Overview
Employment Type: Various positions, Fulltime or Part Time.
Location: Cooma
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ
Applications Close: 21 September 2025
Interview Information: Interviews to be scheduled within 10 days
This position qualifies for the NSW Health Rural Incentive Scheme with a one-off $20,000 recruitment incentive.
About The Service
Are you ready to provide personalised, life-changing care in a setting where you truly know your patients and their families?
At Cooma Hospital, our midwives are essential pillars of the community—delivering expert care, supporting women through all stages of pregnancy, birth, and beyond, and building lifelong relationships in a welcoming, rural environment.
Support life's beginnings in a community that will support you back.
Support for
* Applicants for this position may qualify for the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentives Scheme (RHWIS)
* Working within SNSWLHD
* Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
* Salary packaging options
* Health and Wellbeing benefits including Fitness Passport, and annual Influenza vaccinations
* A team that values your expertise, invests in your development and supports your lifestyle
* Moving to the area? Visit The Welcome Experience | NSW Government
Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme
As a Midwife you may be eligible for one of the two Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme offers below (eligibility criteria for each apply).
Midwifery Sign-on Bonus
A lump sum sign-on bonus of up to $20,000 for 2nd year midwives and above moving from work in an NSW MM1 and MM2 location, or midwives moving from interstate. Commencement is required by 30 September 2025.
Or
Rural Workforce Incentive Scheme
If you do not meet the above criteria you may be eligible for RHWIS Incentives of up to $10,000.
For all enquiries relating to
* All payments made to part time employees will be on a pro rata basis.
What You'll Be Doing
The Registered Midwife, using best practice evidence, provides women-centered maternity care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team. Provides supervision and support for less experienced clinicians to achieve people-focused quality care.
Selection Criteria
* Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Midwife.
* Demonstrated competencies in and knowledge of the complexities and challenges involved in caring for women and babies in context of a multidisciplinary team.
* Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal means and sound interpersonal skills with the capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner.
* Demonstrated application of evidence-based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised woman-centred care with a commitment to quality improvement.
* Demonstrated ability to supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality midwifery care with a willingness to show leadership and embrace change in the coordination and delivery of care.
* Recent clinical experience relevant to the position including evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills.
* Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload and deliver care with integrity and accountability.
We look forward to learning more about you and what you can bring to our team.
Information for Applicants
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Stepping Up website supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants through the NSW Health recruitment process, providing guidance, resources, and tools to help applicants confidently apply for roles and build meaningful careers in health.
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the policy.
Southern NSW Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health's Child Safe Standards. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people.
Equal Opportunity and Accessibility
Southern NSW Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ people, and others who bring diverse experiences and perspectives. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. For confidential support, contact
To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. For more information, please see
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