Ynlhn Midwifery Group Practice

SA Health; Australia; Remote; AUD 79,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) is hiring Midwives to deliver all-risk Midwifery Group Practice with continuity of care across the maternity journey. Roles include autonomy within a supportive multidisciplinary team and a pro rata salary.

Positions offer permanent and temporary contracts across five MGP sites, serving around 600 women and families each year, with opportunities for professional development and relocation support where eligible.

Qualifications

• Recent midwifery practice across the full maternity continuum.
• Strong clinical knowledge within woman-centred continuity models.
• Well-developed communication, leadership, and clinical escalation skills.
• Experience in quality improvement and risk management.
• Digital capability to support safe, effective patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuity of care across the maternity journey (antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal).
• Antenatal care and clinics from 12–14 weeks.
• Intrapartum care.
• Postnatal care in hospital and at home.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary clinics.
• Lactation support.
• Childbirth and parenting education.

Skills

Midwifery practice

Continuity care

Communication skills

Leadership

Clinical escalation

Quality improvement

Risk management

Digital capability

Job description

• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Midwifery Group Practice
• Midwife - Permanent and Temporary Contracts Available
• Salary: $79,381- $108,311 p.a. (pro rata) RN/M1
• Eligibility Open to Everyone

Midwifery Group Practice

Take your midwifery career further while delivering true continuity of care.

WHERE YOU’LL BE AND WHAT YOU’LL DO

YNLHN offers an all-risk Midwifery Group Practice, enabling midwives to work autonomously within a continuity of care caseload model. Our MGP model is recognised for its high levels of professional satisfaction and strong clinical support, allowing you to work to the full scope of your midwifery practice while delivering truly woman-centred care. Our Midwifery Group Practice offers you support and flexibility while meeting your work life balance.

About the Role

As an MGP Midwife, you will provide continuity of care across the entire maternity journey, including:

• Antenatal care and clinics from 12–14 weeks
• Intrapartum care
• Postnatal care in hospital and at home
• Collaborative multidisciplinary clinics
• Lactation support
• Childbirth and parenting education

This role supports autonomous practice while working within a collaborative, progressive, and supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Our MGP Services Across five MGP sites, YNLHN supports approximately 600 women and families each year:

Our Locations

• Clare – the heart of South Australia’s renowned Clare Valley, offering a relaxed lifestyle surrounded by world-class wineries, scenic landscapes, and a strong sense of community
• Crystal Brook – A thriving agricultural hub and gateway to the Flinders Ranges, located 200 km north of Adelaide. Close to Bowman Park and the iconic Heysen Trail.
• Jamestown – A historic town nestled along Belalie Creek, near the Southern Flinders Ranges and Bundaleer Forest, Australia’s oldest plantation forest.
• Port Pirie – A vibrant regional city on the Spencer Gulf, close to the Flinders Ranges, offering cafés, markets, arts, and strong community connections.
• Wallaroo – A popular coastal town just 160 km north of Adelaide, famous for its beaches, fishing, diving, and award‑winning tourism appeal.

What We’re Looking For

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Recent midwifery practice across the full maternity continuum
• Strong clinical knowledge within woman‑centred continuity models
• Well‑developed communication, leadership, and clinical escalation skills
• Experience in quality improvement and risk management
• Digital capability to support safe, effective patient care

About Us – Yorke & Northern Local Health Network

YNLHN delivers quality, accessible healthcare to communities ranging from major regional centres to remote rural towns.

Our vision: To be a global leader in rural and remote healthcare.
Our values: Community, Compassion, Quality, Integrity, Equity, and Curiosity — guiding how we care, collaborate, and lead.

WHO ARE WE AND WHAT WE OFFER?

The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe in their work environment encouraging all people to use their talents and be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

A career in the YNLHN can be very rewarding and comes with great lifestyles benefits. Not to mention your choice of scenery from farm to ocean, vineyards, and the Southern Flinders Ranges.

AT YNLHN we offer opportunities to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) and meal entertainment expenses Click here more information.
• Access to professional development opportunities, enabling staff to build skills across a diverse range of services while contributing to high‑quality, person‑centred care for the community.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• 35% on call allowance

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we employ people with the utmost integrity and commitment to providing a service to the highest possible standard to all visitors. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include:

• Registration or eligibility for enrolment as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Undergo employment screening and meet immunisation requirements.

NEED TO RELOCATE?

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At YNLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQIA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.