• Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Midwifery Group Practice
• Location: various birthing sites across the region
• Salary: RN/M2A - $103,353 to $110,497 p.a. (pro-rata) + 35% MGP Loading, Superannuation, Salary Sacrifice Benefits and leave loading
• Permanent Part time position working 32 hours per week, over a 7 day roster
• Eligibility Open to Everyone

Overview

The Yorke and Northern Local Health Network (YNLHN) is offering a position for an Associate Midwife Unit Manager in the YNLHN Midwifery Group Practice. In this role, you will assist the Midwifery Manager in leading midwifery care for a designated caseload of women during pregnancy, labour, birth, and postnatal care.

In collaboration with other Midwife Unit Managers, you will be promoting continuity and consistency of care and encouraged to participate in implementing practice changes and undertaking service management responsibilities, including performance management processes, recruitment, staffing, leave management, rostering, work allocation and attendance management; financial and supplies planning and monitoring.

The Midwifery Group Practice works over five birthing sites in the YNLHN - Wallaroo, Clare, Jamestown, Port Pirie and Crystal Brook. In Yorke & Northern, we have established the continuity of care practice as standard. Dedicated to caseload midwifery, we will empower you to deliver the best possible care, with more hands-on involvement. Knowing that midwifery with Yorke & Northern is more than help with birthing, you will be able to go on a journey of care together with the women in your community.

Essential Criteria

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse/Midwife by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Hold or be eligible to hold a current practicing certificate
• Minimum of 3 years full time equivalent post registration experience as a Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Experience in management and leadership roles including supervision of student midwives and less experienced nurses/midwives
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team and prioritise workload effectively
• Creative, innovative, and flexible approach to healthcare challenges, with a commitment to woman and family centred care

About YNLHN

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

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Applicant Information

In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, to watch a short video about what salary packaging is click here. For information about the eligibility for the Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 910573

Enquiries

Debbie Smart Position: Administration Services Officer
Phone: 0429 363 003
E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date

27 August 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

Attachments

910573 - RN2 Assoc Nurse Midwife Unit Mgr Role Description.pdf

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