Welcome

On behalf of South Australian Privately Practising Midwives, we welcome you!

The South Australian Privately Practising Midwives Association (SAPPM) is comprised of midwives who meet regularly in order promote the purpose of the association, as detailed in the association rules. Other purposes of this association are to provide peer support, facilitate education opportunities, and assist members in compliance with the Safety and Quality Guidelines for Privately Practising Midwives (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA] 2017) and all other regulatory and legislative requirements for safe practice.
To be a member of SAPPM you must support the association rules and meet the following eligibility criteria:
Eligibility requirements:
– The applicant must be working in or towards private practice. This includes student
midwives who wish to work in private practice, non-endorsed midwives working as back up
midwives, or towards endorsement.
– The applicant must attend a minimum of four meetings per financial year. A minimum of
two of these need to be general meetings (not education sessions).
– The applicant must want to actively participate in the education component of the group.
This entails suggesting ideas and assisting in sourcing presenters.
– Pay an annual membership fee of $300, following the financial year.
Each prospective member will be asked to fill in an application form and admission will be
determined by the group as a whole. Membership applications can be reviewed at any of the monthly meetings.
Expected member benefits:
– Peer support
– Information sharing
– Education and skill sharing
– Peer review
– Networking between professionals and with consumers