Project Lead Maternity Assessment Centre

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Project Lead's to join the Women's and Children's Maternity Assessment Centre (MAC) team for a 12-month fixed-term period.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

Maternity Assessment Centre (MAC) is a dedicated unit that offers maternal and fetal surveillance for women with obstetric related complications in pregnancy. The unit provides both planned and unplanned services to women in pregnancy. It is operational seven days a week currently through weekday, weekend and after-hours coverage.

About the Role:

Northern Health is undertaking a review and redesign of the Maternity Assessment Centre (MAC) Model of Care. The Project Lead will provide leadership for the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the Project, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary stakeholders to support service redesign, change management and workforce readiness.

The role will be a part-time 0.8EFT, fixed-term contract for a 12-month period.

This position is responsible for:

The Project Lead will undertake a broad range of service redesign, planning, implementation and evaluation activities, including (but are not limited to):

• Review and redesign of the Maternity Assessment Centre (MAC) Model of Care

• Planning and implementation of the transition to a 24-hour Maternity Assessment Centre service

• Development and implementation of a formal maternity triage system

• Clinical pathway, policy and procedure development to support new models of care

• Project planning, governance, reporting and evaluation

• Stakeholder engagement, consultation and multidisciplinary collaboration

• Change management, communication and workforce education to support implementation

• Clinical service analysis, including review of activity, demand, patient flow and performance data to inform service improvements

• Development of business cases, project proposals and reports to support service improvement initiatives

• Identification and implementation of quality improvement initiatives to support sustainable service delivery and ongoing evaluation

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Midwife / Registered Nurse / Allied Health

• Leadership, project management or a related discipline are desirable, or demonstrated equivalent experience

• Demonstrated commitment to evidence-based practice, quality improvement and clinical excellence

• Highly developed communication, organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across multidisciplinary teams

• Sound understanding of maternity services, including maternity assessment, triage and patient flow principles

Next Steps

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description Alternatively, you can contact Simone Jervies, Midwifery Unit manager of Birth suites and Maternity Assessment Centre, [03 8405 8213](tel:03 8405 8213), [email protected]

Applications close on 28 August 2026.