Nursing and midwifery at Nepean Blue Mountains

Our services

We are proud to employ nurses and midwives in a wide range of roles across all of our diverse services and facilities, in frontline roles caring for patients as well as management and research roles.

Career opportunities

With over 3,100 full-time, part-time, and casual nurses and midwives, Nepean Blue Mountains LHD is the largest employer in the area.

Our 5 hospitals and 9 community health centres offer supportive and enriching places for nurses and midwives to begin or continue their careers and gain a valuable breadth of experience.

We support career opportunities for all nursing and midwifery positions through a range of professional and specialty career pathways. These include novice to senior specialisation and professional pathways, such as clinical nurse/midwife specialists, clinical nurse/midwife consultants and nurse/midwife practitioners.

Our strong partnerships with education providers support career progression and mean we are at the forefront of research, training and education.

Our 2 year supportive Transition to Professional Practice Programs include graduates from the Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Midwifery and the Diploma of Nursing course.

Find out more about NSW Health professional practice. Positions are available at Nepean Hospital, Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital (which includes Springwood Hospital) and Lithgow Hospital, as well as with the Nepean Blue Mountains mental health and drug and alcohol, primary care and community health services.

Find out more about our hospitals and facilities, and our services.

GradStart program

In a dynamic environment of learning and development, our graduates can consolidate clinical skills and knowledge, and acquire ward management skills while working in a tertiary or rural setting.

At Nepean Blue Mountains, our Nursing and Midwifery programs include a minimum of 3 clinical rotations, that are supported by structured education and training.

Find out more in our 2025 GradStart Handbook, here:

Read more about the overall program and requirements in the NSW Health Nursing & Midwifery GradStart Program 2025 Handbook [PDF], and on the GradStart website.

Applications for the 2025 GradStart recruitment open 18 June and close 1 July 2024.

Interviews for GradStart applicants will be held from 6 August to 9 August 2024.

For enquiries about GradStart at Nepean Blue Mountains, contact lorain.squire@health.nsw.gov.au or jill.barker@health.nsw.gov.au.

Transition to specialty practice

After registered and enrolled nurses have completed their first 12 months of practice they continue on to a 12 month contract in a Transition to Speciality Practice area.

The program includes structured rotations aligned to an educational program so staff acquire the unique skills required for specialty areas including critical care (emergency and ICU), perioperative, community, mental health, drug and alcohol, surgical, medical aged care, paediatrics, neonatal and cancer care.

Find out more in our 2025 Transition to Specialty Practice Handbook, here:

To find out more about this program at Nepean Blue Mountains LHD contact phillipa.hearn@health.nsw.gov.au.

MidStart program

MidStart is an annual state-wide recruitment process for registered nurses to be employed as midwifery students while studying a Graduate Diploma in Midwifery.

At Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, MidStart offers registered nurses a student midwifery position at Lithgow or Nepean Hospitals while you study at one of the following universities:

• University of Technology Sydney
• Charles Sturt University (additional mid-year intake)
• Western Sydney University

Applications for the 2025 MidStart recruitment open 21 May and close 3 June 2024.

Find out more about MidStart in the 2025 MidStart Handbook, and on the MidStart website.

For enquiries about MidStart at Nepean Blue Mountains contact richard.gilfillan@health.nsw.gov.au or jill.barker@health.nsw.gov.au.

Rural Postgraduate Midwifery Student Scholarship

This scholarship is available at Blue Mountains and Lithgow Hospitals.

The scholarship supports a registered nurse to undertake a postgraduate qualification in midwifery, leading to ongoing employment.

Expressions of interest are advertised each April.

Overseas applicants

Nurses and midwives with overseas qualifications can find out more about applying to work with us at Overseas applicants at Nepean Blue Mountains | NSW Government.

Contact our recruitment team

Email nbmlhd-recruitment@health.nsw.gov.au for general Nepean Blue Mountains LHD recruitment enquiries.