Midwife, Midwifery Care

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million people each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites throughout Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities.

We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti‑racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years.

We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face.

We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self‑identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Person of Colour, Immigrant/Newcomer, Person with Disability, 2

SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity
As Community Midwives at the IWK Health Centre, we are respected members of the maternity care team. We enjoy an exceptional relationship with our healthcare colleagues, as integrated members of the care teams in the hospital and operating from our accessible, bright clinic in Dartmouth.

As employees of the IWK, we practice primary care according to the Canadian Model of Care and can offer a hospital birth at the health centre or a home birth for moms who meet our low‑risk criteria. We see a caseload of 3–4 clients per month, in their homes, our clinic or at the IWK’s hospital site. We provide individualized primary maternity care with women and their families from conception, through pregnancy, labour, birth and the six‑week postpartum period.

We also facilitate continuity of access to care beyond the childbearing year, when necessary, through communication with other care providers or services.

Our team of six shares clients and call coverage and works collaboratively with the entire Women’s and Newborn Program. We strive to offer a continuum of midwifery care that is inclusive, culturally competent and celebrates the richness of the increasingly diverse communities served. Particular emphasis is placed on priority populations who historically have been underserved and marginalized. We have been actively supporting the practice of Midwifery in Nova Scotia since 2009, as a valued member of the care team.

Hours of Work
On call roster and clinical rotation as established with the midwifery team.

Your Qualifications

Graduate of a Canadian University Midwifery education program or a qualification equivalent to it in accordance with the Nova Scotia Midwifery Act and Regulations.

Eligibility for registration with an active practising clinical licence subject to approval by the Nova Scotia Nursing and Midwifery Regulator.

Current certificates in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Neonatal Resuscitation certification (NRP) with intubation, and an Obstetrical Emergency Skills course (i.e.…