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Midwifery Unit Manager
Toowoomba
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Midwifery |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Toowoomba region |
| Job ad reference | QLD/DD2609691898 |
| Closing date | 06-Oct-2026 |
| Job duration | for 6 months |
| Contact person | Lorraine Mathison |
| Contact details | 0407 657 771 Access the National Relay Service |
What your day could look like
As Midwifery Unit Manager, you'll help shape exceptional maternity care and create positive experiences for women, babies and families. By leading a skilled midwifery team, fostering innovation and strengthening service delivery, you'll play a key role in ensuring safe, high-quality care and supporting the future of maternity services across the region.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
- Leading and inspiring a team to deliver safe, evidence-based and woman-centred maternity care.
- Building strong partnerships that support coordinated care, informed choices and positive health outcomes.
- Driving quality improvement initiatives that enhance clinical excellence, safety and service performance.
- Developing workforce capability through mentoring, coaching and opportunities for professional growth.
Let's talk about you!
You're an experienced midwifery leader who combines clinical expertise with genuine care for people. You thrive in collaborative environments, bring confidence to complex decision-making, and know how to support teams to achieve their best. You're passionate about improving outcomes for women and families and take pride in creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported and empowered to grow.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
- Registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Registered Midwife.
- Demonstrated leadership experience within maternity or midwifery services.
- Strong knowledge of clinical governance, quality improvement and contemporary midwifery practice.
- Excellent communication, team engagement and change leadership skills.
You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate qualifications in Midwifery, Health Administration or Management and/or experience leading service improvements in complex healthcare settings.
Above all, you'll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage while helping deliver outstanding care for the communities we serve.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:
- Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
- Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
- Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
- Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
- Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click “Apply Now” to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us!
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
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Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
We’re building a welcoming, inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, respected and supported.
Before you apply, please take a moment to read the attached documents to learn about the role and process.
Documents
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