Midwifery Unit Manager Level 2 - Midwifery Group Practice
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- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
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- REQ629829 Requisition #
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until July 2026
Position Classification: Midwifery Unit Mgr Lvl 2
Remuneration: $69.15 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 14
Requisition ID: REQ629829
Location: Randwick, Sydney
Applications Close: Sunday, 11 January 2026
Where you'll be working
The Royal Hospital for Women is a multi-faceted tertiary referral and teaching hospital, internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading centres for the care of mothers, babies, and women with benign gynaecological and gynae-oncology conditions. As the only stand-alone women’s hospital in New South Wales, it offers unique opportunities for innovative clinical practice and is committed to delivering excellence in women’s health care through both practice and ongoing research.
Registered midwives have the chance to work in all areas of midwifery through various models of care including continuity of care models, high risk maternity, aboriginal infant and maternal health and the newborn intensive care unit. There are eight midwifery group practices providing continuity of midwifery care for approximately half of all women who book to give birth at the hospital.
The Hospital has a very high standard of midwifery care and provides undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery education programs and offers staff the opportunity to further their education and access professional development as well as the support of nursing and midwifery education support staff.
Registered nurses and midwives also have access to a new graduate program to develop skills in newborn care, the high risk dependency unit and Midwifery Group Practice.
The role
The Midwifery Unit Manager 2 (MUM 2) provides leadership and coordination of the Midwifery Group Practices at the Royal Hospital for Women (RHW). The MUM 2 liaises effectively with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of an excellent standard of care for mothers and babies and their primary others accessing Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) for Maternity care. MGP includes all-risk groups, including publicly funded homebirth, the Malabar Community Midwifery Link Service and the Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) group. Clinical leadership of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Practice is provided by the MFM MUM 1 in partnership with the MUM 2.The purpose of the Nursing/Midwifery Unit Manager MGP is to:
- Lead, direct and co-ordinate patient or client care;
- Ensure the practice of nursing and/or midwifery is safe and efficient, maintaining standards of care through continual quality improvement initiatives.
- Lead and co-ordinate the nursing/midwifery and multi-disciplinary care team at the ward or unit level, and
- monitor and manage the business and management functions and processes of the ward or unit.
- As the leader of the unit, the NUM/MUM will demonstrate her/his capability through attitude, skills, behavior and attributes, namely:
- Broad Nursing/Midwifery experience and knowledge
- Understanding and acceptance that patients are the central focus of service delivery
- Professional Integrity
Benefits:
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
Selection Criteria
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse/Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia and current NSW Driver's License
- Relevant management tertiary qualification or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience with a demonstrated commitment to professional development
- A demonstrated knowledge and experience in the management and delivery of health care services
- Proven ability in innovative clinical service delivery, harm minimisation and practice development
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills that demonstrate the ability to engage, enable and manage teams and support innovative practices
- Proven ability to create and maintain a positive workplace culture and articulate and achieve a vision for Midwifery services
- Recent clinical experience in Midwifery and demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative team environment, with effective problem solving skills, delegation and negotiation skills
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For role related queries or questions contact Helen Konowec on Helen.Konowec@health.nsw.gov.au
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Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-RHW-Corporate@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- If you have relevant qualifications or experience, please include any supporting documents with your application.
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural background, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
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