The Midwifery (Postgraduate) Graduate Program is specifically designed for Registered Nurses who have consolidated their nursing practice in the acute care setting and completed a Graduate Diploma of Midwifery/Post Graduate Degree.
Program
We recognise that your needs and objectives in a graduate midwifery program are unique and we have designed a program that ensures consolidation of your midwifery practice.
This program is 12 months in duration. You will complete all of your block rotations within the first 6 months, allowing you to then participate in our Team Care model in the second 6 months. You will have the opportunity to gain experience in the provision of care for women during pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period.
If you are a registered nurse wishing to study midwifery to register as a midwife, find information on postgraduate midwifery student placements.
Duration
Employment is for 53 weeks with two commencement dates in 2027.
Commencement is in March 2027. An August 2027 commencement day is available for exceptional circumstances only.
Clinical opportunities
Postgraduate midwives have their 12-month graduate program split into two (2) – block rotations and rotating Team Care.
Postgraduate midwives will participate in block rotations in their first six (6) months to the following areas:
- Birth Centre (3 months)
- Complex Antenatal Ward
- Elective Caesarean days
- Postnatal wards
Postgraduates midwives will then move to a rotating Team Care model for the second six (6) months of their program, to continue consolidating all skills across all clinical areas.
There is also an option for suitably experienced post graduate midwives to complete a 6 month rotation in the Women’s Emergency Care as part of their 12 month graduate program.
The Women’s Emergency Care (WEC) provides twenty-four-hour service for some 27,000 patients per annum: on average 80 women a day. The majority are women with gynaecological and obstetric problems and neonates in their first week of life.
A rotation in Women’s Emergency Care affords you the opportunities to enhance your midwifery skills outside of maternity services.
Professional development days
Professional development days are provided throughout the year, occurring more frequently early in the year.
These days are tailored to meet the specific needs of your graduate group and cover a broad range of topics including:
- violence against women
- reproductive loss
- mental health first aid
- working with women who have drug and alcohol issues
- breastfeeding foundations
- Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP)
...and many more.
The professional development days are complemented with individual tutorials and workshops that promote creative and reflective midwifery best practice.
In addition to this, the Women’s offers an abundance of learning opportunities. We provide a comprehensive range of services available to women, many specialist practitioners and a variety of education programs available to staff.
Performance development
We understand the importance of regular feedback and provide a structured three-month performance review program. Together, we discuss your progress and identify ongoing learning needs to help you consolidate and develop your midwifery practice.
Support
- The Program Coordinator’s role is to support, counsel and mentor graduate midwives.
- A team of Clinical Support Midwives is willing and able to guide in the clinical setting. The Clinical Support Midwives' role is to orientate, support and guide novice practitioners throughout the year.
- Each placement provides Graduate Midwives a supernumerary time appropriate to that area.
Annual leave
Annual leave will be allocated during the program to recharge your batteries.
Advocacy
The Women's supports the rights of women to make individual decisions related to their health and well-being. This also includes making available pregnancy termination services. In your role as a postgraduate midwife you may care for women undergoing termination of pregnancy and, included in your care, you may be required to administer the first medication in this process.
If you have any concerns in this regard you may need to rethink whether the Women's is the right hospital choice for completion of your Postgraduate Midwife program.
Information evening
The Women's 2028 Graduate Midwife Information evening will be held in May 2027 a link to join online will be shared closer to the date.
This session will include information on the Graduate Midwife, Combined Nursing and Midwifery, and Post-Graduate Graduate Midwifery Programs.
The 2027 Midwifery (Postgraduate) Graduate Information Evening was held on Tuesday 12 May 2026. Watch the recording below.
How to Apply
Applications for the 2027 Midwifery (Postgraduate) Graduate Program open on June 1st, and close on July 1st, 2026.
All applications must be submitted through careers.thewomens.org.au.Please check the Graduate Programs Applications - All Streams page and the FAQs carefully as they outline all of the required documentation in detail. Incomplete applications will not progress to interview.
Invitations to interview for successful candidates will be sent via email - please ensure which ever email you register with is one that you check regularly, and one that you can continue to receive information via if you are successfully matched to The Women's (ie - not your student email address).
In person interviews will be held during July and August, with match results published via PMCV's website on September 16th, 2026. For Post Graduate Midwifery students completing an employed model, you will not be eligible to apply for computer matched positions, and will only need to apply via the Women's Careers page
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Date reviewed: 14 April 2025
Date reviewed: 14 April 2025