Description
Job Summary:
The Community Health Centres of Northumberland (CHCN) is seeking a compassionate, collaborative, and innovative Midwife & Women’s Health Clinician to join our growing interprofessional primary care team.
This unique role supports the development of an integrated community-based reproductive, maternal, and women’s health program designed to improve access to equitable, evidence-based care across Northumberland County. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive prenatal, postpartum, reproductive, and preventive women’s health services within a collaborative primary care environment.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to help shape an evolving model of care that integrates midwifery, primary care, reproductive health, health promotion, and rural outreach services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide prenatal and postpartum care within a collaborative care model
- Deliver reproductive and women’s health services including:
- Cervical screening and HPV testing
- STI screening and sexual health counseling
- Contraceptive counseling and management
- Menopause education and support
- Pregnancy options counseling
- Medical abortion care under physician directives
- Conduct well-person health assessments and preventative screening
- Support postpartum families through education, follow-up, and home visits as appropriate
- Participate in interprofessional care planning and case collaboration
- Provide health teaching, patient education, and community group programming
- Support equitable access to care for vulnerable and underserved populations
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation within the electronic medical record
- Participate in quality improvement, policy development, and program planning activities
Documentation & Quality
- Maintains accurate and timely EMR documentation.
- Supports panel management, continuity, and outcome tracking.
- Contributes to program improvement initiatives
Outreach and Community-Based Care
- Participates in rural outreach activities to improve access to primary care services for underserved and unattached populations.
- Provides home visits, community visits, and mobile/onsite outreach services as clinically appropriate and operationally required.
- Collaborates with community partners and local support to coordinate care for clients with barriers to clinic attendance.
- Supports transitional care, wellness checks, and post-discharge follow-up for vulnerable clients.
- Identifies service gaps and contributes to innovative outreach strategies that strengthen rural access and continuity of care.
Organizational Responsibilities:
- Collects statistical information as required by the Centre.
- Incorporates critical thinking practice and a collaborative approach to problem solving and decision making.
- Integrates into work functions the principles of respect and value for staff, clients, and the community.
- Works in a manner that preserves confidentiality. Adheres to the Personal Health Protection Policy and the Confidentiality Policy for the Centre
- Works in a manner that seeks to minimize risk to clients, self, the Centre and to staff. Committed to safety, works in a manner that demonstrates responsibility for following the Centre’s safe work practices and works in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Takes responsibility for and is expected to report and unsafe/at risk conditions as well as be accountable for their correction.
- Communicates in a timely and positive manner with the Manager of Specialized Programs regarding job content, specific objectives, and personal performance.
- Identifies performance goals, objectives, and learning needs. Identifies concerns in a timely manner and, in collaboration with the Manager of Specialized Programs, seeks resolution.
- Participates in team-based care planning and clinic operations.
- Contributes to the evolution of Midwife and Women’s Clinician program with rural access and CHCN model.
- Incorporates and contributes to the Centre’s efforts for continuous quality improvement by identifying, implementing, and evaluating policies and practices to support best practice.
- Participates as a team member in all staff functions: program planning, team and inter-team meetings, all staff meetings and team building.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Experience
Qualifications:
- Registered Midwife in good standing with the College of Midwives of Ontario
- Bachelor of Health Sciences in Midwifery or equivalent
- Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), CPR, and emergency skills certification
- Experience providing full-scope prenatal and postpartum care
- Experience in reproductive and women’s health services considered an asset
- Experience working collaboratively within interprofessional teams
- Demonstrated commitment to health equity, patient-centered care, and community wellness
- Strong organizational, communication, and clinical assessment skills
- Experience with electronic medical records (EMR) systems preferred
- Experience managing a patient panel/roster and providing longitudinal care preferred.
- Experience working in rural, vulnerable, or medically complex populations.
- Proficiency with EMR systems
- Valid Driver’s License and willingness to travel within Northumberland County for outreach and home visit responsibilities.
- Ability to work flexible hours, if required, including outreach activities, home visits, community-based care, and participation in rotating on-call services.
Apply
Salary: $ 115,000 to $ 128,547 / per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Hours of Work: Days, rotating on-call schedule
Start Date: September 7, 2026
The Community Health Centres of Northumberland offers a competitive compensation package which includes HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan).
Please submit cover letter and resume, to [email protected] citing “Midwife & Women’s Health Clinician.” This competition will remain open until filled; the Community Health Centres of Northumberland reserves the right to contact and interview candidates prior to this deadline.
Please note, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.
As part of our ongoing commitment to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the Community Health Centres of Northumberland will provide assistance to applicants who request accommodation throughout the recruitment process.
At the CHCN, we value diversity – in backgrounds and in experiences. Healthcare is a universal concern and we invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions to help build the future of healthcare and our communities.
Note that CHCN is a scent-free work environment, and we ask that you refrain from wearing fragrances and other scented personal care products (i.e. perfumes, deodorants, lotions, hairspray, etc.) while at the Centre.
