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Registered Midwife

WA Health
Mandurah, WA
A$79,755-$102,048 p/a
Healthcare & Medical → Nursing - Midwifery, Neo-Natal, SCN & NICU
Full-time
On-site

Posted 24 days ago


This is where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. Are you ready to dive headfirst into the community taking excellent health care where it's needed? Then South Metropolitan Health Service is the perfect place to start!

Peel Health Campus is a general hospital located in the City of Mandurah, 75 km south of Perth on the doorstep of the south-west, known for its stunning beaches, internationally significant wetlands, and some of Australia’s most spectacular waterways for boating, fishing and wildlife. It originally opened in 1988 as the 32-bed Mandurah District Hospital, and now operates with 206 licenced beds, bays and treatment areas.

SMHS delivers quality, safe and effective hospital and health services within a catchment area stretching more than 3300 square kilometres across the southern half of Perth.

Our vision is Excellent health care, every time. You can read more about SMHS in our Strategic Plan here.

Currently seeking dedicated Registered Midwives to join our team who believes in empowering women through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. In this role, you will build strong trusting relationships offering expert evidenced based clinical care alongside emotional and practical support. If you are passionate about advocating for women, creating positive birth experiences, and making a real difference in the lives of mothers and babies, we would love to welcome you to our team.

Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.

Visa and relocation assistance is available for eligible midwives on fixed term or permanent contracts and will be in two increments, with the first half payable after 6 months employment and the remainder payable after 12 months continuous employment. Relocation costs up to a max of $10k for eligible international candidates and max of $8k for interstate.

Want to know more? For all enquiries, please contact Samantha Jackman on +61 8 9531 8350 and include [email protected] in all correspondence.

If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:

Your application should include:

  1. A copy of your current CV
  2. A statement addressing the selection criteria in no more than 2-3 pages
  3. The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.

These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.

Employee Benefits

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):

  • On-site free parking
  • Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Flexible leave arrangements
  • Other professional and location-based allowances
  • For further information click here.

Eligibility

Are you eligible? To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments).

WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.

WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.

This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at:

https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au

This is an “open-ended” recruitment pool for Permanent Full Time and Part Time appointments, and as such the following should be noted:

  • The panel will monitor this recruitment pool for applications, and will assess on a regular basis.
  • Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur.
  • Appointments may be made from this pool until 14/11/2025.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.


About WA Health

Perth, WA, Australia

Department of Health

Mental Health

Child and Adolescent Health Service

East Metropolitan Health Service

North Metropolitan Health Service

South Metropolitan Health Service

WA Country Health Service

Health Support Services

Health Service Boards

Policy Frameworks

Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia

Department of Health

WA Health is now governed by the Health Services Act 2016 (external site).

The new legislation represents a significant reform in health, and is designed to modernise the way our health services are structured, governed and delivered; to promote better health, better care and better value to all Western Australians.

The legislation established the Department of Health as ‘System Manager’ for WA Health, providing stewardship, guidance and support to our health services using a collection of binding Policy Frameworks (external site) in 18 key areas of health service delivery, to ensure they provide consistent, efficient and effective services into the future.

The Department of Health reports to the Minister for Health, the Hon John Day MLA (external site) and Minister for Mental Health, the Hon Andrea Mitchell MLA (external site).

Structure

The Department of Health is led by Director General Dr D.J. Russell-Weisz, and supported by a deputy and five assistant-Directors General, working in key areas of health, including:

public health

clinical services and research

purchasing and system performance

system policy and planning

governance and system support.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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