Registered Midwife - Midwifery Group Practice - Royal Hospital for Women

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: REQ619314
Location: Randwick, Sydney
Applications Close: Sunday, 23 November 2025

Registered Midwife - Midwifery Group Practice - Royal Hospital for Women 

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.

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. This location supports a rich environment for 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 healthcare 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. 

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.
•  Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable.

•  Opportunity to obtain Clinical Nurse Specialist status where relevant. 

   

Selection Criteria: 

1. 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.
2. Current NSW Drivers Licence.
3. 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.
4. Demonstrates an understanding and knowledge of continuity of care based on primary maternity care principles, and a woman centered philosophy of childbirth as a transformative part of families lives.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.  

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 Michelle Carati on Michelle.Carati@invalidemail.com  

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@invalidemail.com 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:

• 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 backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@invalidemail.com) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website