Registered Nurse/Midwife 3.1 – Nursing/Midwifery Officer | Part-time Permanent

Health and Community Services

Location not specified permanent

Posted: December 9, 2025

Job Description

Closes: 23 December 2025

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3.1/Registered Midwife Level 3.1
Salary: $128,458 - $133,489 plus superannuation
Position No: 68335, several
Directorate: Health and Community Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 09 December 2025
Contact Officer: Elizabeth Cleary on [email protected] or (02) 5124 6990

Details: The Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (OCNMO) is responsible for the provision of professional strategic leadership and high-level advice on a broad range of nursing and midwifery issues across Health and Community Services Directorate, Canberra Health Services, and the Territory; collaborating and providing advice to the ACT Government regarding nursing and midwifery related matters; assisting in the delivery of workforce reforms, workforce planning, professional education; strengthening and developing nursing and midwifery services through innovative models of care and service delivery; representing the ACT Government and ACT health system at national forums; and ensuring the future capability of the nursing and midwifery professions both locally and nationally.

The OCNMO has an opportunity for two registered nursing and/or midwifery (RN/M) positions to join its team, to support the Assistant Director of Nursing /Midwifery and Senior Nursing and Midwifery Advisors in a government setting. The RN/M Level three Grade One will work with the team of nursing and midwifery advisers to research professional agendas, provide policy, strategic and professional support to the advisors and inform advice for the ACT Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer.

This opportunity will suit you if you enjoy fast paced and challenging contexts with evolving priorities and are passionate to work as part of a team that is influencing policy that impacts the development of the nursing and midwifery professions.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements: To be eligible to apply, you will be asked to meet the following requirements.

Have a minimum of three years’ experience in a nursing or midwifery setting.
Hold and maintain the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registration as a nurse and/or midwife.
Prior to commencement, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.

Notes: These positions are permanent part-time at (36) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.

A merit pool will be established form this selection process and will be used to fill expected vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

Opportunities for flexible working options could include hybrid working, being a combination of working from home, designated office based and FlexiSpace working locations across the ACT, part-time hours, job-sharing, flexible start, and finish times.

How to apply: Please submit a current curriculum vitae and contact details of at least two referees, one of which is your current manager. Please submit a two-page written pitch addressing why you believe you are the ideal nurse and/or midwife for the position addressing the criteria under ‘What You Require’ in the Position Description.

Applications should be submitted .

Health and Community Services

Health and Community Services Directorate was established on the 1 July 2025. This new directorate is an amalgamation of positions previously advertised under ACT Health Directorate and Community Services Directorate.

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These positions are permanent part-time at (36) hours per week and the full-time salary noted above will be pro-rata.

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