Postgraduate Student Midwife

MidStart 2025 Campaign

NSW Health is the largest employer of midwifery students. We are currently recruiting midwifery students for positions in many NSW public health facilities.

MidStart recruits midwifery students who are registered nurses (with current registration Division 1 with the Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia). The program involves employment as a midwifery student in a NSW public health facility whilst completing a postgraduate program in midwifery at a NSW university.

Benefits include:

•    Employment whilst studying at university
•    Consolidated clinical support and experience to meet requirements for midwifery registration
•    Release for university face-to-face classes as required
•    Ability to choose training hospitals and universities

What you will do:

As a midwifery student, you will be required to provide midwifery care across the maternity service, under the supervision of registered midwives. You will work a 7-day rotating roster (morning, late and night shifts). You will also undertake Continuity of Care experiences involving establishing, maintaining and concluding a professional relationship with women through their pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatal period. Time spent providing Continuity of Care will, from time to time, be on top of your contracted hours of employment.

Training Hospitals and Universities

Local Health Districts have partnership arrangements in place with universities. Before you start your application, you should check that your preferred university provider and training hospital have such an arrangement in place. Contact universities and hospitals before you commence your application. 

For information on locations and hospital coordinator contacts click, Contacts and links - MidStart (nsw.gov.au)

Training in rural hospitals may include periods of rotation to larger facilities to ensure you gain the required clinical experience. As you will be required to complete Continuity of Care experiences as well as your rostered shifts, the distance required to travel to your preferred hospital is also something for you to consider.

MidStart Handbook and the Nursing and Midwifery Office Webpage

Please refer to the MidStart handbook and the Nursing and Midwifery Office webpage for details on the requirements of the role and application process.