CRVCID 753353

Endorsed Clinical Midwife

The new Midwifery Annualised Salary Agreement (MASA) agreement for Caseload Midwifery commenced 30 June 2025 and attracts a 40% annualization loading for caseload midwives - the equal highest rate in Australia.  Please see attached the WA MASA and FAQ's.

Come join us!

Applications are invited for Endorsed Midwives to join the Royal Perth Bentley Mount Lawley Group (RPBMLG) as Endorsed Clinical Midwives at Bentley Health Service (BHS) in the Midwifery Birth Centre (MBC). Accepting women from across the East Metropolitan Health Service catchment area, the MBC prides itself in providing excellence in continuity of care from conception through to 6 weeks postpartum by the same midwife for each woman.

We are seeking to establish a pool of experienced, passionate and caring Endorsed Clinical Midwives to join our MBC team providing evidence based and high-quality patient care as autonomous practitioners. If you have current Australian Health Practitioner Registration Authority (AHPRA) registration as a Registered Midwife with 'Endorsement' to prescribe schedule 2,3,5 and 8 medications required for midwifery practice across pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal care, then we would like to hear from you.

EMHS is committed to ensuring that our services are delivered by people who are representative of the diverse communities we assist. We wholly embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage people to work with us from all ages, races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, family responsibilities or other characteristics, including Aboriginal people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, individuals with a diverse sexuality or gender or bodily diversity, and people with disability.

WA Health is committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health's Aboriginal Workforce Policy.  As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position.  Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility to Apply: To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights. This includes visa holders. Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia.  There is no visa sponsorship offered for this position.

Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.

This position is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au

This is an “open-ended” recruitment pool, and as such the following should be noted: 

• The panel will monitor this recruitment pool for applications and will assess them on a regular basis. 
• Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. 
• Appointments may be made from this pool until 30/06/2027.

Area Profile: The East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) comprises an extensive hospital and health service network that aims to maintain and improve the health and wellbeing of more than 670,000 Western Australians in its catchment area. 
 
Our hospital network works together to provide a combination of tertiary, secondary and specialist health care services including emergency and critical care, state trauma, elective and emergency surgery, general medical, mental health, inpatient and outpatient services, aged care, palliative care, rehabilitation and women's, children's and neonates services.

Bentley Health Service (BHS) is a specialist hospital located 11km from the Perth CBD and forms part of the Royal Perth Bentley Group. BHS provides quality healthcare to the community, specialising in the delivery of mental health care, aged care services, obstetrics, and rehabilitation. 

Our new MBC is located at BHS within a local community setting with dedicated and upgraded facilities for women accessing our services. Services include antenatal, intrapartum / birthing and postnatal.

We Aren't Just Looking for Locals

If you are an experienced Registered Midwife with 'Endorsement' currently located in other parts of Australia or overseas and would like to live in and experience the natural beauty and amazing lifestyle WA has to offer, then we encourage you to apply. 

Click here for more information about our hospitals

Employee Benefits: Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):

• Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Flexible leave
• Other professional and location based
• For information on superannuation click here. 

 How to Apply:

Applicants must hold Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Midwife with Endorsement (or be eligible to apply). Please refer to the AHPRA website for registration information. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Nursing (nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au)

Applicants must hold registration as a Registered Midwife with 'Endorsement' to prescribe schedule 2,3,5 and 8 medications required for midwifery practice across pregnancy, labour, birth and post-natal care.

Application Instructions: Applicants are requested to apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).

Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form. (available online at www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au). 

Applicants are advised to write a covering letter outlining their suitability for this position, write a statement addressing essential selection criteria 2, 3, 4 and 5 in no more than 3 pages and provide a detailed curriculum vitae which summarises your experience and how you are able to meet the position requirements. These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.

For Further Job Related Information: 

We are committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote applications from people with disability. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to support you through the recruitment process. Please contact EMHSTalent@health.wa.gov.au to let us know if you require any adjustments to take part in the application or selection process.

If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm will not be accepted.

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.