Registered Nurse/Registered Midwife (Grade 2), Early Parenting Centre

Barwon Health; Australia; On-site; AUD 62,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks leave

Salary packaging

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Program

Supportive team environment

Job summary

Barwon Health’s new Barwon Early Parenting Centre in Geelong is seeking a Registered Nurse or Midwife to deliver high-quality, family-centred care for parents and caregivers. The role is temporary and part‑time (16 hours per fortnight) with ongoing training and development opportunities.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, ensure accurate documentation, participate in quality improvement activities, and contribute to culturally inclusive care for families with children aged 0–4 years.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Midwife with AHPRA.
• Strong clinical, assessment, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with families, colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Commitment to delivering culturally appropriate and person-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based, family-centred care to parents and caregivers.
• Educate and support families to build confidence and positive parenting strategies.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless, high-quality care.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in line with regulatory and organisational standards.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, audits, and service development activities.
• Contribute to a positive, respectful, and culturally inclusive team environment.

Job description

Join Barwon Health's new state‑of‑the‑art Early Parenting Centre, dedicated to supporting families in our region. Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities. Fantastic temporary part‑time opportunity 16 hours per fortnight, 5 weeks leave, salary packaging.

About the role

The Registered Nurse or Midwife plans, implements, evaluates, and maintains a high standard of care to achieve the best outcomes for families. This role:

• Recognises the needs and values of all consumers and their families, respecting dignity, culture, and individual circumstances
• Empowers families within a service that supports attachment and parenting growth through learning
• Ensures effective and efficient use of resources to deliver high-quality parenting services
• Delivers early parenting programs that meet the objectives of staff, clients, and stakeholders
• Supports the smooth operation of the Early Parenting Centre through high‑quality care delivery

Key responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence‑based, family‑centred care to parents and caregivers
• Educate and support families to build confidence and positive parenting strategies
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless, high‑quality care
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in line with regulatory and organisational standards
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, audits, and service development activities
• Contribute to a positive, respectful, and culturally inclusive team environment

What we’re looking for

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Midwife with AHPRA
• Strong clinical, assessment, and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent communication skills to engage with families, colleagues, and stakeholders
• Commitment to delivering culturally appropriate and person‑centred care

About the Barwon Early Parenting Centre

Recently opened the Barwon Early Parenting Centre will provide specialist support and deliver flexible, targeted services for families with children 0-4 years old. The centre aims to enhance the parent‑child relationship and support parents with strategies for achieving their parenting goals. These goals are often in areas such as sleep and settling, child behaviours, and parent and child health and wellbeing. These goals are achieved through structured programs that vary from residential, day stay and in‑home support. Programs include:

• psychosocial, physical and developmental assessments
• parenting education
• counselling
• skills development
• play‑based activities
• modelling effective behaviours

The Barwon Early Parenting Centre is located within the McKellar Centre precinct on Ballarat Road in North Geelong. To learn more about the Victoria Government's expansion and upgrade program to the Early Parenting Centre network, click here.

Position Description

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
• A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Extensive professional development opportunities
• Attractive salary packaging benefits
• Living expenses capped at $9,010
• Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Diversity and inclusion

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Child safety

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards.

Additional information

• Satisfactory Police Record Check
• Immunisation Status Clearance
• Working with Children Check (if applicable)