• Core Birth Centre Associate Unit Manager
• Part Time x 32 hours per week (0.84 FTE), ongoing
• $120,388 - $124, 472 (pro-rata for part time) + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave
About Birth Centre
The Birth Centre and Assessment Centre provides pregnancy, labour, and birth services to the Royal Women’s Hospital. Our focus is on providing high quality, woman centred midwifery and obstetric care to women and newborns. The Birth Centre and Assessment Centre services are provided by a multidisciplinary team which include a team of Core Birth Centre Midwives.
About the role
As a Core Birth Centre Associate Unit Manager, you will lead the delivery of efficient, evidence based, and trauma-informed care to women and their families by our multidisciplinary team in the Birth Centre.
A regular day will see you:
• Support direct patient care for all women accessing the Birth Centre / Assessment Centre.
• Collaborate effectively and in a timely manner with a multidisciplinary team in the provision of care.
• Participate in the co-ordination of clinical services to ensure optimal service delivery in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and quality.
• Promote a culture within the Birth Centre which values multidisciplinary collaboration, clinical excellence, individualised care, and midwifery-led care where appropriate.
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication skills, a positive and inclusive attitude, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
You’ll bring with you:
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including in-charge experience in Birth Centre.
• Advanced midwifery skills, preferably including but not limited to intravenous cannulation, amniotomy, fetal scalp electrode application, administration of PGE2, insertion of cervical ripening balloon catheter, speculum examination, water immersion for labour and birth, perineal suturing, and newborn examination.
• Passion for provision of exceptional midwifery care for all women attending Birth Centre / Assessment Centre, including women seeking termination of pregnancy services.
• Level 3 FSEP (most recent).
Our benefits
At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:
• Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of trip facilities for cyclists
• Onsite post office, eateries, retail stores and library services
• Breastfeeding and pumping rooms, and a range of daycare centres nearby
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, and purchased leave
Inclusion and belonging
The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.
Join us!
If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check. Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases.
Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.
For more information, please view the position description for this role.
If you have any enquiries, please contact Nova Barrios on 03 8345 2342 or Nova.Barrios@thewomens.org.au
Application closing date: 11th June 2026