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Join the Southern Midwifery Group Practice at Flinders Medical Centre and be part of families' most precious moments while delivering exceptional woman-centred care. This part-time, ongoing position offers the perfect blend of clinical excellence and meaningful relationships in South Australia's premier healthcare network. Make a lasting impact on the lives of mothers and babies while advancing your midwifery career with comprehensive support and professional development opportunities.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Midwifery Unit Manager, SMGP, some of your duties for the role will include:

• Provide, with increasing capacity over time, support and guidance to newer or less experienced staff, Enrolled Nurses, student midwives and other workers providing basic midwifery/nursing care
• Act to resolve local and/or immediate nursing/midwifery care or service delivery problems
• Provide ward/team leader/coordination as required on a shift-by-shift basis. (A team leader is a RN/M assigned responsibility for supporting staff and coordinating patient/client care)
• Contribute to procedures for effectively dealing with people exhibiting challenging behaviours

About you:

• Registered Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience
• Demonstrated competency and proficiency in midwifery practice related to antenatal care, labour and delivery, postnatal care, lactation and infant feeding
• Current unrestricted Driver's License
• Foetal Surveillance Education Program - Level 2
• Maternal Obstetric Multi-Professional Training (MOM'S)

This is a single vacancy, with two possible appointment classifications. The successful applicants will be appointed in the position appropriate to their skills, qualifications, and experience.

Please note that this position is multi-classed as either a RNM1 or RMN2C and classification will be determined by qualifications and experience.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Helen Pollard, Midwife Manager, (08) 8204 4367, Helen.Pollard@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Monday 26th January 2026

Attachments:

• RNM1 SMGP- Role Description
• CN SMGP - Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 926695