Overview
Contract Type - Full Time Fixed Term Contract until 30 June 2026 with likely extension
Employment Base - Edmonton, QLD
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
This position is designated for female applicants only, in accordance with section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991.
About us
Mookai Rosie Bi‐Bayan, founded in the 1980s by Rose Richards ('Aunty Rosie'), is a leading health service supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, children and families from Cape York, the NPA and the Torres Strait while they are in Cairns for medical treatment. Our Health Accommodation Centre provides a safe, welcoming space for up to 24 women and 12 children, offering culturally supportive accommodation during their stay. In addition to this core service, MRBB delivers a comprehensive maternal health program that provides culturally safe antenatal and perinatal care, continuity of midwifery support and access to Cultural Birth Workers to ensure women are well supported throughout pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period.
About the role
This role delivers culturally safe, evidence‐based antenatal and postnatal primary midwifery care to women accessing Mookai Rosie Bi‐Bayan (MRBB) services, working across both our maternal health program and Health Accommodation environment to provide advanced assessment, care planning, continuity of midwifery support, and coordinated access to specialist, hospital, community, and allied health services.
As our Endorsed Midwife, you will provide holistic, woman‐centred care that meets each client's clinical and cultural needs while ensuring timely connection to appropriate supports throughout pregnancy, birth, and the early postnatal period.
Note - This position operates as part of an on call clinical roster.
Candidate selection criteria
* Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery OR Bachelor of Nursing + Graduate Diploma / Master of Midwifery.
* Dual AHPRA registration as Registered Nurse (Division 1) and Registered Midwife
* Completion of an approved prescribing course and three years full time (5000 hours) experience: this experience must be in the past six years and can be across the continuum of care or in a specified context of practice.
* Completion of an NMBA approved program of study: this program must lead to endorsement for scheduled medicines or be substantially equivalent to an NMBA-approved program.
* Minimum 5 year post graduate experience working as a Registered Midwife, preferably, within rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
* Knowledge and understanding of the historical and contemporary health challenges affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, with reference to the social, cultural, and systemic factors that influence health outcomes.
* Extensive experience providing continuity-of-care midwifery across the pregnancy – birth - postnatal continuum.
* Demonstrated experience managing high risk pregnancies, complex psychosocial cases, and acute maternal or neonatal presentations.
* Be practiced in and poses the necessary skills to utilise computer-based programs such as Microsoft, Best Practice and MIMASO
* Strong knowledge of evidence-based midwifery care across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal contexts.
* Current First Aid and CPR
* Current Queensland Drivers Licence.
Your benefits
* Work hours: 8:00am–4:00pm, with flexible arrangements negotiable.
* Rewarding salary range: $110,000 - $120,000 + plus shift allowances, if applicable.
* Salary sacrifice of up to $15,900
* 12% superannuation contributions
* 4 weeks annual leave and 17.5% leave loading
* 12 personal leave days per annum
* Build valuable and long-lasting connections with stakeholders from regional and remote Queensland.
Applications close Wednesday, 18 February 2026.
For more information about this position, please contact Human Resources via 07 4081 7*** or ****@mookairosie.org.au.
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