Employment Type: Permanent Part Time or Full Time, up to 38 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $ $52.62 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ622297
Application Close Date: 07/12/2025
Interview Date Range: 10/12/2025 – 17/12/2025
Contact Details: Tracy Jedrzejewski – |
A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
About The Opportunity:
Liverpool Hospital is seeking compassionate and skilled Registered Midwives to join our 25-bed Postnatal Ward. This is your opportunity to support women and families during one of life's most significant and vulnerable stages, delivering exceptional, woman-centred care in a collaborative and culturally responsive environment.
Why Choose Liverpool?
Be part of a dynamic team that values kindness, inclusivity, and professional growth. You'll work alongside experienced clinicians, gain exposure to diverse clinical presentations, and access ongoing education and mentoring from Clinical Midwifery Educators and Consultants. Whether you're starting your career or looking to advance, we offer opportunities to learn, lead, and thrive while making a real difference for our community—including Aboriginal and multicultural families.
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.
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities.
All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.
Where You Will Be Working:
Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, offering a wide range of state-wide services including critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care, and brain injury rehabilitation. As a key teaching facility for UNSW Sydney and Western Sydney University, it provides extensive clinical services, including emergency care, cancer treatment, paediatrics, and mental health services. The hospital features 23 operating theatres and has a capacity for 877 beds.
The ongoing $830 million redevelopment as part of the Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct is transforming the hospital into a global hub for medical innovation. This redevelopment will expand clinical services, enhance research and teaching facilities, and introduce state-of-the-art equipment and amenities.
Working at Liverpool Hospital means being part of a forward-thinking, innovative team dedicated to providing exceptional patient care. The hospital's commitment to education and research offers numerous opportunities for professional development and career progression.
The vibrant and supportive work environment, combined with the hospital's central location near public transport and local amenities, makes it an ideal place to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on the community.
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.
* Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
* Please elaborate on how your skills and experiences align with the role requirements and highlight what you will bring to add value to the Postnatal Department.
* Share the main reasons for your application for this role and tell us what aspects of joining the Postnatal Department 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 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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