Mater is seeking an experienced Registered Midwife, or Registered Nurse/Midwife, to establish and shape the new Women’s Health Navigator role supporting women, families and care teams across Mater.
Based at Mater’s South Brisbane campus, this important role will support our services across Queensland, with some infrequent travel required to build relationships, strengthen pathways and support consistent care navigation across the state.
This is a unique opportunity to help design and embed a new model of care. The successful candidate will play a central role in developing the role, care pathways, referral processes and navigation approach that support women and families through complex, sensitive and unexpected maternity and women’s health journeys, including circumstances involving pregnancy-related decision-making.
As the Women’s Health Navigator, you will act as a trusted point of coordination, communication and clinical support. You will help women and families understand care pathways, access appropriate services, and move safely and seamlessly between internal and external care settings.
This role will work closely with treating clinicians, medical teams, nursing and midwifery leaders, allied health, Mission Integration, education and governance teams, while also building trusted relationships with community providers, primary care, specialist services and partner organisations.
The role is highly collaborative and will help strengthen continuity of care across public and private pathways, inpatient and outpatient settings
We are looking for someone who brings clinical expertise, emotional intelligence, sound judgement and warmth. You will be confident working with complexity, skilled in communication, and deeply committed to compassionate, person-centred care.
Salary: Commensurate with experience plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900+access to many staff benefits!
About the role
About you
You will bring senior nursing/midwifery experience in maternity, women’s health or a related specialty, with the ability to work autonomously while building strong relationships across complex health service environments.
You will be someone who combines technical capability with exceptional interpersonal skills. You will be calm, compassionate and considered, with the ability to support women and families during emotionally sensitive circumstances while also working confidently with clinicians, leaders and partner services.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
Desirable attributes include:
Why join Mater
Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 12 hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.
This role offers the chance to make a lasting contribution to maternity and women’s health services across Queensland. You will help build a new service function, shape care pathways, strengthen collaboration and support women and families to experience care that is coordinated, respectful, clear and compassionate.
For the right person, this is a wonderful opportunity to bring together clinical expertise, listening, advocacy, navigation and service development in a role that will make a meaningful 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 Sunday 2 August 2026 –please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW. All successful candidates may be required to complete pre‑ employment checks (including criminal history, working rights, medical and working with children checks).
For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here – Women's Health Navigator
For more information regarding the role, please contact GM.MMH@mater.org.au Direct applications only — we are not engaging recruitment agencies at this time.
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.
