Clinical Midwife/Midwife – Birthing and Assessment Unit in Adelaide

At Lyell McEwin Hospital, midwifery is more than a clinical role — it's a commitment to walking alongside women and families through one of life's most significant moments. The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is looking for a registered midwife to join the Birthing and Assessment Unit in a part-time, ongoing capacity.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Providing evidence-based, woman-centred care across the full scope of birthing and assessment services at Lyell McEwin Hospital.
• Assessing, planning, and delivering midwifery care to women presenting to the Birthing and Assessment Unit across a range of acuity levels.
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team — including obstetric, neonatal, and allied health colleagues — to support safe, connected care pathways.
• Contributing to continuous quality improvement and supporting a culture of reflective, evidence-informed practice.

What You'll Bring:

• Demonstrated competency in intrapartum care and fetal surveillance, including CTG interpretation.
• Experience working within a hospital-based birthing or maternity assessment setting.
• A clear commitment to woman-centred, culturally safe care that respects individual choice.
• Sound clinical communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team environment.
• Familiarity with SA Health clinical governance frameworks or willingness to develop this knowledge quickly.

To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.

About You:

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

Benefits of working at NALHN:

• From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression.
• Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
• Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
• NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work.
• The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.

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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.