Registered Midwife - Midwifery Group Practice - Royal Hospital for Women in Newcastle upon Tyne

Registered Midwife – Midwifery Group Practice – Royal Hospital for Women

Sydney, NSW

A$74,317-$104,336 p/a

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until July 2026

Position Classification: Registered Midwife

Remuneration: $74,317.94 – $104,336.27 per annum Plus Superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ624674

Location: Randwick, Sydney

Applications Close: Sunday, 7 December 2025

Where you\’ll be working

The Royal Hospital for Women is a multi‑faced 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.

Part of the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD), the hospital is co‑located with other major facilities on the Randwick Hospitals Campus—one of the State’s most comprehensive health care precincts, supporting collaboration and expertise across specialties.

Ideally situated between the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach, the Royal Hospital for Women is just 15 minutes from Sydney’s Central Business District and harbour. Its proximity to some of Sydney’s best beaches, restaurants, and sporting facilities offers staff the added benefit of a vibrant lifestyle alongside a rewarding and supportive professional environment.

The Role

The vision for midwifery at the Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is to provide exceptional, evidence‑based care that empowers women and birthing people. The Registered Midwife, Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) is responsible for delivering high‑quality, individualised, woman‑centred care to a caseload of women or birthing persons within a continuity of care model. This includes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care in collaboration with the woman or birthing person, the partner or support person, and the multidisciplinary health care team across the continuum of pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postnatal period.

This role involves clinical decision‑making aligned to the ACM Guidelines of Consultation and Referral while facilitating and fostering ongoing nurturing relationships and collaborating with midwives within the MGP team. The MGP Midwife develops strong partnerships with multidisciplinary teams including Child and Family Health Services. The midwife works with the responsibility, and accountability for achieving high‑quality outcomes and ensuring the safety of their caseload in alignment with NSW, SESLHD, and RHW clinical business rules.

The MGP Midwife is expected to maintain personal and professional development through participation in training, education activities, clinical supervision, and performance reviews to continuously improve the level and quality of care provided. They are also expected to share knowledge and support other staff including midwifery students and new‑graduate midwives.

The position will involve participating and negotiating on call rosters within the MGP team including weekend “on‑call” shifts and associated travel within SESLHD. Mileage reimbursement is applicable to this position through NSW Policy. Remuneration aligns with the Pilot Model Annualised Salary Agreement for Midwifery Group Practices (IB2014‑50) within the hospital.

Opportunity to obtain Clinical Nurse Specialist status where relevant.

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 Programme (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.
• Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable.

Selection Criteria

• Current registration as a Registered Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) and agreement to participate in the Pilot Model Annualised Salary Agreement for Midwifery Group Practices.
• Current NSW Drivers Licence.
• Demonstrated high level written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others and proven ability to use health information systems.
• Demonstrates an understanding and knowledge of continuity of care based on primary maternity care principles, and a woman centred philosophy of childbirth as a transformative part of families lives.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, engaging with families and relevant key stakeholders, applying professional and ethical boundaries and escalating appropriately when dealing with complex situations.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of risk management, safety and quality principles and the role of the Registered Midwife in applying these principles within the maternity services setting.
• Demonstrates accountability, competence, proficiency, and responsibility for own midwifery practice related to lactation and infant feeding consistent with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council competency standards for midwives, NSW Health Breastfeeding Policy and the BFHI Principles.

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