Grampians Region Midwifery Programs
The Grampians Region Maternity Project Team members are working on programs to improve access for all midwives to education and skill development. The 2011 programs are under review and will be offered again in 2012.
The 2011 and 2012 Regional Midwife Program offers midwives from the Grampians Region the opportunity to improve their clinical confidence through access to a supported professional development program for the duration of the year. The program participants develop their own learning plan in partnership with the program coordinator and utilise available study days and on line learning in addition to clinical placement at Ballarat Health Services to complete the program. Placement may be a combination of supernumery (unpaid) and paid according to their needs. At present the program is not taking any new applicants as it is under review.
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For more information contact Judith Russell at
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The Grampians Brestfeeding and Lactation Professional Network will hold its Inaugural Twighlight Forum on Tuesday 7th February, 2012. The network has been developed for health professionals in the Grampians Region with a passion for supporting breastfeeding mothers and babies. The network is aimed at strenghtening links between midwives, nurses, lactation consultants, medical practitioners and allied health professionals working in this field, to develop professional support, disseminate new ideas and promote consistent clinical prctice throughout the region. Each forum will have a guest speaker and an open discussion forum for sharing ideas and stratergies.
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The Grampians Childbirth Education and Antenatal Care Network has been developed for midwives in the Grampians region who provide or have an interest in childbirth education and/or antenatal care. It will provide the opportunity for midwives to network with other midwives, share ideas and strategies and enhance the care provided to women and their families during pregnancy. The network will hold a forum four times a year.
The next forum we be in early 2012
Further details will be posted when available
If you would like to go on a email mailout for this network please contact Judith Russell, Grampians Region Clinical Midwife Consultant at
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Special Care of the Neonate Course 2012 Ballarat Health Services in partnership with The School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University were pleased to offer the Special Care of the Neonate Course in 2011 and plan to offer it again in 2012. This course is aimed at registered nurses and midwives who are interested in specialising in neonatal care and working in a Level 2 Special Care Nursery. Theory will run over the semester and consists of online learning and 4 on-site study days at Ballarat Health Services. Students will also be required to complete a clinical component which may be at Ballarat Health Services (Grampians students) or in your own organisation.
***When applications for the 2012 program open they will be available from the following website http://www.bhs.org.au/***
On-line Learning Packages are being developed for the midwifery workforce in the region and the intention is to roll this concept out in 2011. Topics include Neonatal Resuscitation, Newborn Jaundice and Breastfeeding and the Late Preterm Infant.
Revised Feb 2012
