Registered Nurse/Midwife Level 2 - Special Care Nursery | Full-Time and Part-Time Permanent

ACT Government; Canberra; On-site; AUD 113,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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City living Canberra

Job summary

Join the Special Care Nursery team at North Canberra Hospital as an RN/Midwife Level 2, delivering expert neonatal care within a supportive, multidisciplinary environment. You will lead and mentor staff while coordinating complex care for neonates and their families across the ACT region.

You will utilise advanced assessment and decision-making skills, driving quality improvement and contributing to service development in a tertiary hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Eligible for RN Level 2/Registered Midwife Level 2 designation.
• Neonatal/nursery experience preferred and highly valued.
• Advanced clinical assessment, decision-making and leadership required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialised neonatal care to babies in the Special Care Nursery.
• Lead and mentor nursing staff within a multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinate care, respond to deterioration and support family-centred care.
• Contribute to quality improvement and service development initiatives.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autonomous practice

Neonatal assessment

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Midwife qualification

Job description

Registered Nurse/Midwife Level 2 - Special Care Nursery
Full-time Permanent

Closes: 27 November 2026

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 [e-mail]

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.

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:

• 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 .

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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.