About the role
Mater Mothers’ Hospital is seeking enthusiastic and passionate Midwives to join our Private Postnatal Ward as a Clinical Midwife
Whether you’re an experienced Clinical Midwife or a Registered Midwife ready to take the next step in your career, this is your opportunity to grow within one of Queensland’s most respected maternity care teams.
This part-time position (32 hours per week) offers both permanent and maximum-term contracts
As a leader in maternity and newborn services across Queensland and northern New South Wales, Mater Mothers’ Hospital provides exceptional, holistic care to women and their families—spanning obstetrics, gynaecology, neonatology, and maternal fetal medicine.
Salary range: $56.08 - $60.05 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you’ll provide high-quality private postnatal care across a range of normal and complex cases within the Mater Mothers’ Hospitals.
Your clinical expertise, leadership skills, and compassionate approach will ensure exceptional care for every patient while supporting your team to deliver best practice midwifery care.
About you
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team that values professionalism, collaboration, and a shared passion for delivering the very best in maternity care.
You’ll bring strong clinical leadership, a commitment to mentoring others, and a drive for continuous improvement in both care quality and safety.
In this role, you’ll also assist the Midwifery Unit Manager in clinical and safety improvement audits and champion excellence across the team.
The successful candidate will have:
• Current AHPRA registration (no restrictions)
• Minimum two years’ post-graduate experience as a Registered Midwife, ideally within a postnatal setting
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and clinical problem-solving skills
• Evidence of ongoing professional and educational development, preferably with postgraduate qualifications
• A demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement in health care and midwifery practice
• Strong ability to work effectively within a collaborative multidisciplinary team
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 11 (soon to be 12) hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater #GETBETTERWITHMATER
Applications close Tuesday the 7th of July 2026 –please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW.
Direct applications only — we are not engaging recruitment agencies at this time. All successful candidates may be required to complete pre‑employment checks (including criminal history, working rights, medical and working with children checks).
Mater offers a safe, supportive, flexible and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Visit our Reconciliation webpage
Mater ensures all children have an environment suitable for their safety and wellbeing through proper supervision and safeguarding practices.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
