Maternity

8281 babies were born between July 2007 - June 2008. As the largest public maternity provider in Victoria, Southern Health is able to offer tertiary, secondary and primary service, through:

• Monash Medical Centre Clayton
• Dandenong Hospital
• Casey Hospital

Upon booking, all expectant women are seen initially by midwives and medical staff. Low risk women booking pregnancy care with midwives may then be seen throughout their pregnancy by midwives with referral seamlessly between clinics or sites should complications subsequently be identified.
Women with the following special needs may be cared for in multidisciplinary clinics with midwives either sharing care or as case managers:

• drug
• alcohol
• psychiatric
• refugee
• teenager
• attending the tertiary fetal medicine clinic

The Women’s’ & Children’s program provides clinical governance for maternity services in relation to:

• safe and evidence based maternity care
• prioritising quality activities within the maternity services
• developing, advising and overseeing strategies
• committees
• guidelines
• clinical reviews to improve peri natal outcomes 
• cutting edge maternity services

Midwifery

Woman's primary carer and caseload midwifery Midwives have the opportunity to work at our three maternity sites as:

• a woman’s primary carer; (Dandenong and Clayton)
• caseload midwifery (Casey Hospital)

Midwives working with women requiring secondary, tertiary or quaternary level care practice as an integral member of the multi disciplinary teams.

Clinical practice development is provided to the undergraduate, post graduate and novice to expert with further opportunities to participate and take up leadership roles in quality and safety, clinical protocol development, and maternity service initiatives. Key features of professional development include multi disciplinary and team learning and the access to the education programs of the tertiary teaching hospital.

Within the peri natal services at MMC Clayton further opportunities extend to credentialing for supervision, education and assessment with CTG interpretation and management, ultrasound procedure, education, research and counselling, dependent upon area of work.

Southern Health is the largest health care provider in Victoria, caring for people through every stage of their life. We service some of the fastest growing areas of Australia in Melbourne's South-East, Southern and Bayside suburbs, with hospitals at the Monash Medical Centre (Clayton and Moorabbin), Kingston Centre, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital. Due to our size, we can offer you great career opportunities in every nursing speciality.

Through education and research in partnerships with world-renowned research institutions and universities, we are committed to making breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of disease.

Southern Health's commitment to nursing has been further strengthened through our partnership with Deakin University and the appointment of the Chair in Nursing, Professor Beverley O'Connell. This move signals the organisation's increasing commitment to clinical practice underpinned by leading-edge research. Southern Health's learning and development focus aligns education, research, changing workforce needs, all centred around patient care.

Lifecycle and lifestyle - the benefits for you

Not only do we offer nurses the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of modern medicine, but our other benefits open up a variety of opportunities to manage the career you want at work balanced with lifestyle.

There is no other hospital organisation in Victoria that can offer you the full range of nursing specialties we care for patients through all stages of the lifecycle. We are the second largest provider of paediatric services in Victoria.

• A dedicated Nursing Education Department
• Dedicated resources for nursing research
• A Simulation Training Centre
• Comprehensive orientation and induction programs
• Professional and study leave entitlements
• Post graduate scholarship programs
• Subsidised car parking at all sites
• Onsite gymnasium facilities at several of our major sites
• A range of flexible employment options including full time, part time and Casual Nurse Bank
• A 'no lift' policy
• Childcare facilities
• Club Red - a staff social club and benefits package
• Comprehensive salary packaging
• Annual safety training

Southern Health recognise the unique work of our nurses with annual nursing awards, which include generous scholarships for ongoing education and professional development.