MoU for Early Career Midwifery Rotational Program Between Torres and Cape HHS and Cairns HHS

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Torres and Cape HHS awarded a contract to Cairns Hospital and Health Service for an Early Career Midwifery Rotational Program under a Memorandum of Understanding.

The program offers early career midwives broad exposure across key midwifery specialty areas, including TCHHS Midwifery Group Practice, Maternal and Child Health outreach, Midwifery Navigation, and Cairns Hospital inpatient maternity care including intrapartum care.

It aims to strengthen inter-organisational partnerships and create a foundation for future integrated Continuity of Maternity Care models, enabling continuity of carer when early career midwives are Cairns-based and supporting women and families across community care, midwifery navigation, antenatal, birthing, postnatal inpatient care, and return to community services.

The program provides antenatal inpatient, birth suite, intrapartum, and postnatal inpatient experience at Cairns Base Hospital, potentially supporting women previously known to early career midwives in community settings throughout their birthing journey.

Cairns Hospital and Health Service offers a 0.4 FTE contract, while Torres and Cape HHS offers a 0.5 FTE (72 hours) contract, with differing FTE fractions impacting travel for outreach with TCHHS.