Associate Midwife Manager- Monash Women's Casey

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• Gain experience in the Associate Midwife Manager role
• Be supported by senior mentors
• Opportunity to share in leadership and clinical floor shifts

Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

This is a clinical leadership opportunity for Registered Midwives that are interested in progressing a career in leadership. Try before you buy and experience the role before making a decision of career pathways that are the right ones for you or apply for an ongoing opportunity. Be supported by other Associate Midwife Managers, to learn to role and gain valuable experience in leadership.

About the role:

Join our team as an Associate Midwife Manager on a fulltime or part time basis fixed term until November 2025, to work at Casey Hospital

Our leadership team are currently looking to role model and mentor Midwives that are looking to grow their career down a leadership pathway. They love coming to work everyday to be able to ensure that our women are receiving safe, women centred care across the full scope of maternity care. You’ll enjoy the variety and challenge that comes from working with likeminded skilled senior staff and clinical mentors, while being supported by others across the program and across our large, complex health service.

As a Registered Midwife, you have been able to work across a full scope of practice, a minimum of two and are now ready to take the next step in your career. We are a collaborative service across Monash Women’s, and our Maternity services have opportunities to grow and provide women centred care.

We work within a team model of care - and in practicing within this model, we provide our women and their families, a consistency across their journey.

This is an opportunity to experience and rotate through a leadership position, working across a 24/7 rotating roster, including weekends and Night Duty

About us

Expanding services to Casey Hospital las led to our ability to care for women with varying levels of complexity, as we now have critical care services on site to support their journey. Casey Hospital services the Casey and Cardinia catchment areas, the most rapidly growing area in the state. Our birth numbers are growing in line with the population growth in this area and runs an offsite pregnancy clinic in a state of the art community clinic at Pakenham 

Our team delivers exceptional, compassionate care to expectant mothers, offering a comprehensive range of services from routine pregnancies to high-risk conditions. Our dedicated team of experienced midwives, Obstetric Registrars, and Consultants collaboratively provide specialized family-centered care. At Casey Maternity, we are committed to the well-being of both mothers and babies, providing personalized, high-quality care throughout the entire journey of pregnancy.

About You:

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• You have a positive attitude and you enjoy being at work with likeminded midwives. You share this passion with your women to support them through what should be the most joyful experience in their family life.

• You have proven experience working in an Acute Maternity service and have demonstrated leadership skills and knowledge in antenatal/ post natal and birth suite as a minimum.
• You are driven and value consistent quality improvement across the service and bring with you, some creative ideas and passion to implement across the service.
• FSEP level 3 certification

In return:

We will provide a fast paced, dynamic environment that is dedicated to safe best practice and passionate about Women centred care and patient advocacy. You will be challenged, with opportunities to expand your midwifery knowledge and skills while developing your understanding of the responsibilities of the Associate Midwife Manager. Work within a tertiary Service that provides care to women with high risk and complex pregnancies.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Midwife Manager Bethany Johns on 0455320152.

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: Monday 6th January 2025