Midwifery Pathways

Eastern Health offers you two pathways to experience a Transition to Practice Midwifery Program. Read below about options to start your career with us!

Pathways Overview

Pure Midwifery Pathway 

This pathway provides you, as a graduate midwife with clinical experience across the full scope of practice in midwifery. A range of opportunities are available for you in areas such as Birth Suite, Post Natal, Special Care Nursery, Fetal Monitoring Unit, Extended Post Natal Care, Lactation Services, and Antenatal Clinic.

Blended Midwifery/Nursing Pathway 

This pathway is available you if you have studied a double degree in Nursing and Midwifery. The program is 18-months in duration and provides opportunities in the same midwifery areas as experienced in the Pure Midwifery pathway, plus a 6-months nursing rotation.

Number of positions available

30

across the two midwifery pathways

Number of births annually

4100

Pure Midwifery Pathway

Intakes & Rotations

  • Three intakes per year commencing in January, March and July
  • 12-month program experiencing a wide range of midwifery areas

Clinical Areas

  • Antenatal Clinic (by Expression of Interest)
  • Birthing Suite
  • Postnatal
  • Special Care Nursery

Additional midwifery experiences are available in:

  • EPC (Extended Postnatal Care)
  • Fetal Monitoring
  • Lactation

Campuses

  • Angliss Hospital, Ferntree Gully
  • Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill

Blended Midwifery/Nursing Pathway

Intakes & Rotations

  • Three intakes per year commencing in January, March and July
  • 18-month program consisting of three 6-month rotations
  • Two 6-month rotations in a range of midwifery areas and 6-months in a nursing rotation
  • Specialty rotations available by expression of interest

Clinical Areas

Midwifery

  • Antenatal Clinic (by Expression of Interest)
  • Birthing Suite
  • Postnatal
  • Special Care Nursery

Additional midwifery experience opportunities

  • EPC (Extended Postnatal Care)
  • Fetal Monitoring
  • Lactation

Nursing rotation

  • Medical
  • Surgical
  • Specialty Medicine
  • Special Care Nursery (by Expression of Interest)

Campuses

Midwifery rotation

  • Angliss Hospital, Ferntree Gully
  • Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill

Nursing rotation

  • Angliss Hospital, Ferntree Gully
  • Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, Blackburn
  • Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill
  • Maroondah Hospital, Ringwood East

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