Company Bio

Hôpital Montfort is Ontario’s Francophone Academic Hospital, offering exemplary person-centred care. The hospital serves over 1.2 million people in Eastern Ontario, in both official languages. In 2018, it earned Accreditation with Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada, and was designated Best Practices Spotlight Organization by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. With its main partners, the University of Ottawa and La Cité college, as well as other post-secondary programs, Montfort is preparing the next generation of Francophone healthcare professionals. Since 2015, it has joined the ranks of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals through the activities of the Institut du Savoir Montfort, its knowledge institute. As part of its 2016-2021 strategy, Montfort is striving to become your hospital of reference for outstanding services, designed with you and for you. In 2019, it was named one of the world’s top 1000 hospitals. Our daily actions are guided by compassion, respect, mutual support, excellence and accountability.

Summary of Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Senior Manager, the midwife, member of Hôpital Montfort’s Family Birthing Centre, works in collaboration with family physicians, pediatricians and obstetricians as well as multidisciplinary staff to provide safe, high-quality care to the families participating in the Postnatal Care at Home Program.

You will provide complete and safe care to mothers and their newborns delivered by a delivery physician at Hôpital Montfort who meet the criteria of the Postnatal Care at Home Program. You will lead group prenatal information sessions and provide individual postnatal care at home according to your field of practice in order to facilitate transfer from hospital to home.

Profile and Experience

• Priority will be given to midwives with active privilege at Hôpital Montfort
• Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, Midwifery or equivalent
• Active member without restriction of the College of Midwives of Ontario
• Active member of the Association of Ontario Midwives
• Hold and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, obstetric emergency intervention and neonatal resuscitation
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience as a midwife
• Hold proof of HIROC insurance
• Knowledge and ability to apply the postnatal care standards of the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health
• Knowledge of the regional and provincial healthcare system

Asset

• Experience in safety and quality assurance as well as care policy development
• Experience in implementing care programs for women

Skills

Hôpital Montfort recognizes the importance of its clientele through the collaborative approach employed by all staff members, who also share a sense of responsibility in attaining the highest quality healthcare.

To accomplish this, you have the following skills:
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making/judgment
• Ability to transmit information
• Autonomy
• Adaptability
• Interpersonal communications
• Ability to provide guidance
• Clinical leadership
• Sense of responsibility

Employment Equity
Montfort is committed to employment equity and invites applications from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities.

If you require accommodation during the assessment period, please notify us by email at rh@montfort.on.ca as soon as possible. We will review your request and implement appropriate measures to facilitate your full participation in the selection process. Montfort reviews accommodation requests on a case-by-case basis and reserves the right to request supporting documents.

An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent. Only those selected for an examination / interview will be contacted.