Associate Midwife Unit Manager - Women's Assessment Unit

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Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Salary Sacrifice benefits

Job summary

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is seeking an Associate Midwife Unit Manager to lead the Women's Assessment Unit at Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide's northern suburbs. This role balances hands-on midwifery care with operational leadership, shaping safe, woman-centred care across the unit.

You will provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and support to the midwifery and nursing team, coordinate triage and assessment, contribute to quality improvement, and step in as Midwife

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
• Clinical expertise in a Women's Health or maternity setting, including triage.
• Ability to lead, support and develop a team in a complex health environment.
• Understanding of SA Health and NALHN quality and safety frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate safe, woman-centred care across the unit, including triage and escalation.
• Provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and support to the midwifery and nursing team.
• Contribute to quality improvement, accreditation activities and policy review.
• Act in the Midwife Unit Manager role as required to ensure operational leadership.

Skills

Midwifery registration

Clinical leadership

Team leadership

Communication skills

Quality and safety frameworks

Cultural safety and inclusion

Job description

Associate Midwife Unit Manager - Women's Assessment Unit

Job no: 950371
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
• Salary: $107,487 - $114,917 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN/M2A
• Ongoing Part-Time – 32 hours per week

About the Role:

At Lyell McEwin Health Service, midwifery leadership shapes outcomes for women and families across Adelaide's northern communities. If you're a midwife ready to step into a clinical leadership role that balances hands-on care with operational influence, the Women's Assessment Unit has a place for you.

What You'll Be Leading

As Associate Midwife Unit Manager, you'll work alongside the Midwife Unit Manager to guide daily operations and maintain high standards of midwifery practice within the Women's Assessment Unit. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the coordination of safe, woman-centred care across the unit, including triage, assessment, and escalation processes
• Providing clinical leadership, mentorship, and support to the midwifery and nursing team
• Contributing to quality improvement initiatives, accreditation activities, and unit-level policy review
• Acting in the Midwife Unit Manager role as required, ensuring continuity of operational leadership

What You'll Bring

• Current registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA)
• Demonstrated clinical expertise in a Women's Health or maternity setting, including experience in assessment and triage
• Proven ability to lead, support, and develop a team in a complex health environment
• Sound understanding of quality and safety frameworks relevant to SA Health and NALHN standards
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams
• Commitment to culturally safe, inclusive care for women from diverse backgrounds, including the communities served by Northern Adelaide Local Health Network

To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate OR be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse and Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Adelaide:

Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world‑class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds "Most Liveable Cities" and "Most Beautiful Cities", Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award‑winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.

About Us:

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high‑quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home‑based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north‑eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi‑day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub‑acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in‑hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part‑time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s):

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person‑related employment – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 950371

Enquiries:

Tanya Warne

Nurse/Midwife Manager

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date:

16 October 2026 – 11.55PM

Role Description and Further Information:

950371 - Associate Midwife Unit Manager - Women's Assessment Unit - RN M2 - Role Description.pdf

Advertised: 02 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 16 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time