At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide compassionate midwifery care and support women through pregnancy and early parenthood.
- Company: Join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, a leading healthcare provider.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and career progression opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in women's health while working in a supportive team.
- Qualifications: Registered Midwife with clinical experience and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 108311 - 108311 $ per year.
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
Salary: $79,381 - $108,311 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN/M1
Salary: $92,731 - $117,215 p.a. (pro rata) plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN/M2
Ongoing Part-Time – up to 38 hours per week (Multiple Positions)
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Clinical Midwife within the Women's Health Unit. Lyell McEwin Hospital is one of South Australia's busiest maternity services, supporting families across Adelaide's northern suburbs through every stage of pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. If you're a registered midwife who finds genuine meaning in continuity of care and working within a close-knit clinical team, these part‑time ongoing roles in the Women's Health Unit offer exactly that.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Delivering safe, evidence-based midwifery care across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal settings within the Women's Health Unit
- Collaborating with obstetricians, neonatologists, and allied health professionals to coordinate holistic care for women and their families
- Supporting and mentoring junior staff and student midwives within a structured clinical environment
- Contributing to quality improvement activities and upholding NALHN's commitment to patient safety standards
What You'll Bring:
- Demonstrated clinical experience across core midwifery practice areas including labour and birth
- Sound understanding of risk assessment and escalation processes in a tertiary or regional hospital setting
- Effective communication skills when working with women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, reflective of NALHN's northern Adelaide community
- Ability to work rotating shifts, including nights and weekends, in a part‑time capacity
- Commitment to person‑centred care and reflective clinical practice
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 practising certificate, OR be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse and Midwife by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practising 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).
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