Clinical Midwife Consultant

SA Health • Full-time • Adelaide, South Australia, Australia • A$ 125.18k / year • 2d ago

Job no: 908890
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery

Women's and Children's Health Network, Health and Recovery Trauma Safety Services (HaRTSS), Kaurna Land; North Adelaide (5006)
Salary

- Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $125,183 to $130,779 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 15 June 2026)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join HaRTSS as a Clinical Midwife Consultant, where you will be responsible for:

Leading a multidisciplinary team to support young people (12–25) with a care history and at risk of child removal
Providing expert midwifery care, education, referrals, and service coordination for pregnant young people with complex psychosocial needs and their newborns
Supervising Midwives and Aboriginal Clinical Health Workers to ensure continuity of care
Supporting other health professionals in delivering client-centred, culturally safe services
Coordinating and leading quality improvement initiatives to enhance consumer and service outcomes
Accepting accountability for clinical practice, care outcomes, professional advice, and alignment with policy
Addressing and resolving discrepancies between practice and established standards or guidelines

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Registered, or eligible for registration, as a Midwife by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
Registered Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience in at least one of the following areas: young people, Aboriginal health, community health, disability or complex health, drug and alcohol, sexual health services.
Proven ability for flexibility, innovation, and creativity in healthcare delivery within the My Place program Model of Care to achieve positive health outcomes for young people and their children.
Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, prioritise workload and meet set deadlines.

What WCHN Can Offer You

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.
Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to ing 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Reegan Chenoweth

Position: Administration Officer

Phone: 1800 817 421

E-mail: Reegan.Chenoweth@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 13/8/2025 – 11:55pm

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Advertised: 30 Jul 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 13 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time