Midwifery Scholarship 2023

Midwifery Scholarship 2023

Have you always dreamt of a career in the skies but need support to reach your goal? The RFDS Midwifery Scholarship is for you!

Classifications

• Healthcare & Medicine
• Nurse / Midwife
• Full-time

Key points

• Future employment opportunity with Australia's leading aeromedical provider
• Up to $10,000 towards a midwifery qualification

Description

Have you always dreamt of a career in the skies but need support to reach your goal? The RFDS Midwifery Scholarship is for you!

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) is offering midwifery scholarships to suitably qualified Registered Nurses with a background in critical care. As part of the scholarship program, Nurses will receive financial assistance of up to ten thousand dollars as they pursue this important qualification, which is required to become a Flight Nurse for RFDS. The Midwifery Scholarship is generously donated by the RFDS (Queensland Section) in conjunction with the RFDS of Australia and the generous Dalara Foundation. As part of your application, you will be able to demonstrate;

• Registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse
• At least three years’ experience in a critical care environment in either a recognised major regional or tertiary hospital Emergency Department, with 24-hour in-department medical coverage and/or a recognised Intensive Care Unit; and
• Evidence of an application or acceptance into a relevant midwifery course commencing in 2023 or be currently enrolled in a midwifery course with completion due in 2023; and
• A commitment to work at any RFDS (Queensland Section) base within 12 months of successful completion of your midwifery studies; and
• Valid working rights for Australia

Why join us?

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) are leaders in improving the health of people in remote, rural and regional Queensland. As we head toward our 100th year of providing services, we are focused on providing safe, high-quality clinical care.

The RFDS provides aeromedical retrieval services, inter-facility transfers, and primary healthcare services at our three traditional bases (Mount Isa, Charleville, and Cairns). There is a wide variety of clinical presentations requiring retrieval including intensive care, trauma, emergency, cardiac, neurology, obstetrics, paediatrics, and neonates. No day is ever the same in this dynamic role with new and exciting challenges.
Once you complete your midwifery studies, you will join our team of exceptional frontline professionals. Using all the skills you have acquired; you will make a difference in people's lives and help deliver vital care in times of need. We offer Flight Nurses (Midwifery);

• 133K pa (FTE) + Super + Salary packaging of up to 18.5K
• Relocation allowances
• We provide extensive and supportive orientation, training and development programs
• Ongoing commitment to support your professional development with additional paid study leave
• Employee Assistance Program; advice for staff and their families (support, nutrition & financial)
• Discounted private health insurance

Our Western bases also offer-

• Remote Area Packages with rent/ mortgage assistance (up to $173 per week) and gratuity payments starting at $3,500 (after 12 months of service)

Interested?

If you would like any further information, please contact Talent Acquisition at recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au or call 07 3852 7553.
Alternatively, State Manager Aeromedical Nursing- Jacinta Jones on 07 3860 1152 or jjones@rfdsqld.com.au

Please ensure the following is clearly identified in your resume: job title, start date, end date, department, brief description, full-time, part-time, or casual and the hours or FTE you complete/ have completed. This allows us to establish your critical care experience.

Prior to appointment of a Flight Nursing role successful candidates will be subject to a pre-employment drug and alcohol test, will need to hold a current, unrestricted Australian Driver's Licence and obtain an ASIC Card. You will be required to provide certified copies of qualifications/registrations and evidence of immunity or vaccination against VPD. You will also be required to successfully complete the RFDS credentialing process.

RFDS (Queensland Section) works with vulnerable patients in remote parts of Queensland and provides an essential service to many regional and remote communities. To ensure the health and safety of our staff, our patients and these communities, as well as to manage the risks involved in service delivery and COVID-19 transmission in these communities and our workplaces, our staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are the successful candidate the requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including maintaining any recommended booster requirements, will be a term of your employment, as will the requirement to provide proof of vaccination.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) (Queensland) is passionate about fostering equality within the workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and people of culturally diverse backgrounds.

Applications for this role close on the 29th of November 2022 however, shortlisting and screening processes may begin before this date.