Registered Midwife - Birth Unit

NSW Health; Kingswood; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Novated Leasing

Education opportunities

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Nepean Hospital NBMLHD is seeking a passionate Registered Midwife to join the Birth Unit. You will deliver comprehensive, woman-centred care during labour and birth, working with obstetricians, neonatal staff and the wider multidisciplinary team to support families through the birth process.

The role offers permanent full-time or part-time opportunities with shifts across days, evenings and nights, and remuneration of 41.22–57.88 AUD per hour plus benefits. Applications close 03/11/2026.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Midwife Division 1 with AHPRA.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, woman-centred care throughout labour and birth.
• Collaborate with obstetricians, neonatal clinicians and the multidisciplinary team.
• Support mothers and families during labour, birth and immediate postnatal period.

Job description

Job Details

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time. Position Classification: Registered Midwife. Location: Nepean Hospital. Remuneration: $41.22 - $57.88 per hour. Hours Per Week: Up to 38. Requisition ID: REQ701393. Applications Close: 03/11/2026.

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

Are you a passionate and dedicated Registered Midwife committed to providing exceptional care to women and their families during labour and birth? Nepean Hospital is seeking motivated and compassionate Registered Midwives to join our Birth Unit team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic maternity environment, supporting women through labour, birth and the immediate postnatal period. You will play a vital role in promoting safe, positive birth experiences through evidence-based clinical practice, respectful communication and individualised Midwifery care.

As a Registered Midwife in the Birth Unit, you will provide comprehensive, woman-centred care throughout labour and birth, working collaboratively with obstetricians, neonatal clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team. This role will see you conduct comprehensive maternal and fetal assessments and developing individualised plans of care throughout labour and birth, monitoring maternal observations, fetal wellbeing and labour progress, recognising deviations from expected progress and escalating concerns promptly, supporting women to make informed decisions about their care through respectful communication, informed consent and shared decision-making and promoting physiological birth and providing evidence-based support for labour and birth, including non-pharmacological pain relief and comfort measures where appropriate.

You will being to this role excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to woman-centred and family-inclusive care, a demonstrated commitment to culturally safe, trauma-informed and respectful maternity care, the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team while maintaining professional accountability and a commitment to evidence-based practice, ongoing professional development and continuous quality improvement.

If you are a dedicated Registered Midwife who is passionate about labour and birth and committed to providing safe, respectful and individualised maternity care, we encourage you to apply.

Join the Birth Unit team at Nepean Hospital and help women and families experience safe, supportive and positive births.

Benefits

• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

What you will bring to the role

• Current registration as a Registered Midwife Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency AHPRA.
• Demonstrated experience and clinical skill in Midwifery.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide effective nursing/midwifery care that is person centred, family inclusive and culturally sensitive to people accessing health services.
• Demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise work.
• Demonstrated effective communications written and verbal skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development.
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work a flexible roster, day evening or night shift across all days of the week according to the unit or team requirements.

Additional information

• For role related queries or questions contact Samantha Stein on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au
• NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.
• NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards.
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.