Program Overview
The Eastern Health Graduate Registered Nurse and Midwife Program is progressive, responsive and innovative. We offer over 200 positions across our health service to graduates in three intakes – January, March & July.
Our point of difference:
We offer a variety of speciality clinical areas including medical, surgical, aged medicine, community, mental health, midwifery, and speciality medicine.
- We have permanent contracts of employment for all graduates
- We offer employment 4 days a week to support work-life balance
- We offer leadership opportunities through the Transition to Practice Representative Group
- We offer Interprofessional Learning opportunities
- More than 95% of our graduates remain in the health service after the graduate year.
Eastern Health has 6 pathways on offer for Graduate applications:
- General Nursing
- Combined Nursing/Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Midwifery
- Combined Nursing/Midwifery (18 Months)
- Combined Rural and Metropolitan in partnership with Alexandra District Health
Clinical rotation options
General Nursing Pathway
Rotation options:
- Aged Care
- Cardiac
- Community (District Nursing Service)
- Day Surgery
- Dialysis
- Emergency
- Endoscopy
- Geriatric and Evaluation Medicine (GEM)
- Medical
- Neurology
- Surgical
- Paediatrics
- Perioperative
- Rehabilitation
- Renal
- Oncology
Combined Nursing/Mental Health Pathway
Nursing rotation options:
- Medical
- Surgical
- Rehabilitation
- Geriatric Evaluation Management
Mental Health rotation options:
- Adult inpatient unit
- Adolescent Inpatient Unit
Mental Health Pathway
Rotation options:
- Adult Inpatient Unit
- Aged Acute Assessment Unit
- Adolescent Inpatient Unit
- Community Care Unit
- AOD Detoxification and Short Term Support Rehabilitation Unit
- Psychiatric Planning and Assessment Unit
EACH – community mental health
Midwifery Pathway
Rotation opportunities:
- Birthing Suite
- Postnatal
- Special Care Nursery
- Antenatal Clinic (elective)
Experience opportunities:
- Fetal Monitoring
- Lactation
- EPC (Extended Postnatal Care)
Combined Nursing/Midwifery Pathway
Midwifery rotation opportunities:
- Birthing Suite
- Postnatal
- Special Care Nursery
- Antenatal Clinic (elective)
Midwifery Experience opportunities:
- Fetal Monitoring
- Lactation
- EPC (Extended Postnatal Care)
Nursing rotation options:
- Acute Medical or Surgical
- Special Care Nursery Rotation – NEW this year. Application by EOI
Combined Rural and Metropolitan Pathway (in collaboration with Alexandra District Health)
Alexandra District Health rotation:
- Acute ward (with opportunities to experience Urgent Care Centre, Operating Theatre and Community Health)
Eastern Health Rotation:
Options as listed above in General Pathway.
For more information on this program please visit https://adh.org.au/careers/graduate-nurse-programs/
Honours
We are very supportive of graduates who wish to complete Honours whilst participating in the Graduate Program. We have a partnership with Deakin University for the Honours program and we also support students who wish to complete Honours with other Universities.
2024 Graduate Registered Nurse and Midwifery program information session:
There is a two step process for our 2024 Graduate (Registered) Nursing and Midwifery program:
- List your preferred Eastern Health Pathway/s (you may list multiple) as one of your preferences via Allocation Placement Services www.gnmp.pmcv.com.au
- All applications must be received online via Eastern Health EH-Mercury (under Nursing Professional Opportunities) and linked to the job advertisement.
Please note: There have been recent changes to the eligibility criteria for the Allocation Placement Service matching process – Australian Trained Temporary Residents (ATTR) also known as international candidates can participate.
Please check www.gnmp.pmcv.com.au for further details.
Eastern Health Application (EH-Mercury) must include:
Cover letter – maximum 1 page
Resume – maximum 2 pages
Include a table summary of clinical placements with date and placement type
Certified copy of your latest academic transcript with grading key
2 x clinical appraisals most relevant to your preferred pathway as outlined below:
| Pathway: | Acute | Mental Health | Midwifery |
| General | X 2 (most recent) | ||
| Metro/Rural with Alexandra District Health | X 2 (most recent) | ||
| Mental Health | X1 (most recent) | X1 | |
| Blended Mental Health | X1 (most recent) | X1 | |
| Midwifery | X2 | ||
| Blended Midwifery | X2 |
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Clinical Nurse Educators: [email protected]
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Enrolled Nurse Program
Program Overview
Eastern Health are pleased to offer a Graduate Enrolled Nursing Program. This program will offer a welcoming and responsive environment to support newly graduated ENs in their transition from student to EN.
Our point of difference:
We have permanent contracts of employment for all graduates
We offer employment 4 days a week to support work-life balance, 3 days per week if studying Bachelor of Nursing during the program
We offer leadership opportunities through the Transition to Practice Representative Group
We offer Interprofessional Learning opportunities
Have a look at our EN Graduate Nurse Program booklet (PDF, 1.2MB)
The Enrolled Nurse Graduate Program is 12 months at 0.8EFT (8 shifts per fortnight). For those studying a Bachelor of Nursing during the graduate program, the program is 18 months’ durations at 0.6 (6 shifts per fortnight) EFT.
Eastern Health has 2 pathways on offer for Graduates:
General Nursing (Aged medicine, acute and residential aged care rotations)
Mental Health (Adult and Adolescent Inpatient Units, AOD unit rotations)
We offer three (3) intakes for the EN Graduate Program: January, March and July.
Our information sessions will be online. We will inform you about
Our graduate program
Recruitment processes including support with application and interview tips
Opportunities for you as an Eastern Health employee.
It is a great chance for you to meet and ask questions with our Transition to Practice team. Tickets are free, but do need to be pre-booked via Eventbrite .
Application process
All applications must be received online via Eastern Health EH-Mercury (under Nursing Professional Opportunities) and linked to the job advertisement.
Application must include:
Cover letter – maximum 1 page, 12 point font addressing the following question: Why have you applied for the Eastern Health Graduate Enrolled Nurse Program and what qualities do you have that make you an ideal candidate for this position?
Resume- maximum 2 pages
Responses to short answer questions listed in mercury job advertisement
Certified copy of your latest academic transcript with grading key
2 x clinical appraisals most relevant to your preferred pathway (Mental Health- 1 X acute, 1X Mental Health; Acute- 1X Acute, 1 X Subacute)
Early Career Nurse Program (ECN)
The Early Career Nurse and Early Career Midwife Programs (ECN/M) enables recently qualified Registered Nurses and/or Midwives who have not undertaken a Graduate Program an opportunity to enter the Eastern Health nursing and midwifery workforce in a supported program.
Registered Nurses and Midwives who are eligible for this program meet all three of the following criteria:
- You have qualified and registered with AHPRA in the last 3 years and have been working on a fixed term, part time or full time basis.
- You have not been accepted into and commenced a formal Graduate Nurse/Midwifery Program.
- You will have full working rights in Australia at the commencement of the ECN program.
Acute experience is viewed favourably but not essential. Perhaps you have been working in subacute, aged care, primary care or doing some agency nursing – we can offer you a supported pathway into nursing and/or midwifery at Eastern Health.
You will benefit from a structured, comprehensive induction program, regular study days, clinical assessments and regular feedback.
The Early Career Nurse/ Midwife programs will commence in March, July or September .
For more information in on how to apply, please find the job advertisement on eMercury
If you have any queries or would like any other information, please feel free to email us: [email protected]