Your new role:
As the Midwifery Director, you will provide expert strategic leadership and operational oversight to strengthen midwifery governance, capability, and professional practice across Metro South Health. Working closely with the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, you will drive strategic priorities, workforce initiatives, and service excellence to achieve safe, high-quality care outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing contemporary professional and clinical midwifery leadership across
Leading system-wide initiatives in education, workforce planning, research, and service improvement
Offering expert advice on midwifery practice, policy, and emerging health priorities
Building strong partnerships with executive leaders, interdisciplinary stakeholders, and skilled bodies
Driving innovation, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement in service delivery
About you:
We are seeking a transformational leader with deep expertise in midwifery governance and contemporary models of care. You will bring vision, credibility, and the ability to influence at an executive level.
To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:
* Current registration with NMBA as a Midwife and tertiary midwifery qualifications
* Advanced knowledge of midwifery practice, standards, and governance frameworks
* Proven leadership experience in strategy development, workforce planning, and operational delivery
* Commitment to excellence, integrity, and person-centred care
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What we can offer you:
* We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
* We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
* You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us:
The Metro South Health (MSH) Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery (EDNM) Division provides overarching governance, leadership, strategic support and guidance for the Nursing and Midwifery professions across the health service. The EDNM Division is responsible for creating and delivering the MSH Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and associated Workforce, Education and Research priorities in alignment with the MSH Strategic Plan. The EDNM Division sets the governance and structure that enables the MSH Nursing and Midwifery Professional Stream to function in alignment with MSH values, meet practice standards, comply with legislative requirements, and deliver on quality indicators.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.We are Metro South Health:
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
We are better together.
📌 Midwifery Director
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane