Caseload Midwife - Low Risk

• Part time/full time - minimum 0.80 FTE (32 hours) per week (on call)
• Fixed term/ongoing roles available
• Parkville location with excellent public transport options
• $84,058 - $108,617 base (pro rata for part time) + salary packaging + super

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.  Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About the role

We are looking for passionate and dedicated midwives to join our low risk Caseload Midwifery team. Caseload midwifery has now been at the womens since 2007 and our homebirth program commenced in 2023.

Caseload Midwives must value family centred care and work closely with their team, have good communication skills, and value teamwork to ultimately provide exceptional midwifery care.

A full time Caseload Midwife will care for up to 45 of women per year, as well as providing back-up and support for the other midwives within the caseload team. Within Caseload Midwifery, care is provided in antenatal clinic, during labour and birth, postnatal care on the postnatal ward and at home, and this role would also include administrative tasks.

This position involves a large degree of autonomy and has periods of work that are scheduled and unscheduled and requires a commitment to being on-call accross all times of day to provide the best possible continuity of care.

In saying this, the health and welfare of our midwives is vital and the on call roster will be built to ensure protection of your off call days and maintaining essential work life balance.  

We are seeking motivated midwives with relevant clinical skills and a commitment to provide outstanding midwifery support to women, babies and their families to join our team.

Your duties will include the following:

• Manage assigned caseload of women in an on call capacity within a midwifery scope of practice
• Respect the dignity, culture, values and beliefs of women and significant others in the provision of culturally sensitive midwifery care.
• Working closely within a cohesive caseload group as part of Maternity Services team.
• Work closely with women, babies and families to meet their needs across the continuum to provide women-centred/ family centred care.
• Complete assessment of the health status of caseload women by interview and observation.
• Is open and approachable and able to act as a resource to all staff.
• Is committed to a multidisciplinary team approach and values / supports collaboration by a range of professionals in providing care to meet the individual needs of women.
• Role models professional behaviour and clinical excellence within the caseload team and within maternity services.
• Is an advocate for homebirth within caseload and/or is willing to train in homebirth
• Provide evidence based care.
• Assess, plan, develop, implement, document and evaluate midwifery and neonatal care in partnership with the women and other health care professionals.
• Provide health education for women, families, and other family supports. 

About you

To be successful within this role you'll bring the following skills:

• Providing care across the continuum of midwifery care including routine antenatal visits, antenatal assessment and triage, intra-partum and postnatal care
• Well-developed interpersonal skills including communication, negotiation, advocacy and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated understanding of the social determinants of health
• Demonstrated commitment to the provision of midwifery case in a continuity of carer model, of which focuses on the woman and her family
• Have experience in IVC insertion, applying Fetal Scalp Electrodes (FSE), performing ARMs and examination of the newborn
• Experience with water birth and perineal suturing (or willingness to achieve within 12 months of commencement)

You’ll also need to have:

• Registration with AHPRA as a Midwife
• Relevant clinical midwifery experience across the continuum of midwifery care
• Commitment to providing care from a Caseload and Team Care philosophy and understanding and acceptance of the rostering and on call arrangements related to the Caseload model
• Willingness to participate in quality and/or research projects to improve the standard of midwifery care

Our benefits

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning.  We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day.  We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
• Onsite breastfeeding rooms 
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• 17.5% leave loading and purchased leave options

Inclusion and belonging

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community.  We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.  We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters.  We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

Join us!

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application.  All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check, a Working with Children Check and three COVID-19 vaccinations, and may include a range of additional vaccinations including influenza, as required by the Department of Health. 

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, you are welcome to reach out to the contact person listed.  We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.

View the position description for this role here

For a confidential discussion, please contact Tamara Perry on (03) 8345 2*** / ************@thewomens.org.au or Charlotte Le Merrrer - ***************@thewomens.org.au

Closing date: 16/08/2026