Employment Type: Casual
Location: Fairfield Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $ $51.09 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ605398
Application Close Date: 21/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 24/09/2025 – 01/10/2025
Contact Details: Cheryl Oytaben – |
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position
About the Opportunity:
Fairfield Hospital is inviting passionate and caring Registered Midwives to join our casual pool within the Maternity Services team.
In this rewarding role, you will deliver holistic, woman-centred care across all stages of pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postnatal period. You'll work in close partnership with obstetricians, paediatricians, and a multidisciplinary team to ensure women and their families receive the highest quality care and support during this significant time in their lives.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a welcoming and collaborative team that prioritises professional development and work-life balance. If you are committed to providing safe, evidence-based midwifery care in a dynamic clinical setting, we encourage you to apply and contribute to the meaningful work being done at 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.
1. Do you have current Authority to Practice as a Registered Midwife with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)? Please attach a copy of your AHPRA registration in your application
2. Please elaborate on how your skills and experiences align with the role requirements, and highlight what you will bring to add value to the Maternity Services at Fairfield Hospital
3. Share the main reasons for your application for this role and tell us what aspects of joining the maternity team that motivates you?
4. How do you ensure effective and compassionate communication with women, their families, and members of the multidisciplinary team to support person-centred care and positive maternity outcomes?
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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.
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