Advanced Midwife Manager - Midwifery Projects

SA Health; Austrália; Presencial; AUD 140.000 - 146.000; Tempo parcial

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Salary packaging benefits

Meal Entertainment expenses

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness/health benefits

Resumo da vaga

SA Health is seeking an Advanced Midwife Manager to lead midwifery projects across regional South Australia. The role is part-time (20 hours per week) with locations across the network, focusing on advancing midwifery practice, staff education, and workforce planning.

You will drive service improvements, provide expert guidance on professional practice, and collaborate with regional teams to deliver safe, high-quality maternity and neonatal services and positive outcomes for families.

Qualificações

• Proven ability to lead large-scale projects and programs in healthcare.
• Expertise in nursing and midwifery practice with workforce, legislation, education, and research advisory capability.
• Strong strategic thinker aligning initiatives to local, state, and national priorities to improve systems and outcomes.
• Highly developed leadership to influence stakeholders and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in quality improvement, data analysis, KPI development, and evidence-based decision-making.

Responsabilidades

• Provide expert midwifery leadership to drive care and outcomes across networks.
• Lead governance, service improvement, and performance through policy and practice initiatives.
• Demonstrate leadership through education, scholarly contribution, and clinical practice advancement.
• Offer strategic leadership on professional practice, workforce, and policy at state and national levels.
• Mentor nursing and midwifery teams to drive service excellence and organisational outcomes.

Conhecimentos

Midwifery leadership

Project management

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Workforce planning

Formação

Nursing/Midwifery qualification

Ferramentas

Information systems

Quality improvement tools

Descrição da vaga

Advanced Midwife Manager - Midwifery Projects

Job no: 947105
Work type: Part time
Location: Various
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Various locations across the Network
• RN/M4 $140,213 - $146,147
• Ongoing, Part time (20 hours per week)

Make a lasting impact on the delivery of maternity and neonatal services across regional South Australia. In this influential leadership role, you will work closely with regional teams to advance midwifery practice, support innovative models of care, and strengthen workforce capability through education, mentoring and strategic workforce planning.

Drawing on your expertise in contemporary midwifery and regional healthcare, you will lead service improvement initiatives, provide specialist advice and support, and contribute to the delivery of safe, high-quality and sustainable maternity and neonatal services. This is an exciting opportunity to drive meaningful change and improve health outcomes for women, babies and families living in rural and regional communities.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Do you have…

• Proven ability to lead and manage large-scale, complex projects and programs, with strong skills in planning, implementation, risk management and evaluation within a healthcare setting.
• Demonstrated expertise in nursing and midwifery professional practice, with the capacity to provide high-level advice on workforce, legislation, education, and research.
• Strong strategic thinker with experience aligning initiatives to local, state and national priorities, and driving improvements in healthcare systems, quality, and patient outcomes.
• Highly developed leadership and influencing skills, with the capability to engage stakeholders, contribute to advisory groups, and lead change across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in quality improvement, data analysis and performance monitoring, including developing KPIs, using information systems, and applying research and evidence to inform decision-making and practice.

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Provide expert midwifery leadership to drive excellence in care, service integration and improved patient outcomes.
• Lead clinical governance, service improvement and performance outcomes through the development of policies, protocols and innovative practice initiatives.
• Demonstrate advanced professional expertise through ongoing education, scholarly contribution, research and leadership in contemporary clinical practice.
• Provide expert strategic leadership and authoritative advice on professional practice, workforce, policy and service delivery at state and national levels.
• Provide leadership, mentorship and expert guidance to nursing and midwifery teams, driving service excellence and supporting organisational outcomes.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits:Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 947105), or reach out to Elise Bell, BHFLHN Midwifery Director, on Phone: [phone] or via E-mail: [e-mail]

Applications Close on 25 November 2026 at 11:55PM

Advertised: 11 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 25 Nov 2026 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time

Join a dynamic and strategic role where you can drive meaningful change in midwifery practice across regional health services. This is a unique opportunity to lead impactful projects, influence policy, and strengthen workforce capability to improve patient outcomes.

Join a dynamic and strategic role where you can drive meaningful change in midwifery practice across regional health services. This is a unique opportunity to lead impactful projects, influence policy, and strengthen workforce capability to improve patient outcomes.