The North West Mater­ni­ty Ser­vice is lead­ing the way nation­al­ly in build­ing towards a cul­ture where our suc­cess­es are recog­nised and cel­e­brat­ed, we don’t shy away from our chal­lenges and instead see them as oppor­tu­ni­ties to grow and evolve with a shared pur­pose of the North West woman at the cen­tre. We active­ly work to cul­ti­vate an envi­ron­ment where all peo­ple are safe to speak, learn and share ideas, no mat­ter their role, lev­el of expe­ri­ence or position.

As a mid­wife in this excit­ing new ser­vice, you will have many oppor­tu­ni­ties to care for women and their babies from var­ied back­grounds, dif­fer­ent social sta­tus, a range of beliefs and expec­ta­tions and chal­lenged with phys­i­cal and obstet­ric conditions.

Our ser­vice is proud to offer an abun­dance of oppor­tu­ni­ties for our staff to learn and grow, and we are com­mit­ted to ensur­ing our staff are prac­tic­ing in a trau­ma informed, holis­tic and woman-cen­tred way.

As a Reg­is­tered Mid­wife you will be part of the team that deliv­ers approx­i­mate­ly 1000 new­born babies each year. With a 4 bed Birth Suite, 20 bed Mater­ni­ty Unit and 8 bed Spe­cial Care Unit, your work will be fast paced and very reward­ing. You will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work in var­i­ous mod­els of mid­wifery care includ­ing ante-natal, birthing and post-natal includ­ing com­mu­ni­ty based post-natal care, Spe­cial Care Nurs­ery and Mid­wifery Group Practice. 

Our ide­al can­di­date will:

• have women-cen­tred approach to Mid­wifery Care
• Fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tion and team work
• Be com­mit­ted to excel­lence in practice
• Embrace and con­tribute to a learn­ing culture

The Role:

The Reg­is­tered Midwife: 

• Strength­ens health out­comes through the pro­vi­sion of safe qual­i­ty, clin­i­cal­ly appro­pri­ate mid­wifery care in part­ner­ship with women, their fam­i­lies and oth­er health professionals. 

Note: — Please refer to the State­ment of Duties for all the selec­tion cri­te­ria of this posi­tion to address in your application.

Details of Appointment

Mul­ti­ple Per­ma­nent, full time, part time, shift-work­er posi­tion work­ing up to 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from a mutu­al­ly agreed date

*notwith­stand­ing hours may be nego­ti­at­ed with the suc­cess­ful applicant

• Appli­cants should note that, for a peri­od of twelve months from the date of pub­li­ca­tion, this selec­tion process may be used to fill sub­se­quent or sim­i­lar full time, part time and casu­al vacancies.

Salary: $75,902 — $102,908 pro rata per annum. Our Employ­er 11.5% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

• You’ll have access to salary pack­age a range of ben­e­fits includ­ing liv­ing expens­es up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible. 
• Access to the Grade 4 salary range $96,558 — $102,908 is sub­ject to suc­cess­ful appli­ca­tion for pro­gres­sion to Grade 4
• Pay­ment of $15,000 staged over three years is avail­able for Nurs­es and Mid­wives who move to Tas­ma­nia from inter­state and remain employed full time for three years or more, on top of relo­ca­tion allowance already available.

In addi­tion, the fol­low­ing allowances cal­cu­lat­ed on the salaried incre­men­tal point may be available: 

• Post Grad­u­ate Allowance of up to 10% based on qual­i­fi­ca­tion type

Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria:

1. Reg­is­tered with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia as a Reg­is­tered Midwife 
2. Cur­rent Work­ing with Chil­dren Registration 

The Head of the State Ser­vice has deter­mined that the per­son nom­i­nat­ed for this job is to sat­is­fy a pre‑employment check before tak­ing up the appoint­ment, on pro­mo­tion or trans­fer. The fol­low­ing checks are to be conducted:

1. Con­vic­tion checks in the fol­low­ing areas:

1. crimes of violence
2. sex relat­ed offences
3. seri­ous drug offences
4. crimes involv­ing dishonesty

1. Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion check
2. Dis­ci­pli­nary action in pre­vi­ous employ­ment check.

How to Apply

Apply Online. Please click the ​“Apply” but­ton on this screen. This ensures impor­tant ques­tions about you are answered. 

You will be prompt­ed to com­plete a 1 – 2 page appli­ca­tion out­lin­ing your expe­ri­ence, skills and knowl­edge as they relate to the attached State­ment of Duties.

Please note:

• We do not require a sep­a­rate state­ment address­ing the selec­tion criteria.
• All attach­ments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Ref­er­ee details are sub­mit­ted as part of the online appli­ca­tion so make sure you have the con­tact details of two ref­er­ees before applying.

Down­load the State­ment of Duties and any Asso­ci­at­ed Documents

We encour­age you to review the Appli­cant Guide, State­ment of Duties, pri­or to apply­ing for an overview of the duties, pro­gram, selec­tion process and selec­tion criteria.

State­ment of Duties

• Gener­ic Reg­is­tered Mid­wife (Statewide) G3‑4 (July 2023) WWCR CSU (4).pdf
• Gener­ic Reg­is­tered Mid­wife (Statewide) G3‑4 (July 2023) WWCR CSU (7).docx

Appli­cant Guide

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide June 22.pdf
• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide June 22.docx

For more infor­ma­tion, please contact

Megan Elphin­stone
Posi­tion: Mid­wifery Unit Man­ag­er (MUM) — Mater­ni­ty Unit
Phone: (03) 6493 6586
E‑mail: megan.​elphinstone@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au