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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Women’s and Babies Division, Women’s and Babies Administration, Kaurna Land, North Adelaide 5006
• Classification - RN/M5.2 - $160,848.00 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full time - Ongoing Permanent 

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Women’s and Babies Operations team as a Nursing and Midwifery Director, where you will be responsible for:

• Provide strategic, operational, and corporate leadership for nursing and midwifery services within the Women’s and Babies Division.
• Drive safety and quality improvement initiatives across the Division, including education, systems and processes, risk management, and quality plans and projects.
• Collaborate with senior nursing, midwifery, medical, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust systems that deliver the best outcomes for women, babies, and families.
• Drive a culture of learning, safety, and continuous improvement, embedding high standards of clinical governance and professional practice.
• Partner with the Advanced Divisional Midwifery/Nursing Director and key stakeholders to support service delivery, workforce wellbeing, and cost-effective health care.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Current registration (or eligibility) as a Nurse and/or Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with a practicing certificate.
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience as a Nurse and/or Midwife, including leadership or management experience in health care.
• Strong leadership skills with proven ability in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation.
• Demonstrated experience driving safety and quality improvement initiatives and evaluating outcomes in clinical settings.
• Comprehensive knowledge of contemporary nursing/midwifery practice, health care issues, and quality improvement systems.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Lee Davies – Advanced Divisional Director, Nursing and Midwifery WABS, Phone: 0466 492 732, E-mail: Lee.Davies@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Friday 21 November 2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

RNM5.2 - Nursing and Midwifery Director - Operations - WABS - Role Description 913473.pdf