Registered Midwife - MAPS
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ546044
Applications Close: 10/03/2025
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.
An incredible opportunity is now available for a Registered Midwife to join the team in MAPS, located at Nepean Hospital in a Permanent Part time role. This is an amazing opportunity to care for Women and Babies that identify as Aboriginal.
This position supports optimal outcomes for Aboriginal women and their families within our community through promotion of best practice including the appropriate escalation of care. The Midwife is to act as an advocate for the specific needs of all women and their families including those from the indigenous population or other multi-cultural groups providing appropriate care to the woman undergoing specialised procedures.
Your role as MAPS Midwife will participate in the evaluation and continuous service development in collaboration with the Midwifery Unit Manager Women & Children's Outpatient Services, the Midwifery Manager, Midwifery Educators and Midwifery Consultants.
Working in the MAPS team will allow you to meet the needs of staff, patients and their families whilst working in a diverse team demonstrating CORE values whilst providing exceptional person-centered care.
Apply now if this is the kind of working environment for you!
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
· Novated Leasing
· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
· Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.
What you will bring to the role:
- Current Registration to practice as Division 1 Registered Midwife with AHPRA
- Demonstrate recent experience as a Registered Midwife in an environment appropriate to the relevant specialty. Antenatal OPD includes (but not limited too) bookings, midwives clinic and use of the ACM guidelines for consultation and referrals. Postnatal includes (but not limited too) community based postnatal care.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
- Demonstrate ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive, including experience and/or understanding of working with Aboriginal Families and their communities.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with patients to enhance service delivery and to guide others in providing service excellence.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations. Demonstrated commitment to the NSW Health Breastfeeding Policy and the BFHI Principles.
- Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems.
- Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel. Ability to travel within the LHD in accordance with the position.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Samantha Moss on Samantha.Moss@health.nsw.gov.au
