Registered Midwife - Maternity Services - Royal Hospital for Women

Employment Type: Various
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $72.152.53 - $101,299.48 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ612655
Location: Randwick, Sydney
Applications Close: Sunday, 9 November 2025
 
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 antenatal, birthing and postnatal services as well as 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.
 
What you'll be doing
 
The Registered Midwife coordinates and delivers high quality midwifery care to women and birthing people throughout the duration of their pregnancy, inclusive of the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, that aligns with SESLHD policies, procedures and standards. The Registered Midwife will maintain responsibilities for personal and professional development by participating in training/education activities, and performance reviews in order to continuously improve the level and quality of service. 
 
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

 
Need more information? 
  1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Helen Konowec on Helen.Konowec@health.nsw.gov.au
 
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
 
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.
 
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.