Your own caseload. A whole team behind you.

Be the primary midwife. Never the only one.

MAMA has been caring for Melbourne families since 2011, and we're growing. We're looking for endorsed midwives to join us at our Kensington and Caulfield clinics.

You'll be the primary midwife for your own caseload of MAMA families, leading their care from pregnancy through birth and the early weeks. You're on call for births on set days and have protected days off.

We make sure your families have met their back-up midwives, so whoever is beside them at birth, they're met by a midwife who already knows them. On your days off your families are in protected, familiar hands, and you do the same for your colleagues.

This is the sustainable midwifery model MAMA developed: an employed midwife with a caseload, protected days off and a team behind them. It's how our midwives do this work for life.

About 60% of our clients plan a homebirth. The other 40% give birth in hospital with a known midwife beside them as an advocate. Either way, we walk alongside them with skill, presence and respect.

What makes a MAMA midwife

You bring your full skill and judgement to every birth, whether as primary or second. You take initiative, share responsibility for every family in the room, and hold yourself to the highest standard of care, because that's what our families come to us for. You're confident and collaborative.

About you

- Currently endorsed (NMBA scheduled medicines endorsement)

- You love birth and being on call

- You work confidently on your own and value being part of a team

- Preferably experience as a caseload midwife

- Homebirth experience, suturing and cannulation are a plus

What we offer

- A salaried position with on-call loading





- A roster with protected days off

- Annual and sick leave

- Travel reimbursement

- MIGA professional indemnity cover

- Senior midwife support at births and regular case discussions

- In-house education, coaching and professional development

- Supported, accelerated onboarding to get you comfortable with our model and the homebirth environment, with a personal upskilling plan to bring you onto the full roster

The honest part

Private midwifery can be one of the most rewarding careers you'll ever know. Like the births you attend, it has easy days and hard days. Birth means on-call work and an unpredictable schedule, so it won't be for everyone. But if it is for you, it will be more than a job. It will be a way of life.

About MAMA

MAMA was established in 2011 by Jan Ireland and Kelly Langford as Melbourne’s first holistic midwifery centre. Our team has supported 2,500+ births and has 150+ years of combined experience. We were the first Victorian private practice in a formal public-private partnership (Casey Hospital), where we trained their midwives in homebirth, and our sustainable midwifery model is presented nationally for the ACM.

We provide antenatal and postnatal care and birth support at home and in hospital, alongside an allied health team and lactation support.

Behind our midwives is a full practice team: administration, management, marketing and directors who are invested in the practice and its midwives. You also join a professional community, with networking events and connections across Melbourne’s midwifery and birth sector.

If this feels like your calling

Send us your resume and a cover letter addressed to Sarah (••••@mamabirth.au), our General Manager. Tell us why this is the role for you.

📌 Endorsed Midwife - Private Practice (Own Caseload, Rostered Days Off) (Kensington)
🏢 MAMA Midwifery
📍 Kensington