Employment Type: Temporary Full Time or Part Time, up to November 2026
Location: Fairfield Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $ $52.62 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ617212
Application Close Date: 09/11/2025
Interview Date Range: 12/11/2025 – 19/11/2025
Contact Details: Hazel Simeon – |
About the Opportunity:
Fairfield Hospital's Women and Children's Services is seeking a dedicated midwife to join our supportive and dynamic team.
This role offers a unique opportunity to rotate across the Birth Unit (BU), Antenatal Clinic (ANC), and Maternity Ward 2D, providing a comprehensive experience across all facets of midwifery care.
You'll work alongside a collaborative team of experienced professionals committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care to women and their families. We foster a culture of respect, support, and continuous professional development.
Whether you're an experienced midwife or just starting your career, we offer a structured orientation and ongoing support to help you thrive and grow in your role.
If you're ready to be part of a team that truly makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and take the next step in your midwifery journey with Fairfield Hospital.
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:
Fairfield hospital is located in one of NSW's largest LGA's and is a hub of diverse cultures, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds. This brings a range of experiences to hospital employees and provides varied learning and development experiences for all levels of Medical, Clinical, administrative and support roles.
Fairfield Hospital provides a chance to work closely with patients and the community whist providing a strong learning environment and exposure to a variety of disciplines and specialties. The team at Fairfield Hospital is supportive and encouraging, with the senior members of the hospital always looking for ways to enrich the experience of the team.
The hospital sits close to public transport (T-Way), Public Schools, a major shopping centre and has an onsite cafeteria.
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.
* Do you have current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)?
* Demonstrated recent experience as a Registered Midwife in an environment appropriate to the relevant specialty.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, families, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs.
* Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
* Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of evidenced based midwifery care.
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
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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 the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people's rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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