Midwife Manager - Birth Suite & MGP

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• Make your mark in leadership with an ongoing opportunity
• Showcase your clinical excellence and leadership skills
• A strong communicator will thrive in this critical role

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

About the Role:

Join our team as a Midwife Manager on a full time basis to work at Monash Women’s, Birth Suite and Maternity Group Practice at Casey.

In this leadership role, as Midwife Manager, you will be responsible for the management and operations of the team Sapphire.  Working with your team to care for women, you will lead a dynamic, professional group and will be accountable for the clinical, financial and human resource management of your area. 

In collaboration with Team Leaders at each of our sites, you will encourage and support Monash Women’s model of practice to ensure women receive consistently high quality, safe care throughout their journey.

The opportunity is an ongoing full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday.

About Us:

At Casey Hospital, part of Monash Women’s, we provide high-quality, compassionate maternity care through our Birth Suite and Midwifery Group Practice (MGP). Our Birth Suite supports low to moderate risk pregnancies with one-to-one midwifery care and access to water immersion during labour and birth.

Unique to Casey, the MGP model offers women continuity of care from a known midwife throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period, fostering strong relationships and improved outcomes. We’re committed to delivering safe, personalised care in a supportive and collaborative environment.

About You:

You are an experienced midwife, passionate about Women Centred Care, with a demonstrated commitment to empowering women and their families within a service that embraces consistency of advice and continuity of philosophy. You consistently role-model clinical excellence and are a proven leader of people, motivating your team to work effectively together in a clinical setting. You will be inspired everyday working with like-minded, passionate colleagues who share your values and purpose.

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

• Demonstrated leadership experience and Midwifery experience across all areas. Experience in MGP is preferred.
• Recency of practice in both clinical excellence and leadership within Birth Suite is essential due to the nature of the role.  Skills in leading the planning, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of midwifery care at a consistently high standard 
• A commitment to supporting midwives the opportunity to gain and maintain full scope of practice 
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team to achieve goals and clinical outcomes 
• Sound communication skills, enabling the development and maintenance of effective working relationships with health professionals, support staff and other stakeholders, both internal and external to Monash Health 
• Excellent organisational skills, time management, analytical and problem solving skills 
• A commitment to safe practice, utilising a sound knowledge of relevant legislation, guidelines and standards

In Return

We will provide a fast paced, dynamic environment, passionate about Women centred care and patient advocacy and dedicated to safe best practice.  This is a challenging and highly rewarding leadership role, working in a tertiary service caring for women with high risk and complex pregnancies.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Director Clinical Operations Jacquie Mejia on 0417 012 071.

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. 

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