Expression of Interest: Registered Midwives and Nurses

Expression of Interest: International Registered Midwives and Nurses

 Full Time Ongoing Positions- multiple vacancies 

Meet us in London - 1 October 2022 to 7 October 2022!! 

The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital for women and newborns. Our focus is providing high-quality, person-centred health care that is safe, effective and supportive of all women and babies.

We’re a leader and an advocate in women’s health, including areas that are often overlooked or stigmatised such as abortion, endometriosis, menopause and women’s mental health.

Who we need

We’re seeking passionate and highly skilled registered midwives and nurses to join the Women’s in the following key areas:

• maternity services 
• operating theatres
• neonatal services 
• women’s health

 Working at the Women’s

As a member of the Women’s team, you’ll be supported to learn and grow in a warm and friendly environment that offers excellent professional opportunities, amazing camaraderie and a strong focus on providing outstanding care to women and babies.

We are committed to using the social model of health to ensure we acknowledge, understand and respond to the individual needs of women. This means our nurses are part of multidisciplinary teams that actively encourage the empowerment of women and their right to make informed decisions about their health.

Midwifery services at the Women's is one of Australia's largest with over 9,200 babies born every year across our two campuses in Parkville and Sandringham. We provide a range of models of care to our women including team care, Midwives in Small Teams (MIST) and caseload midwifery in our COSMOS program. As a tertiary care provider, we also have opportunities to work with our Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) unit, providing midwifery assessment, support and birthing care to women who are high risk and with complex psycho-social pregnancies.  

Our women’s health service provides more than 40 per cent of Victoria’s public health gynaecology services. Our 62-bed neonatal service sees up to 2000 premature and unwell babies every year from across Victoria, providing care through our neonatal intensive care unit and special care nursery. Our busy operating suite provides a critical service for planned and emergency procedures support women from all services. 

 What you can expect 

• Nurse/Midwife to patient ratios (In maternity services ratios of 1:1 in birth centre, 1:4 mothers in postnatal care and 1:6 on night duty)
• Flexible working hours to help you balance work and life commitments
• Support to grow your career, including education and training, scholarship and research opportunities
• Monthly paid days off if you work full-time, up to six weeks’ annual leave per year and paid parental leave
• A competitive salary and tax-effective salary packaging options
• 10.5 per cent employer contributions to your superannuation (this is your future retirement fund)
• Acknowledgement through our reward and recognition program
• One-on-one support from our International Workforce Manager who can help with arranging visa sponsorship and providing guidance to gain professional registration
• A $10,000 relocation allowance to support you with travel, visa and AHPRA registration and accommodation costs. 

 Our location

The Women’s is located in the heart of Melbourne’s the world-class Parkville Biomedical Precinct, alongside the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Royal Children’s Hospital. 

Melbourne is Australia’s sporting, fashion and food capital – it’s not hard to see why Melbourne is regularly voted one of the world’s most liveable cities!

 Ready to make the move?

For more information: 

• see the position description attached
• visit our international careers page
• contact our International Workforce Manager on rwhinternational@thewomens.org.au

If you’re interested in being part of a team that makes a difference in the lives of women and newborns every day, hit the ‘apply now’ button below. 

Join us and help shape the future of women’s health.