Registered Midwives - Postnatal/Antenatal Ward

Job title: Registered Midwives - Postnatal/Antenatal Ward

Employment Type: Permanent full time / part time / fixed term

Hours: Rotating roster AM/PM/ND or 12 hour shifts Day/ND

Salary: 43.82 - 54.41 per hour (increasing 46.35 - 61.97 by Nov 2027) plus penalties

Location: Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, Mercy Health continues to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

About the opportunity

As a Registered Midwife on the Postnatal Antenatal Ward you will provide safe, evidence-based, woman and family-centred care to women and their newborn babies throughout the antenatal and postnatal period.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, while promoting positive health outcomes and supporting informed decision-making
• Manage a dynamic workload involving women with both low and high-risk pregnancies and postnatal needs
• Work collaboratively with medical, nursing, allied health and support staff to ensure timely escalation of care, effective communication, and seamless coordination of services

We are able to offer Visa Sponsorship to successful applicants if required, enquiries are welcome to contact us for more information.

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Registration as a Midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or in the process of obtaining AHPRA Registration
• Minimum one year experience as a Registered Midwife
• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.