Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until 30/06/2028
Location: Bankstown Community Health Centre
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration:$1, $1,941.40 per week
Requisition ID: REQ607425
Application Close Date: 28/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 01/10/ /10/2025
Contact Details: Amanda Rehayem |
About The Opportunity
Join a Groundbreaking first of its kind Equity Model of Care – Supporting Families through a Midwifery Group Practice and Child and Family Health model.
We're seeking passionate clinicians to join an innovative, equity-driven model of care designed to reach and support vulnerable families across the first 2000 days of life. This whole-of-family approach centres on continuity of care, connection, and proactive care in trusted, community-based settings.
In these roles, you will:
* Build trusted relationships through early, supported engagement and ongoing continuity of care.
* Partner with families alongside a known midwife and child and family health nurse, delivering coordinated, evidence-based care from pregnancy through early childhood.
* Empower families with seamless service navigation, while ensuring the right support is delivered at the right time.
* Use digital tools like Watch Me Grow – E to enhance communication, promote developmental milestones, and keep families engaged and informed.
* Early career midwifery and nursing staff encouraged as part of this innovative model.
Be part of a team reimagining maternal and early childhood care to reduce barriers, foster trust, and achieve better outcomes for women, children and families.
What You'll Be Doing
The Registered Midwife-Midwifery Group Practice coordinates and delivers high quality woman and newborn- centered continuity of care in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's standards of Practice for Midwives, and the policies and procedures of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and South Western Sydney Local Health District.
The Midwifery Group Practice midwife is responsible and accountable for delivering quality woman focused, evidence based midwifery care at an advanced level across all continuums of pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period. The Midwifery Group Practice Midwife will also provide leadership, planning and coordination of care for women in her caseload, and provide support and mentorship to other clinicians.
Where You'll Be Working
SWSLHD Primary & Community Health provides a comprehensive range of community-based services designed to improve and maintain the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across South Western Sydney.
These services include prevention, early intervention, assessment, acute and post-acute treatment, health maintenance, and continuing care. The team supports diverse populations, offering specialised programs for children, young people, older adults, and at-risk communities.
With over 800 dedicated staff, including Aboriginal Health Workers, nurses, doctors, and allied health professionals, the service ensures high-quality care close to where people live.
The focus on community health and wellbeing makes SWSLHD Primary & Community Health an ideal place to work, providing opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make 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 midwifery registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
* Demonstrated application of the delivery of women-centred care with demonstrated capacity to interact with a multidisciplinary team in a personable and professional manner.
* Demonstrated application of evidence-based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised women-centred care.
* Demonstrated ability to manage autonomous caseload and flexible on-call hours within the model of care, and excellent competency and proficiency as a midwife in the continuum of pregnancy care with an understanding of effective escalation and emergency Midwifery care.
* Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.
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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.
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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