Midwifery

Welcome to Midwifery

You'll qualify with the knowledge and skills to practice nursing and midwifery in a multidisciplinary context and in a variety of settings.

Learn how to care for a diverse range of patients and get hands-on experience across acute medical and surgical nursing, mental health, aged care and community care. Develop evidenced-based, professional, legal and ethical decision-making skills.

Choose between Employment Model (work and study simultaneously) or Supernumerary Model (clinical placements). Upon completion, you can apply for midwifery registration with AHPRA.

Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery

This joint degree qualifies you as a nurse and midwife for national practice. ANMAC accredits this course. You’ll complete clinical placement hours in Nursing and Midwifery, alongside 10 Continuity of Care Experiences.

You start on 3 March, but heads up—once you're in Years 2-4, you'll be starting in January. Be aware that you can only do this course full-time and on campus. There’s a 100% attendance requirement for clinical units and 80% requirement for non clinical units. Online and at home study is required for this course with approximately 10 hours study per unit on top of direct teaching.

Check out your welcome letter from Course Coordinator Elise Luders right here.

Graduate Diploma of Midwifery

Your classes start on Monday, 17 February 2025, yep, a bit earlier than everyone else. You'll get access to Moodle, our online learning platform, the Monday before, so you can start getting ready. There’s a 100% attendance requirement for all study blocks. You'll need to start uni earlier than the standard Federation semester to fit in your clinical placement.

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Meet your Course Coordinators

"It is a fantastic opportunity to secure your future career within two of the fastest growing areas of healthcare"

Elise Luders
Masters of Midwifery, Grad Cert Health Professional Education, Grad Dip Critical  Care, BN, RN/RM|Course Coordinator BNBM | Lecturer

"Learning to be a midwife by using evidence to inform women centred maternity care"

Kath Brundell
Course Coordinator - Graduate Diploma of Midwifery

Course structure

Get an understanding of the sequence and content of your units by downloading your course structure. You’ll also be able to see where your placement blocks fit.

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Inherent requirements

There are some attributes, skills and abilities that you must have in order to complete your degree, such as cognition, communication, strength and mobility. This means that there are some situations where adjustments can’t be made to the learning environment.

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Working with industry

We focus on getting you job-ready with a curriculum that matches industry needs. Thanks to our partnerships, every student gets the chance to do clinical placements.

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Placement

Clinical placements give you a chance to apply your knowledge in real situations – which is the best way to prepare for the workforce. The Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery includes 736 hours of Midwifery and 800 hours of Nursing, plus 10 Continuity of Care Experiences across the four years (and some travel might be necessary). Graduate Diploma of Midwifery includes 750 hours of placement in addition to 10 Continuity of Care Experiences.

You’ll use the InPlace platform to submit your placement preferences and find out where you’ve been placed.

Placement rosters
Some health agencies won’t provide a roster before your placement starts, but you’ll get one on your first day. If rosters are available early, you’ll get a copy sent to your student email.

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Mandatory documents

Before you go on placement, you’ll need to submit several documents (like a Police Check, Working with Children Check, immunisation status and hand hygiene certificate). Some applications can take 6–12 weeks, so it’s important to start the process early.

You'll find all the information you need about mandatory documents here.

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Placement protocol

The Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria has created the Standardised Student Protocol to outline the roles and guidelines for education and clinical placement providers.

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Placement calendars

Download the placement calendar. Pair this with the university important dates calendar to keep on top of everything.

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Textbooks and equipment

Booklists are available through School Locker. Search for your semester and unit code to find and purchase what you need for each subject. These books will be handy throughout your course. Medical equipment is also available.

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Uniforms

You must wear an official Federation uniform during placement and laboratory sessions. If you're a BN/BMid student, you'll need the BNBMid-specific uniform—no need to buy a separate Nursing uniform. Get yours through Fedstore (online or on campus). We recommend you get at least two sets—unless you love doing laundry.

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