Midwife

New Brunswick Midwifery is Expanding! We’re looking for passionate midwives to join the Horizon Health Network team in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Whether you’re experienced or just starting your career, we have flexible opportunities available with full‑time, part‑time, and casual positions.

Our midwives provide comprehensive primary maternity care in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We’re committed to patient and family‑centered care, excellence in practice, and strong teamwork.

The Fredericton Midwifery Centre has been operating since 2017. Midwives work in a unionised employee model with Horizon Health Network, providing paid vacation and sick leave, pension, health benefits, overtime and on‑call pay. The centre is a stand‑alone clinic on Fredericton’s Northside, funded by the employer for administrative, overhead and professional development.

Caseload is 3 clients per month per full‑time midwife, drawn from a catchment area within 1 hour of Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital, a Level 3 hospital with NICU and 24/7 ER and obstetrical coverage. Caseload selection prioritises vulnerable populations and clients interested in homebirth. We support both in‑hospital and home births, with a homebirth rate of approximately 30%.

Midwives work in a flexible team with a focus on work‑life balance. Our team emphasises teamwork and communication, both within the midwifery group and the larger interprofessional team, and on a high standard of clinical care, ensuring thorough informed‑choice discussions consistent with current clinical guidance. Midwifery is a young profession in New Brunswick, offering opportunities to sit on Horizon‑specific, local and provincial committees.

Fredericton is a bright, family‑friendly city with universities, a robust outdoor activity network, green spaces, old‑growth forest and the Wolastoq River. It hosts art galleries, the annual Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Fredericton Playhouse, a craft‑beer community, beaches, parks and is close to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. We offer work‑life balance with a laid‑back East Coast lifestyle and opportunities for professional growth.

• Provide care, assessment, and monitoring of women during normal pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period as well as their healthy newborns.
• Provide health care in clients’ homes, communities, and in hospital and clinic.
• Provide care consistent with the philosophy and ethics of midwifery care in Canada.
• Respect community standards of care and the New Brunswick code of ethics.
• Support both hospital and home births, with a home birth rate of approx. 30%.
• Work well within a team and maintain positive relationships with community providers.

• Must be a graduate of a Canadian university midwifery education program or an equivalent in accordance with the New Brunswick Midwifery Act and Regulations.
• Must be eligible to register with the Midwifery Council of New Brunswick.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and own a vehicle.
• Ability to attend work on a regular basis.
• Ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Good work record.
• Willingness to undergo a criminal record check and vulnerable sector record check as a condition of employment.

• Unionised employment.
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• Pension and health benefits.
• Overtime and on‑call pay.
• Administrative, overhead, and professional development funding provided by the employer.
• Opportunities to sit on local and provincial committees.

Horizon is committed to enhancing our diverse and inclusive environment for our employees and patients. We believe in a healthcare system that equally supports all people regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, social background, religion, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or sexual orientation. An environment based on a commitment to diversity and inclusion supports our goal of safe and quality patient care.

Join us in shaping the future of midwifery care in New Brunswick! Use the online application portal to apply today.