Bachelor of Midwifery
Link
here for entry and admission requirements
Where can our graduates go?
Midwifery graduates are eligible for registration with the Nurses Board of
South Australia as a Registered Midwife. This will also enable them to register
in other Australian States and Territories through a process of mutual recognition.
Graduates will be capable of providing care to women throughout their experience
of pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period, in community and hospital
settings.
They may also be practitioners in their own right, collaborating with other
health professionals as the need arises, and promoting health gain through a
primary health care approach to midwifery practice.
Potential areas of employment include:
- Public and private hospitals
- Community services
- Home-based services
- Health agencies
- Doctors' surgeries
- Community health centres
- Youth and women's shelters
- Remote and rural areas
- Nursing agencies
- International aid agencies
- Royal Flying Doctor Service
Many are self-employed and manage their own businesses, hours of work and caseloads.
Potential Employers
In 2004 Graduate Midwifery Programs were available at:
- Flinders Medical Centre
- Calvary Health Care Adelaide
- Hills Mallee Southern Region
- Lyell McEwin Health Service
- Port Pirie Regional Health Service
- Riverland Health Units
- South East Regional Health Service Inc.
- Women’s and Children’s Hospital
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Personal Requirements
- Good communication skills
- Able to assume responsibility and a leadership role
- Able to stay calm in difficult situations
- Able to take the initiative in emergencies
- Tolerance, patience and tact in dealing with people from a wide range
of backgrounds and cultures
- Able to work as part of a team
- Mentally and physically fit
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Some Web Sites
Australian College of Midwives Incorporated
Australian Nursing Federation (SA)
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
Flinders Medical Centre
Graduate Careers Australia - industry career profiles available in a range of areas including Nursing or Midwifery and more
International Confederation of Midwives
Lyell McEwin Health Service
SA Department of Health
South Australian Graduate
Nursing and Midwifery Guide
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Australian Graduate Survey
Graduate Careers Australia's (GCA) annual Australian Graduate Survey ( AGS ) is a study of the activities of new higher education graduates around four months after the completion of their qualifications. New graduates are surveyed regarding their major activities, including full-time study, full or part-time employment, seeking employment or their unavailability for work or study.
2007 Graduates at a glance:
- Of bachelor degree graduates who were available for full-time employment in 2007; 95 per cent were employed within four months of completing their degrees
- One-fifth of respondents (20.0 per cent), were undertaking further full-time study after completing their bachelor qualifications
- The typical (median) annual starting salary for new Australian resident bachelor degree graduates aged less than 25 and in their first full-time employment in Australia was $43,000
Source: Australian Graduate Survey, Graduate Careers Australia (GCA)
Additional information from: GradsOnline
More information
For more detailed information check out the Careers Fact Files in the Careers and Employer Liaison Centre Resource Room.
Graduate Opportunities lists major graduate programs. Copies of these are available at the Careers and Employer Liaison Centre or can be viewed online. Search our online recruitment links for other graduate recruitment sites.
The Centre has a number of programs that can assist you:
- graduate employment services including recruitment fairs, employer activities
online vacancies and our graduate email vacancy list;
- information and assistance with your job search;
- graduate skill development programs;
- opportunities to gain industry experience including vacation work and work
experience; and
- career development services
For more information explore this website.
This material has been produced from the Graduate Destinations Survey, Flinders
University and Graduate Careers Council of Australia materials, Graduate Opportunities,
Professional Associations and Careers and Employer Liaison Centre research.
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