Clinical Midwifery Specialist Bereavement

Work in an environment that offers:

• Support for career progression and development
• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• A dynamic and growing health service that embraces new technologies

The Position

Job Reference: 3200

Position Title: Clinical Midwife Specialist - Breavement

Classification: JC5

Salary per hour (exc. super): $54.32

Hours per fortnight: 16 hours

Employment Status: Ongoing Part Time

Closing date:19/11/2025

The Women's Health team at Bendigo Health is an outpatient facility that provides gynaecology and antenatal care for women of the Bendigo and Loddon Mallee region. In the role of bereavement midwife, you will report to the Nurse/Midwife unit manager of Womens Health and work 08:30am-17:00pm one day a week. This exciting new established role of bereavement midwife is for families who have experienced birth trauma or perinatal loss. The midwife will provide support and specialist advice to women and their families who have experienced fetal loss or death of a baby. The The expectation is that the midwife in this role demonstrates leadership and role modelling for midwives and wider Women's and Children's services promoting Bendigo Health values and patient centred care.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

• We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

The Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute, cancer and mental health services. We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women's and Children's, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services.

Within a state-of-the-art hospital, our Ambulatory and Critical Care, Medical Services, Surgical Services and Women's and Children's (including an Early Parenting Centre) areas use the latest technologies to provide excellent care. Our world class Cancer Centre uses a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach to treat specific cancers. The Cancer Centre offers medical oncology, radiation oncology, specialist nurses, clinical trials and cancer research, palliative care, and a Cancer Wellness Program.

The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment covering the Loddon Mallee region. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.

Each year our onsite Specialist Clinics provide over 100,000 service events, we also see more than 60,000 people in our Emergency Department and welcome around 1700 babies into the world. The Clinical Operations Division assists with the admission of more than 50,000 patients into the hospital each year.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact Lauren Richardson, Nurse Unit Manager on for a confidential discussion.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.