Registered Nurse/Midwife Level 2 - Special Care Nursery

Council Jobs; Canberra; On-site; AUD 113,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Flexible working conditions

Tertiary hospital setting

Canberra city living

Job summary

Canberra Health Services in the Australian Capital Territory is seeking Registered Nurse/Midwife Level 2 for the Special Care Nursery at North Canberra Hospital. The role offers autonomy, leadership opportunities and influence on service delivery within a multidisciplinary team.

You will deliver specialised neonatal care, mentor staff, and contribute to quality improvement and education while supporting families and improving outcomes for babies across the ACT region.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialised neonatal care to newborns and their families.
• Provide expert clinical care to neonates requiring monitoring and intervention.
• Utilise advanced assessment, critical thinking and decision-making in a dynamic neonatal setting.
• Mentor nursing staff and support multidisciplinary teams in clinical decision-making.
• Contribute to quality improvement, education and service development initiatives to strengthen neonatal services.

Job description

Registered Nurse/Midwife Level 2 - Special Care Nursery

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 2/Registered Midwife Level 2

Salary: $112,841 - $119,223 plus superannuation

Position No: LP7208, Several - 02SGD

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 04 November 2026

Contact Officer: Lauren Parker on***************@act.gov.au

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here:Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)

About the Role:

Looking for a neonatal nursing or midwifery role that offers genuine autonomy, leadership opportunities, and the chance to influence service delivery?

Join the Special Care Nursery (SCN) team at North Canberra Hospital as an RN/Midwife Level 2 and play a pivotal role in delivering specialised neonatal care to newborns and their families. Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will provide expert clinical care to neonates requiring specialised monitoring and intervention while making a meaningful difference to outcomes for babies and families across the ACT and surrounding region.

As a senior clinician, you will utilise your advanced assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills in a dynamic environment where leadership and clinical expertise are highly valued. You will play a key role in recognising and responding to neonatal deterioration, coordinating multidisciplinary care, supporting complex clinical decision-making, and mentoring staff.

Beyond direct patient care, you will contribute to quality improvement, education, and service development initiatives, helping to shape and strengthen neonatal services while promoting excellence, safety, and family-centred care. This is an exciting opportunity to combine advanced neonatal practice with leadership and service influence in a highly regarded specialist team.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Note:

These are several full-time permanent and temporary positions. Part-time hours (32 hours per week) may be considered. The full-time salary noted above will be paid pro rata for part-time hours.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision:

creating exceptional health care together

Our Role:

to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values:

Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

Closes:

27 November 2026

Career interest categories:

Nursing

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