• Employment Type: Temporary Part Time (up to 05/07/2026)
  
• Position Classification: Registered Midwife
  
• Location: Nepean Hospital
  
• Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour
  
• Hours Per Week: 32
  
• Requisition ID: REQ563566

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

On offer is an opportunity for a Registered Midwife to join the Post Natal ward in the role of Discharge Planner. The assignment will cover for Maternity leave.

The Discharge Planner provides a link to services, both internal and external, for women and babies to ensure appropriate follow up of postnatal care. In this role, you will aim to assist in ensuring a fluent process for women and their babies for up to 14 days post birth from hospital discharge to the community.

The incumbent will work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary health team utilising effective team communication in the planning, implementation, assessment and evaluation of patient care. Our positive and innovative environment will offer many opportunities and career pathways whilst being supported by an experienced and dedicated team consisting of a Nurse Manager, NUM's, Nurse Practitioners, CNC's, CNE, CNS's and RN's.

If this is the kind of working environment for you and the opportunity excites you, please apply now!

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

Selection Criteria:

1. Current registration with AHPRA Registered Midwife (Division 1)
2. Demonstrated ability to practice in accordance with the Registered Midwife National Competency Standards, Code of Ethics for Midwives, and Code of Professional Conduct for Midwives (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia)
3. Recent competent clinical experience in midwifery postnatal care and lactation support with a proven ability to make clinical assessments of postnatal women and neonates.
4. An understanding of woman centred care and demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
5. Demonstrated ability to lead, supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality midwifery care.
6. Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise and organise workload and deliver care with integrity and accountability.
7. High level of written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated computer literacy with eMR and eMaternity systems.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

Need more information?

1. Click here for the Position Description
2. For role related queries or questions contact Ashah Nair-Marshall on [email protected].