Registered Midwife - MAPS

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District; Penrith; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accrued Day Off (ADO)

Salary Packaging

Novated Leasing

Education Training Service with 110+ C

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Nepean Hospital is seeking a motivated Registered Midwife to join the MAPS team within NBMLHD, delivering antenatal and postnatal care to women and families. You will coordinate care, provide continuity through pregnancy and early postnatal periods, and support informed decision-making in a collaborative, evidence-based environment.

The role emphasizes woman-centred care, cultural safety, and seamless collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to optimise maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Recent midwifery experience in antenatal OPD and postnatal community care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and relationship-building.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality midwifery care across antenatal OPD and postnatal/community settings.
• Provide continuity of care through the MAPS model with a known midwife.
• Promote evidence-based, woman-centred care and safe clinical practice.
• Demonstrate clinical assessment, decision-making and awareness of potential deterioration.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Cultural safety

Education

Bachelor of Midwifery

Tools

Health information systems

Job description

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: REQ701433 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.

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 personalised, woman-centred maternity care? Nepean Hospital is seeking a motivated Registered Midwife to join our Midwifery Antenatal and Postnatal Service (MAPS) team. This is an exciting opportunity to support women and their families throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period, providing continuity, education and individualised care in a supportive community-focused model. You will help women make informed decisions about their maternity care while promoting positive maternal and newborn health outcomes.

The Midwife "including New Graduate Midwife" working in the MAPS model coordinates and delivers high quality Midwifery care across the hospital and the home antenatal and postnatally. This care is delivered to maternity patients within the Antenatal Outpatients Department (OPD) and the community postnatal setting within the patients’ home. The MAPS model of care is a collaborative service with individualised continuity of care through pregnancy and the early postnatal period by a known midwife, empowering the woman to make health decisions that are unique to her and her circumstances. The model will promote the philosophy that pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period is a normal life event, by providing evidence based best practice to promote optimal maternal and neonatal outcomes through collaborative woman centred care.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong clinical assessment, critical thinking and decision-making skills, excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish trusting partnerships with women and families, the ability to recognise clinical deterioration and elevate concerns appropriately, strong organisational skills and the ability to coordinate care across different healthcare settings with a commitment to woman-centred, culturally safe, respectful and evidence-based practice.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• 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 with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Demonstrate recent experience as a Registered Midwife in an environment appropriate to the relevant specialty. Antenatal OPD includes (but not limited too) bookings, midwives clinic and use of the ACM guidelines for consultation and referrals. Postnatal includes (but not limited too) community based postnatal care.
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
• Demonstrate ability to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with patients to enhance service delivery and to guide others in providing service excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations.
• Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems.
• Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.

Demonstrated commitment to the NSW Health Breastfeeding Policy and the BFHI Principles.

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.

For role related queries or questions contact Candace Everard on [e-mail]