*Employment Type: Permanent/Temporary Part Time or Full Time, up to 38 hrs per week (with a minimum of 16 hrs per week), or Casual, up to 38 hrs per week
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration:* $ $51.08 per hour
*Requisition ID: REQ605104
Application Close Date: 28/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 01/10/2025 – 08/10/2025
Contact Details:*Michelle Bernal
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
*About the Opportunity*
Are you a compassionate and skilled midwife looking for a role that fits your lifestyle and career goals? Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is currently offering permanent, temporary, and casual opportunities for Registered Midwives to join our dynamic maternity services team.
In this rewarding role, you'll provide high-quality, woman-centred care across our birthing unit, maternity ward, and antenatal clinic. You'll rotate through antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal areas, working with women and families from a wide range of cultural backgrounds in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Whether you're seeking the stability of a permanent position, the flexibility of a temporary contract, or the adaptability of casual shifts, we have a role to suit your needs. Every shift is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to safe, respectful, and culturally sensitive maternity care.
If you're passionate about midwifery and ready to be part of a collaborative and caring team, we'd love to hear from you.
*What You'll be Doing*
The midwife is a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct births on the midwife's own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and the infant.
This position may entail rotating through various clinical areas such as, Birthing Unit, Post/Antenatal Ward, Special Care Nursery and Antenatal Clinic.
*Where You'll Be Working*
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
*How to Apply*
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
1. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
2. Can you describe your recent experience working as a Registered Midwife, including the settings and specialties you've been involved in?
3. How do you ensure clear and effective communication with patients, their families, and the healthcare team to support responsive, coordinated care.
4. Share the main reasons for your application for this role and tell us what aspects of joining the Maternity Services team that motivates you?
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*Additional Information*
*Salary Packaging*
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
*Health & Fitness*
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
*Transforming Your Experience*
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
*To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.*
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from theLGBT