Registered Midwife, Women's Health Ambulatory Care
Women’s Health Ambulatory Care (WHAC) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced midwife to join the team who provide midwifery care to the women in our community. The position is offered as temporary part time 12 hours per week.
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 1 January 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $36.39 - $51.09 per hour
Hours Per Week: 12
Requisition ID: REQ591717
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.
Where you'll be working
WHAC provides care to pregnant women of high to low levels of risk. These services are available through obstetric, midwifery, Day Assessment Unit and Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit clinics. In the same area menopause, gynaecology, gynaecology oncology and gynaecology colposcopy clinics occur. The midwife is seen to be responsible in providing clinical care and assisting in the smooth running of the clinics. The medical and midwifery team is complimented by social workers, a perinatal mental health team, ultrasonographers, ward clerks, genetic counsellors, nurses and the students of each discipline. Care is provided in a dynamic team of clinicians in a supportive and educative environment. Clinics run Monday to Friday.
To provide quality woman centred, effective, evidenced based midwifery care in accordance with the ANMC National Competency Standards for the Midwife (2006) and to supervise the work of others as required.
The midwife will consult and liaise with obstetric, medical and other appropriate staff as per the ACM National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and referral (PD2010_022) guidelines when deviations from the norm are identified.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Midwife
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a high level of written and verbal skills with both patients and colleagues.
- Recent experience and competency to practise as a midwife in antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal care, lactation and infant feeding.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Current unrestricted NSW Drivers licence.
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For role related queries or questions contact Catherine Frankish on Catherine.Frankish@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9463 2340
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
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Applications Close: 31 July 2025
