Midwifery Unit Manger
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- Midwifery Unit Manager
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- REQ702478 Requisition #
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- 1 day ago Post Date
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Midwifery Manager to lead and coordinate maternity services, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, woman-centred care. This leadership role is responsible for the operational and clinical management of midwifery services, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. If you are a highly motivated and experienced midwifery professional with strong leadership capability and a passion for improving maternity services, then we encourage you to apply.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Midwifery Unit Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $2,890.40 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ702478
Position Classification: Midwifery Unit Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $2,890.40 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ702478
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
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Maternity Services.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Maternity Services.
What you’ll be doing
Provide strategic and operational leadership across midwifery services, Ensure delivery of safe, evidence-based maternity care aligned with best practice standards, Lead, mentor, and support a team of midwives and maternity staff, Oversee workforce planning, rostering, and performance management, Drive quality improvement initiatives and support accreditation requirements, Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance service delivery, Manage clinical governance, risk, and patient safety processes, Monitor service performance, reporting on key indicators and outcomes.
Provide strategic and operational leadership across midwifery services, Ensure delivery of safe, evidence-based maternity care aligned with best practice standards, Lead, mentor, and support a team of midwives and maternity staff, Oversee workforce planning, rostering, and performance management, Drive quality improvement initiatives and support accreditation requirements, Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance service delivery, Manage clinical governance, risk, and patient safety processes, Monitor service performance, reporting on key indicators and outcomes.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Registered Midwife-Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) AND Relevant management tertiary qualification OR equivalent work experience, OR a combination of study and work experience; and demonstrated commitment to professional development.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment .
- Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and support a clinical team.
- Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy in Microsoft Applications, roster management systems and electronic medical records.
- Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience in change management and initiating a new service delivery model within an established service.
- Evidence of and commitment to patient/customer focussed care, clinical governance and quality improvement.
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For role related queries or questions contact Maria Manna on Maria.Manna@health.nsw.gov.au
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: 4 November 2026
