Registered Nurse Graduate Program 2025

Registered Nurse - Graduate Program 2025

Fixed term contract – 12 months, 64 to 80 hours per fortnight

Program commencement: Tuesday 28th January 2025

Western District Health Service has an exciting opportunity for a newly graduated registered nurse to participate in the 2025 Graduate Nurse Program.

The main goal of this program is to provide facilitated support within the clinical setting, helping to transform existing knowledge into quality outcomes while further developing skills and knowledge for independent learning and practice.

The 12 month program will provide an excellent foundation for future career advancement by providing participants with the opportunity to develop clinical skills with the assistance of trained preceptors, Practice Development Nurses, and the Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator. 

The Graduate Nurse program provides positions for two 6 month rotations in our Acute Medical and Surgical wards.   The specialty rotations comprise of the Emergency Department, Theatre and our Aged Care Facilities.

Applications currently open

Closing Date: Sunday 27 October 2024

Please note:

• Candidates who received an allocation in PMCV’s 2024 Match, are not eligible to apply.
• Candidates that do apply, will have their names provided to PMCV for tracking and statistical purposes.

Applications are to include cover letter, current resume, including three clinical referees and three recent clinical placement reports. Please also include a copy of your academic record. 

N.B. Please refer to the Nursing Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) for nursing registration requirements and take note of the English Language requirements. The NMBA requires all applicants for initial registration to demonstrate English Language skills to be suitable for registration. NMBA may require you to sit and achieve a minimum score in an accepted English Language test. A position in the Graduate Nurse program will not be held for an applicant if registration requirements are not met.

Information or queries to be directed to:

Jessica Barry

Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator

(03) 5551 8342  

Email: jessica.barry@wdhs.net. 

For more details please see the Position Description

The successful applicant will hold, or be able to obtain, a current National Criminal Police Check. Dependant on your position you may be required to obtain a Working with Children Check Clearance, Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme check and / or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All successful applicants are to comply with WDHS immunisation and vaccination requirements, including COVID and Booster

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Western District Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer that has a commitment to cultural safety, inclusion and empowerment of Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander, their families and communities and encourages them to apply. This organisation promotes the safety and wellbeing of children from culturally, linguistically diverse and aboriginal backgrounds and those with a disability.