The Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group is the senior nursing and midwifery leader for a hospital group undergoing major service and infrastructure change. The role carries operational responsibility for nursing services, professional accountability for practice and a place on the Shoalhaven Hospital Group senior executive team. View the official job ad before opening the application.
The online selection criteria shape how to apply for Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group. The application also needs a resume, and the portal criteria should guide which clinical leadership and operational examples you foreground.
The panel needs to see a visible senior leader who can strengthen governance, support nursing and midwifery managers and improve patient outcomes during redevelopment. Use examples with service scale, workforce responsibility and measurable change, especially where you improved clinical practice, resources or organisational capability.
Your application checklist
- Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group role snapshot
- Application requirements for Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group
- Evidence to include in your Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group application
- How to structure the selection-criteria responses
Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group role snapshot
| Role title | Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District |
| Location | Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital |
| Job reference | REQ685952 |
| Classification | Nurse Manager Grade 8 |
| Work type | Temporary full-time until 23 November 2027, with possible extension |
| Remuneration | $107.89 to $109.36 per hour, plus 12% superannuation and salary packaging |
| Closing date | 20 September 2026 |
| Official job ad | View role 595828 |
Application requirements for Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group
Online selection criteria are assessed as written evidence, so each response needs to answer the criterion directly. Read every field before drafting and record any word or character limit shown in the portal.
- Resume
- Individual responses to the selection criteria in the online application
The public job page does not show the response limits or selection criteria. Copy each selection criterion exactly as it appears in the online application, then answer it with evidence from your nursing and midwifery leadership experience.
Essential role requirements
Applicants need current registration as a Registered Nurse/Midwife with the Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia, or must meet the criteria for registration in Australia. Appropriate tertiary qualifications, preferably at master’s level, or equivalent experience are required. The role also requires a Working With Children Check and compliance with Category A occupational assessment, screening and vaccination requirements.
Evidence to include in your Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group application
Once you have the selection criteria from the application form, choose examples that show professional governance, operational management and executive leadership.
| What the role needs | How to show it |
|---|---|
| Nursing and midwifery leadership and governance | Show how you set expectations for professional practice, monitored standards and improved clinical governance across services. |
| Workforce leadership | Describe how you supported managers, developed staff capability and maintained a skilled, compassionate workforce. |
| Service development and clinical outcomes | Use an example where you redesigned a model of care, improved a clinical indicator or strengthened patient and family outcomes. |
| Operational and resource management | Explain how you balanced workforce, service demand and resources while maintaining safe, consistent care. |
| Executive and clinical partnerships | Give evidence of working with the General Manager, executive peers, clinical managers and District leaders on an organisational goal. |
How to structure the selection-criteria responses
You need a resume and a separate response to each selection criterion in the online form. The public job page does not state a response limit. The table below shows how to prepare each response while preserving the criterion wording.
| Selection-criteria response section | What to include |
|---|---|
| Criterion heading | Paste the selection criterion exactly as it appears in the portal so the panel can see which requirement you are answering. |
| Opening claim | Give a direct statement of your experience and the level at which you have demonstrated the requirement. |
| Leadership example | Set out the service context, your responsibility, the decisions you made and how you engaged the relevant workforce or executives. |
| Outcome and learning | Provide the clinical, workforce, operational or governance result and explain what made the improvement sustainable. |
| Role connection | Briefly connect the example with Shoalhaven Hospital Group’s services, redevelopment or leadership needs. |
What strong nursing and midwifery leadership evidence looks like
- Leadership at hospital-group or comparable service scale
- Safe clinical governance translated into everyday practice
- Development of managers and the wider workforce
- Sound operational decisions using workforce and service data
- Partnership across professional and executive boundaries
Help with your Director of Nursing & Midwifery – Shoalhaven Hospital Group application
Open the official Director of Nursing and Midwifery vacancy and capture every selection criterion and limit before drafting. If the portal offers an optional cover-letter field, Team 3Thirty’s NSW cover letter template can help with that extra document, and application support is available for help structuring the selection-criteria evidence.