Assistant in Midwifery

**Employment Type**: Casual
**Position Classification**: Assistant In Midwifery
**Location**: Nepean Hospital
**Remuneration**: $26.14 - $28.68 per hour
**Requisition ID**: REQ581991
**Applications Close**: 23/06/2025
- With _**_CORE_**_ Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- 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.

At Nepean Hospital, we are passionate about providing safe, compassionate and family-centered maternity care. Our dedicated team of Midwives, Nurses and support staff work together to create a supportive environment for mothers, babies and families during one of the most important moments in life.

We are now seeking caring and motivated Assistants in Midwifery to join our maternity care team in a casual role. In this role, you will provide essential support to Registered Midwives and Nurses in delivering high-quality care to women and newborns during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. This role will see you assist Midwives with routine care of mothers and newborns, support women during labor and postnatal recovery under supervision and provide emotional reassurance and practical support to families.

If you are passionate about women’s health and want to be part of a team that supports families through their maternity journey, we would love to hear from you.

**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 implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here **Child Safe Standards**.

**What you will bring to the role**:

- Currently enrolled as a 2nd year first semester in a Undergraduate Midwifery Program.
- Able to demonstrate ability to organise and prioritise work.
- Commitment to women-centred Maternity care
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to work a variety of shifts including night duty and weekends with a minimum of 2 shifts/week.
- Demonstrated evidence of complying with Immunisation category A.

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.

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