Clinical Midwifery Educator - Maternity Ward - Kempsey District Hospital
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Educator
Remuneration: $124.273 - $128.301
Hours Per Week: 28
Requisition ID: REQ691183
Advertising Closes: 28 September 2026
About the Role
As a Clinical Midwifery Educator, you will be responsible for supporting, mentoring and educating midwifery staff within the maternity ward to ensure the delivery of safe, evidence-based and patient-centred care. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will facilitate learning opportunities, coordinate educational programs, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact by enhancing clinical capability across the workforce, promoting best practice standards, and supporting staff development from orientation through to advanced clinical learning. You will utilise your clinical expertise and passion for education to empower staff, foster professional growth, and help shape a highly skilled and engaged maternity workforce.
About You
You are a passionate and experienced midwifery professional who is dedicated to fostering excellence in maternity care and supporting the professional growth of others. With current registration as a Midwife and relevant clinical and/or educational qualifications, or equivalent experience, you bring a strong foundation of clinical expertise and a commitment to evidence-based practice.
You thrive in a collaborative healthcare environment, building positive relationships across multidisciplinary teams while confidently working independently when required. Your commitment to continuous learning is reflected in your ability to mentor, coach and develop staff, helping them build confidence, competence and clinical capability.
As an experienced educator, you understand adult learning principles and are skilled in delivering engaging education and assessment opportunities that support workforce development at the ward level. You are also an effective communicator with well-developed written, verbal and interpersonal skills, and you confidently utilise information technology to support clinical education, communication and best-practice patient care.
What you'll be doing
To provide clinical education and training within the ward/unit to promote competence of nursing/midwifery staff.
Diversity and Inclusion lies at the heart of how we recruit
Mid North Coast Local Health District is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects and understands the community we serve. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels respected, valued and that they belong. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from candidates of all cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences.
We encourage you to reach out if you require any adjustments or assistance during the recruitment process to ensure you have every opportunity to showcase your talent, skills, and potential. Please contact MNCLHD-WorkforceSupport@health.nsw.gov.au .
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive for Category A positions prior to offer.
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Salary will be accordance with NSW Health State Awards for the advertised classification/s. These awards are available at http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/pages/default.aspx.
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