We value client centered, team oriented, supportive, collaborative care.  We meet regularly to do chart review and have regular peer reviews with other practices in our community.  We are committed to a work/life balance. 

Abbotsford is located in the beautiful Fraser Valley which has endless opportunities to enjoy nature, hiking, biking, kayaking.  We also enjoy lots of local restaurants, craft breweries, and local cafes.  We are l hour east of Vancouver and 3 hours West of the interior. 

If you are interested in joining our amazing team we would love to hear from you.  We will waive clinic fees for the first month of practice.

Please email your interest with a CV to:

abbotsfordmidwiferygroup@gmail.com 

Attn:  Sharon Barber

Thanks for your interest!   

Sharon Barber, RM

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a fulltime midwife, for a one-year locum, with the opportunity to apply for permanent openings that may arise at Pomegranate Community Midwives. Priority will be given to those who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+ or speak a second language. New grads are encouraged to apply.

OUR TEAMS

We are an urban clinic with multiple medium-sized, shared-care, community-based teams, with an emphasis on a manageable caseload balanced between homebirths and hospital births. Our schedule is flexible, depending on the team members’ needs.

CONTACT

Please send letters of interest and a CV to: kat@pomegranate-midwives.com

Seeking a long-term partner to join our team - 0.5-1.0 FTE (negotiable)

Terra Nova Midwifery in Richmond BC is seeking applications for a new member to join our growing team for June 2022 (or earlier ).

We are currently a team of 3 people working a 2.5 FTE caseload.  We are growing to meet the exploding demand for midwives in the Richmond and South Delta (Ladner, Tsawwassen) areas and referrals from local physicians.     

Our hospital privileges are at Richmond Hospital (Vancouver Coastal Health) and we do around 30% of our births at home each month. Our clinic is located in the charming Steveston Village area of Richmond, with access to sunny walks on the pier, great restaurants and a small-town vibe. Our two MOA’s are both efficient, friendly and very knowledgeable birth workers who provide amazing administrative support. 

We care for a diverse population of lovely families in the area and have a full roster of clients each month (plus a substantial waitlist), with both primips and multips, lots of repeat clients and many word of mouth referrals. We have been nurturing relationships with birthing families in the Tsawwassen First Nation and have enjoyed being a part of bringing home birth back to their  traditional ancestral land.

We enjoy excellent collegial relationships with our consultant OB/Gyn’s and pediatricians and work well as a team in our hospital Birth Centre. We have highly-cooperative professional relationships with the RN’s at our hospital, who provide 1:1 nursing care. Our hospital is lauded for its low cesarean birth rate/dedication to normal birth, and is a very pro-midwifery working environment.

Applicants shoul be eligible for registration in BC and in good standing with the BCCNM.  You should be someone who has integrity, a good work ethic, is a caring team mate and is interested in building a burn-out proof/sustainable practice.  

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email a CV and a brief introductory email to info@terranovamidwifery.com. 

Thanks for your interest.

Jillian Simon, Jenny Emerson, Alix Bacon, Alyssa Labrosse, Nancy Tsao, Wendy Tse

The Island Health Department of Maternity Care and Pediatrics, Division of Midwifery, is looking for two full-time Midwives on Salt Spring Island. These roles have two components – (1) providing clinical midwifery care as well as (2) nonclinical work to improve team based maternity service for families of Salt Spring Island. This includes integration with teams and services at Lady Minto Hospital, supporting professional and skill development for perinatal Nursing, as well as improving care pathways for families who’s care requires leaving SSI to access higher level of care.

The midwife will provide comprehensive prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care on Salt Spring Island at their clinic, at Lady Minto Hospital and in clients homes.

These unique midwifery opportunities, providing clinical care, leadership activities and educational support to other health care providers, will be especially appealing to midwives seeking diversity in their work.

For full position details visit Registered Midwife 100-1665 | Medical Staff (islandhealth.ca)

Island Health’s Division of Midwifery has a full-time opportunity for a Registered Midwife to join two other midwives serving the community of the Saanich Peninsula. There are 35 other midwives practicing at Victoria General Hospital who serve the  greater Victoria area.

Victoria Midwives are currently involved in 32% of the total births in the Capital Region and the home birth rate is approximately 15%. Midwives have admitting privileges at the Victoria General Hospital, a medium sized tertiary care center for Vancouver Island, which has approximately 3,000 deliveries per year.  

The GEO 4 Division of Midwifery, in the Department of Maternity Care & Pediatrics, is well-integrated within the Island Health Authority medical staff structure. Midwives are active members of the multi-disciplinary perinatal care teams and have been instrumental in affecting how maternity care services are delivered in the region.  

Midwives in B.C. are required to practice in both the home and hospital settings.  They are independent practitioners with their own practices in the community.

The successful applicant must be eligible to obtain full licensure with the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives and demonstrate suitable experience and training.  Midwives who self-identify as BIPOC are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Please see full job description here: Registered Midwife 100-1682 | Medical Staff (islandhealth.ca)

Island Health’s Division of Midwifery has 5 full-time opportunities for Registered Midwives to join 35 other midwives practicing in greater Victoria.

Victoria Midwives are currently involved in 32% of the total births in the Capital Region and the home birth rate is approximately 15%. Midwives have admitting privileges at the Victoria General Hospital, a medium sized tertiary care center for Vancouver Island, which has approximately 3,000 deliveries per year.  

The GEO 4 Division of Midwifery, in the Department of Maternity Care & Pediatrics, is well-integrated within the Island Health Authority medical staff structure. Midwives are active members of the multi-disciplinary perinatal care teams and have been instrumental in affecting how maternity care services are delivered in the region.  

Midwives in B.C. are required to practice in both the home and hospital settings.  They are independent practitioners with their own practices in the community.

The successful applicants must be eligible to obtain full licensure with the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives and demonstrate suitable experience and training.  Midwives who self-identify as BIPOC are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please see full job posting: Registered Midwife 100-1677 | Medical Staff (islandhealth.ca)

Midwives needed in Kamloops, BC!

https://mightyoakmidwifery.ca

Our approach to care emphasizes continuity of care provider in a supported solo or two-midwife shared caseload model: A fulltime midwife carries 4-5 primary clients per month full time (or less part time) based on individual preference for caseload.  We support each other in back up pods of 2 - 3 midwives in order to preserve continuity for families and work-life balance for midwives.  Each midwife takes 8 weeks holiday per year and we schedule flex days off each month, within our pods. 

Our midwives work autonomously and cooperatively under the umbrella of Mighty Oak Midwifery Care.  

Our homebirth rate is approximately 30 - 35%.  We have a lovely clinic space that also houses group prenatal classes and a team of three professional Doulas.  Our office is established with Accuro EMR and we have MOA support.  We serve a diverse population including Indigenous communities, both rural and urban families, university students, immigrants and refugees.

Royal Inland Hospital is a Level 2 hospital with 1100 – 1200 births per year.  Midwifery services here were established in 2008 and we have excellent working relationships with our consultants and nursing staff.   There are four active second attendants in our community; all nurses from LDR and/or NICU.

If you are interested in applying for a position, please send a letter of interest and CV to joanna@mightyoakmidwifery.ca or call 250-377-8611.

Thank you,

Joanna Norman, RM

Mighty Oak Midwifery Care

&

Chief, Department of Midwifery

Royal Inland Hospital

Kamloops, BC