Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Midwife Educator
Location: Lithgow Hospital
Remuneration: $55.31 - $57.11 per hour + rural incentives
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ587754
Applications close: 05/10/2025
Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme Available - In accordance with the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme (PD2024_012), this position has been recognised as hard to fill/ critical to fill and may have an incentive attached to this position. Please visit NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme for additional information. #ruralhealthincentives
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Located in South Bowenfels, the Lithgow Campus is considered as a comprehensive community health centre supporting approximately 20,000 people living in the town and surrounding areas. The services available in Lithgow hospital include Domiciliary care unit, Emergency department, Geriatric assessment unit, Obstetric services, Paediatric service, Drug and Alcohol unit.
Join Lithgow Hospital on a permanent part-time opportunity as a Clinical Midwifery Educator, a cornerstone leadership role within our dedicated maternity team. This position plays a vital part in shaping the capabilities and confidence of our midwifery workforce through education, training, and ongoing support.
As Clinical Midwifery Educator, you'll be responsible for identifying learning needs, developing targeted programs, and delivering meaningful clinical education at the ward level. While your primary focus will be mentoring and training, direct clinical care is reserved for emergency circumstances only serving as a model for best-practice care.
This is your chance to take on a purposeful leadership role that nurtures future generations of midwives and supports excellence in maternity care. Make a lasting impact in a hospital that values education, innovation, and community.
Ready to shape the future of midwifery in a meaningful, community centered setting? Apply now and become a valued leader at Lithgow Hospital, where your expertise will inspire excellence and make a lasting difference.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards.
What you will bring to the role
- Current registration to practice as a Midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Relevant clinical/education post registration qualification/s
- Recent extensive clinical experience in healthcare setting
- Demonstrated ability to identify learning needs and to plan, develop, deliver and evaluate education
- Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work in a consultative manner
- Demonstrated previous experience in clinical teaching, mentoring and/or preceptorship
- Demonstrated capacity to work effectively in a team environment
- Commitment to working with NUM/MUM to establish and maintain a learning environment that values and encourages reflective practice
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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For role related queries or questions contact Danell Thompson on Danell.Thompson@health.nsw.gov.au