Midwifery Patient Safety Co-Lead

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Midwife Manager Grade 5

Remuneration: $155, $157,772.34 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: Westmead

Where you'll be working

At Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), you'll be part of the Women's Health Clinical Network at Westmead Hospital - a passionate, innovative and collaborative team delivering exceptional, safe, and person-centred care across a vibrant and diverse region. Serving communities in Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Holroyd, and Parramatta LGAs, WSLHD also provides tertiary care to the broader Greater Western Sydney area.

Our network is grounded in a culture of clinical excellence, continuous learning and statewide collaboration. Backed by strong support systems and a commitment to our core values: collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment, this role gives you the platform to lead meaningful change at both the frontline and strategic levels, shaping better health outcomes for women and families across Western Sydney and beyond.

What you'll be doing

As the Midwifery Patient Safety Clinical Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in strengthening the safety and quality culture across maternity services in WSLHD. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and championing clinical governance principles, building capacity and empowering clinicians and managers to improve systems and outcomes.
• Shaping policy and procedure development, ensuring alignment with evidence-based best practice and NSW Health standards.
• Driving patient safety initiatives, using data analysis, risk identification and performance monitoring to inform decisions and support clinical excellence.
• Collaborating strategically with internal and external stakeholders including NSW Health, education bodies, and other maternity networks to promote consistent and high-quality care.
• Supporting and coaching staff through change management, audit processes, and continuous improvement efforts, helping to embed a culture of reflection, transparency and proactive safety.

This is an exciting opportunity to truly influence maternity care delivery and make a difference in the lives of women and their families.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a values-driven organisation committed to equity, quality and collaboration.
• Contribute to system-level change and high-impact safety improvements.
• Thrive in a supportive and forward-thinking leadership team.
• Enjoy opportunities for ongoing professional development and strategic project work.

If you're a midwife with extensive experience in quality, safety, and clinical risk management, and you're ready to lead change and inspire excellence across the maternity care continuum, we'd love to hear from you

How to Apply

Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

• Registration: Midwife - Registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Midwife.

Selection Criteria:

• Extensive clinical and management experience in the maternity environment or possess post graduate qualifications at masters level in specialisation or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated experience in quality, safety and clinical risk management within a complex/acute maternity environment, including the application and evaluation of patient safety programs, clinical risk identification, and improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical systems and health services, including understanding of human and other factors impacting on patient safety.
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal, communication, negotiation, influencing and motivational skills that support personal capacity to build and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with a range of multidisciplinary stakeholders including senior managers and clinical staff.
• High level verbal and written communication skills including the ability to analyse and synthesise data and use it to drive improvement through the production of briefs, presentations, business plans and reports.
• Well-developed organisational and project management skills including the capacity to successfully complete several tasks concurrently and achieve set deadlines.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, mentoring and training skills to support a range of change management initiatives.
• Evidence of a current class C driver's licence and ability and willingness to travel for work purposes.

Requisition ID: REQ589826

Applications Close: 7th September 2025

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People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit .

Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.