Postgraduate Midwifery Program

Job Requisition ID: 5423
- Legal Entity: Monash Health
- Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
- Employment Type: Part Time Fixed Term
- Posting Date: 25 Aug 2025

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage.

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**Transition Seamlessly into Midwifery with Monash Women’s and unlock your passion in Women Centred Care.**
- “Training as a student midwife at Monash Health has been an inspiring journey where evidence-based practice, woman-centred care, and compassionate mentorship came together to shape my growth into a confident, capable future midwife. My experience has been nothing short of transformative, a journey of compassion, clinical growth, and unwavering support that has shaped me into the midwife I aspire to become." _**_Mercy Ossai, Graduate Diploma Midwifery 2025_**

**About the role**:
**_ Your Path to Midwifery Excellence_**_: _Monash Health offers two distinct pathways to support your clinical learning:
**Postgraduate Midwifery Employment Program**

Join our team as a Registered Nurse / Student Midwife while completing your postgraduate diploma. In this role, you will:

- Be employed part-time in maternity (0.6 EFT, 3 days/week) on a fixed-term contract for 18 months, working a rotating roster across all clinical shifts with rotations to different Monash Health sites.
- Gain practical experience in midwifery care as part of a multidisciplinary team providing care throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period, including support for women and babies with complex health needs.
- Benefit from supernumerary time at the start of the program to ensure you are well-supported, with ongoing clinical support facilitated by the Midwifery education teams across all sites.

**Clinical Postgraduate Midwifery Fellowship (Unpaid) program**

Alternatively, students may choose to complete their studies in a flexible wholly supernumerary (unpaid) capacity with all clinical placements supported by Monash Health in a fellowship model.

This option includes:

- Structured clinical placements to meet university requirements, providing practical experiences in midwifery care without employment obligations. Work with the multidisciplinary team providing care throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period, including support for women and babies with complex health needs.
- Full access to clinical support from Midwifery Education teams across all Monash Health sites
- Dedicated orientation and supervision to support your learning, as well as rotations through different Monash Health sites to provide a variety of opportunities for learning.

Monash Health is committed to providing high-quality education and support for all midwifery students, regardless of the pathway chosen.

**Explore the World of Maternity Services at Monash Health**

**About You**

You have been developing your clinical skills as a Registered Nurse within an acute setting and are looking to grow your career as a Registered Midwife showing your commitment and passion for Women Centred Care. To ensure your success in this role, you will have the following demonstrated skills, experience, and knowledge:

- Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registration as a Registered Nurse with a current practicing certificate.
- Minimum of 12 months acute nursing experience.
- Completion of a Graduate program is desirable with rotations in acute areas.
- Meet the enrolment requirements for Deakin University.
- Outstanding communication and time management skills coupled with delivering holistic women and family centred care

**You Are Also**:

- Dedicated to safe best practice & quality care.
- Committed to delivering patient-centered care and patient advocacy.
- Enthusiastic, compassionate, and able to work collaboratively.

**In return**:

- Join a dynamic team passionate about women's health.
- Engage in exciting projects and contribute to healthcare innovation.
- Collaborate with supportive colleagues in a vibrant work environment.
- The possibility of ongoing employment upon successful completion of all requirements, including midwifery registration, and availability of midwifery vacancies within the organisation.
- Unlock opportunities for professional growth and development.
- We offer inclusion, equity, opportunity, and a workplace where kindness matters
- Enjoy the benefits of Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs and work closer to home
- Salary packaging options, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing program, Free flu vaccinations, Private health insurance at discounted rates, + more

**_ Join us at Monash Health and be part of a rewarding journey towards a meaningful career in midwifery.