About the Chance

The Registered Midwife position provides culturally safe, trauma-informed midwifery services in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and alongside additional Midwifery colleagues. These services are intended to increase access to health care closer to home while honouring First Nations voices in health service delivery.

Contract Details

Up to 1.0 FTE Contracted Service Agreement. Location: Northern Vancouver Island in Port Hardy, Port McNeill, and Kwakwaka’wakw Nations/communities. Compensation: $161,413 (maximum 1850 hours per fiscal year pro‑rated to FTE). Eligible for overhead funding and potentially rural benefits through MABC.

About You

• You are passionate about supporting First Nations families on their health and wellness journeys.


• You have full licensure (Registrant Category) with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).


• You are eligible for privileges at the Port McNeill and Port Hardy Hospitals. Privileging is not guaranteed by FNHA and will be a separate process led by Island Health.


• You have additional certifications and training as per BCCNM general requirements.


• You have training in Cultural Safety & Humility or are willing to take this training within 6 months (San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training).


• Ideally you have experience working with First Nations providing culturally safe care.


• Current valid driving license and willingness to travel.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The First Nations health Authority has an up to 1.0 FTE contracted position available for a midwife on North Vancouver Island to join the midwifery team. The position also includes funded‑clinic space, a part‑time Medical Office Assistant (MOA) and maximum 5% of hours allocated for work‑related travel.

The Midwife will provide comprehensive prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care to the local First Nations communities and the north island region, ensuring that these clinical services are provided in a culturally safe and appropriate way.

Responsibilities include collaborating with the Kwakwaka’wakw Maternal Child and Family Health Program, offering education to acute care nurses, other health care providers and doulas, and delivering community‑based education to support families and outreach to local First Nations communities.

The midwife will collaborate with other midwives and practitioners to meet the care needs of mother and baby, whether the birth is planned locally on the north island or requires a higher level of care at another site on Vancouver Island. Call coverage will be shared, with at least one midwife on call at any given time.

This role offers clinical care, leadership activities and educational support to other health care providers, appealing to midwives seeking diversity in their work and with a keen interest in serving First Nations populations in the Mt. Waddington Regional District.

Shift/Hours of Work

Up to 1.0 FTE. On call availability and after‑hours coverage required.

EEO Statement

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.