Registered Midwife - Early Pregnancy Assessment Service - Permanent Part Time - The Sutherland Hospital
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Registered Midwife
Remuneration: $36.39 - $51.09 per hour plus Super
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ570226
Location: Caringbah, Sydney

Applications Close: 4 May 2025

Come Work With Us!

An exciting opportunity to join South Eastern Sydney Local Health District!

The Sutherland Hospital is now recruiting to Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS).
The vision for nursing and midwifery at The Sutherland Hospital is to: Build a united team that provides compassionate care to our community through transformational, supportive and holistic nursing and midwifery.

Where you'll be working

The Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS) is a low-risk clinic for women experiencing vaginal bleeding and/or lower abdominal pain under 20 weeks gestation. The clinic also supports women requiring monitoring following treatment of an ectopic or molar pregnancy.

For more information we encourage you to contact Monique Keevers on [email protected]

What you'll be doing

The Registered Midwife EPAS is responsible for EPAS, which is a part of Community Maternity Services. Working alongside the Midwifery Unit Manager Community Maternity Services, the Registered Midwife EPAS will:
• Provide clinical leadership and coordination of patient care in a sensitive and supportive manner.
• Support safe and efficient nursing/ midwifery care is delivered, maintaining standards of care through continual quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide clinical leadership in the delivery of early pregnancy care.
• Refer patients to the Women’s and Children’s Health Services (W&CH) social worker for emotional support when required.

The Registered Midwife EPAS has accountability for the daily clinical operations of the service; coordinate the provision of care in partnership with medical staff, Perioperative Services Operating Suites, Medical Imaging, ED and Maternity services; and liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high-quality women's health care for women accessing the services of the Sutherland Hospital.

The Registered Midwife EPAS will be responsible to the Midwifery Unit Manager Community Maternity Services with a reporting line to the Co-Director Nursing, Midwifery and Operations via the Midwife and Nurse Manager Women’s and Children’s Health and function within the policies and procedures of NSW Health, SESLHD, and Sutherland Hospital.

The ideal candidate will have:

1. Current Midwifery registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
2. Recent and varied experience working in Maternity Services area with demonstrated experience in interpreting early pregnancy results including pathology and ultrasound.
3. Demonstrated ability to manage complex clinical care and service delivery issues and problem solve through the development and use of clinical management plans.
4. Demonstrated ability to exercise extended autonomy of decision making while working as part of a multidisciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations.
5. Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
6. A strong commitment to achieving safe clinical outcomes for women and their families experiencing pregnancy loss.
7. Demonstrated competence in the use of health-related information technology.

The Benefits:

• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees)
• 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rate for part-time employees)
• Salary packaging options - Up to $9k for living expenses + 2.6k meal and entertainment + Novated Leasing
• Fitness Passport, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members and discounted Private Health Insurance

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email [email protected] and let us know.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information for applicants:

• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing. Please note we are not offering sponsorship for work rights for this position.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases (including Covid-19) for all positions prior to offer.
• At South Eastern 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.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply.