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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