Midwifery Job Openings

Maternity leave position available.

Ideally March 1st to Sept 1st, 2025 (but could be anywhere from 4-8 months with the option of sharing the locum with another interested midwife). 

Working in a team of three with 3-4 clients/month.

Very lovely and supported work environment.

Please email me at neilsonchrissy@gmail.com or text/call 250-713-7113 if interested. 

Thank you so much!

Chrissy

About Us:
Sooke Midwifery Clinic seeks a registered midwife to join our team of three RM. Our caseload varies between 2-4 EDDs/midwife a month. We provide exceptional care in a rural setting, serving a vibrant and diverse community. We collaborate with OB colleagues in Victoria and have strong relationships with local GPs. We attend home births in Sooke and surrounding areas and provide hospital care at Victoria General Hospital. Two other midwives in the clinic practise as supported-solos, and together we strive to foster an environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance while delivering outstanding maternity care to our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive midwifery services, including routine and complex pregnancy care, home and hospital births, and postpartum support.
• Collaborate in a supportive 3-midwife team.
• Document and maintain accurate, up-to-date client records in compliance with regulatory and legal standards.
• Contribute to administrative duties such as billings, payroll, and scheduling as required.
• Support community outreach and education initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Registered Midwife with the College of Midwives of British Columbia (or eligible for registration).
• Ability to apply for and retain privileges at Victoria General Hospital.
• Experience managing routine and complex cases, including high-risk pregnancies.
• Comfortable providing intrapartum care at home and working in rural settings.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and flexible hours.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Work Environment:

• Supportive clinic in a growing rural community.
• Part-time MOA support and a welcoming clinic in downtown Sooke.
• Use of OSCAR EMR.
• Local hospital is Victoria General Hospital, a Level 3 facility, 45 minutes from Sooke. 
• Full-time position on a team of 3 with a variable caseload. EDDs range from 2-4/midwife a month. 

Why Sooke Midwifery?

• We are the only maternity care provider in Sooke, well-established in the community.
• Opportunity to develop strong client relationships and foster continuity of care.
• Focus on work-life balance in a supportive practice.
• Vibrant coastal community with outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking, and scenic beaches.

How to Apply:
Submit a cover letter, resume, and two references to sookemidwifery@yahoo.ca. Include a brief statement about your interest in Sooke Midwifery and how your experience aligns with the position.

Deadline: Open until filled

Families and Babies Program

A Fraser Health Program

Position:  Registered Midwife

Postpartum Clinic at Surrey Memorial Hospital

Position Overview:
The Families and Babies Program, launched in October 2023 at Surrey Memorial Hospital, is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Midwife to join our dynamic team. This innovative program provides specialized postpartum care for low-risk birthing families and their infants, ensuring a smooth transition from hospital to home with early discharge at 24 hours.

Midwives in this program play a vital role in delivering high-quality, supportive care to families during the critical first week postpartum. This includes providing in-home care and conducting follow-up appointments at our program clinic, located in the Children’s Health Centre at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Who You Are:

• You are a patient-centered individual who consistently performs at an exemplary standard.
• You are a team player with excellent communication, critical thinking, and prioritization skills, eager to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team at Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Position Summary:
This hospital-based integrated postpartum primary care midwife position will support early discharge from the Family Birthing Unit, providing clinical care to families post-discharge through home visits and follow-up clinic appointments.

What We Are Looking For:

• Registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives
• Currently privileged at Surrey Memorial Hospital or eligible for privileging
• Minimum 2 years of recent experience as a midwife
• Excellent physical assessment skills and proficiency in clinical care
• Strong computer and writing skills
• Knowledgeable in professional and hospital standards, guidelines, and procedures
• Demonstrated commitment to person-centred, family-focused care
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of an interprofessional team
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teaching skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize effectively
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, continuing education, and leadership experience
• Good attendance record with the ability to maintain this standard

Work Schedule:

• Approximately 7 twelve-hour shifts per month, including hospital visits, home visits, and clinic visits.
• Home visits are scheduled 7 days a week, with midwives expected to conduct 2 to 4 home visits per shift.
• Clinic hours are 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday, including statutory holidays.
• No night shifts required.
• Schedules may be adjusted for operational needs.

Remuneration:

• $1,000 per 12-hour shift

How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and letter of interest to familiesandbabiesprogram@gmail.com  by January 30, 2025. Only selected applicants will be contacted to arrange an interview.

Join our team and make a meaningful impact by providing exceptional care to new families during their postpartum journey. We look forward to hearing from you!

Families and Babies Program is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.

The Midwives Collective, a busy practice on the edge of downtown Victoria, is seeking a midwife to join us for a one-year contract with the possibility of extension July 1, 2025-July 1-2026. Exact dates are flexible.

The locum would be joining an existing team of 4, with a schedule that includes short call shifts and regular time off.

We are a friendly, shared-care practice, serving a diverse clientele. We are committed to our clients and to one another, and value good communication, evidence-based care, and a sense of humour.

We work out of a bright & lovely storefront clinic in a medical building, affording clients easy access to pharmacy & lab. We have the most amazing MOA and use Oscar EMR. We support one another.

Victoria General Hospital is a Level 3 hospital with 24/7 on-call OB, peds, and anesthesia. We enjoy excellent relationships with our physician consultants.

If you are looking to join a solid team in a wonderful city we’d love to hear from you. Please send an email with your CV & the names of 2 references to info@themidwivescollective.ca.

Thank you!

~ Locum required – ASAP ~

Ponderosa Midwives in beautiful Kelowna, BC is seeking a 3/4 to full-time midwife to join our team as soon as possible.

The position is a locum opportunity with the possibility of a long-term position. Please considering applying if this feels like a good fit for you!

We are a cohesive team of 3-4 midwives that work in both solo and team-based models. Our practice operates out of a beautiful clinic space in a residential 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 footprint. The shared clinic space offers one comfortable clinic room and an additional space for assessments and resources. Our home birth rate averages around 30%. Our clinic is close to Kelowna General Hospital, which is a level 2 facility. Our interprofessional relationships are strong, including very supportive nursing staff, and we pride ourselves on a cohesive midwifery community in town.

The successful applicant will ideally work in a full-time capacity, in a team structure that is up for discussion. Long-term positions offer up to 2 months of holiday during the contract. Regular off-call time is negotiated within teams, with additional time off when possible. **our practice operates within a cost-share agreement and we pride ourselves on maintaining an affordable and abundant clinic setup. This agreement is available to the successful applicant who wishes to stay on with our practice**

Midwives can visit our website at www.ponderosamidwives.ca to learn more about us. Please email us letters of interest with CVs to mail@ponderosamidwives.ca by October 31st, 2024.

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

~ The Ponderosa Midwives Team ~

Clinical Placement Community Liaison

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Midwifery Clinical Placement Community Liaison is a 0.2 FTE (1 day a week) administrative position that acts as a liaison between the UBC Midwifery program, the Health Authority, and clinical sites/preceptors in their region. Working within the unique environment of a distributed midwifery program, the Clinical Placement Community Liaison will work under the direction of the Clinical Placement Lead and support the education opportunities of UBC Midwifery students. The Liaison will also support the program in continuing to establish and build relationships with UBC Midwifery clinical faculty, regional health authorities and hospitals. UBC Midwifery will be hiring one position for each of the following health authorities: Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Northern Health Authority, and Interior Health Authority.

Organizational Status

The Bachelor of Midwifery and the Internationally Educated Midwives Bridging Program (IEMBP) are fully distributed entry to practice Midwifery Education Programs delivered currently in Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria. Clinical placements for all undergraduate and bridging students take place throughout the year, with specific periods identified for more robust placement requirements. The development, implementation and management of these programs are complex and require close collaboration between the Midwifery Program, the UBC Faculty of Medicine, the hospital and the health authorities, as well as Midwifery clinical preceptors. The Clinical Placement Community Liaison will be supported by the Clinical Placement Coordinator and Student Services Manager & Advisor. The Liaison will be supported by and take operational direction from both the Midwifery Program and the Department of Family Practice, including the Midwifery Program Director and the administrative leadership within the Department.

Work Performed

The Clinical Placement Community Liaison will be responsible for supporting students and clinical preceptors in their community as needed during clinical placement rotations. This may include, but is not limited to:
• Liaise between UBC Midwifery Program and Healthy Authority / Clinical Sites Preceptor engagement, recruitment and retention (ie: leading lunch and learns, facilitating clinic visits)
• Develop and manage surveys sent to RM’s for feedback (goal to be in person)
• Keep an up-to-date spreadsheet of all RM’s in your health authority, including teams, clinics, and contacts
• Liaise with RM’s in your health authority to improve preceptor relations, support preceptors
• Each semester (or as needed), reach out to RM’s in your health authority to determine availability to precept students
• Check in with the Clinical Placement Lead monthly

Consequence of Error/Judgement

The Clinical Placement Community Liaison must exercise considerable judgement initiating and carrying through with various activities critical to the functioning of the Midwifery clinical placements and the program’s relationships with external stakeholders. Exercising poor judgement, ineffective communications, or lack of confidentiality could result in strained relations that compromise the Divisional activities and the Midwifery Program. The Midwifery Director may need to intercede in order to resume a productive working relationship.

Minimum Qualifications

Practicing midwife within the identified health authority. A clinical faculty appointment with the Faculty of Medicine.

Preferred Qualifications
• An understanding of Midwifery skills and practice are required.
• An understanding of the systems and requirements in place to support student’s entrance into a new health authority/hospital.
• Maturity, diplomacy, and tact to exercise independent judgment and effectively cope in a highly political health care environment.
• Proven exceptional verbal and written interpersonal skills to succeed working in a unique health professional education environment.
• Knowledge of health professional education.
• Understanding of Midwifery organizational course structure.
• Proven experience building relationships with professionals and a demonstrated understanding of the complexity of engaging these individuals in clinical teaching roles.
• Experience leading change in an environment of constant change and ambiguity by creating and communicating a vision and taking appropriate action to ensure acceptance and support.
• Experience in fostering the long-term learning and development of clinical faculty through coaching, managing performance, and mentoring; supporting reports and indirect reports in an environment of continuous quality improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership and success motivating, engaging, and supporting students and clinical faculty to achieve positive organizational and educational outcomes.
• Must be highly motivated, resilient, innovative, and deeply collaborative
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own perspective and values.
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Please submit your interest and CV to Blake Dobie at blake.dobie@ubc.ca.

Skeena Midwives is seeking coverage for a parental leave starting in spring 2025. Flexible contract-model options: 2-3 months vs 1 year options available.

skeenamidwives.com

Give us a shout with any questions!

Join Our Solo Midwives Vancouver Practice.

Carnation Midwifery Clinic in Vancouver is seeking passionate and experienced midwives to join our dynamic team. Our midwives have admitting privileges at St. Paul's and BC Women's Hospitals.

We work as solo providers in a collaborative fashion where teamwork and colleague support is front and center.

* A diverse patient population that fosters professional growth and development.

* Opportunities for postpartum-only care for the patients of our midwives.

We are open to both long-term and short-term positions.

To learn more or to submit your application, please email:

info@carnationmc.ca

(604)365-3171