2025 Enrolled Nurse Graduate Program

2025 Enrolled Nurse Graduate ProgramBetter and Fairer Care. AlwaysABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE:Our Fully Acute Care Program aims to facilitate your transition from student to Enrolled Nurse. We are completely committed to developing your career and ensuring that your graduate year will be an exciting and rewarding experience. You can be confident that you will have the support you need to achieve your goals as all of our education team members are hands-on and are willing to assist you.Our graduates receive extensive clinical support on each rotation. You will be allocated a preceptor and there is a clinical coach to provide hands-on bedside clinical support and education in a friendly and supportive manner with an education consultant who oversees the entire program.We recognize that as an undergraduate you may have had limited opportunities to explore different clinical areas. Our program is designed to give you these opportunities so that in the future you will have a better understanding of where you would like to focus your nursing career and consolidate your nursing skills.You will have the opportunity to care for patients who have had highly acute and complex procedures such as open heart surgery, acute interventional cardiac procedures, major orthopaedic and reconstructive surgery, craniotomies and spinal surgery, and major abdominal and vascular surgery. We also encourage our graduates to experience nursing in specialty areas such as DPU, recovery, peri-operative, plastic surgery, ENT, urology and oncology.Our Program has been designed to:Offer you a wide range of rotation options so that you gain comprehensive clinical experience,Enable you to use your evidence based knowledge to achieve quality patient outcomes,Increase your confidence and strengthen your skills base,Develop your ability to work independently and as a team member,Enhance your decision making and critical thinking skills,Allow you to enjoy your nursing career.We are committed to growing a diverse Enrolled Nurse workforce and are therefore offering 4 streams to choose from for your graduate year. Graduates have the opportunity to nominate which clinical areas they would like to rotate to and we try very hard to match you with your requests (You do not need to have undergraduate experience in any of the clinical areas).StreamsWhen you join St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne, you will work at one or more of our four locations across Melbourne: Fitzroy, East Melbourne, Kew and Werribee. Only one application is required to be submitted for the program, we do not require separate applications for each site. We offer full time and part time positions (minimum of 8 shifts a fortnight) across a variety of shifts including weekends, night duty and public holidays.Acute Ward Based Stream:Two 6 month clinical ward rotations across a broad clinical ward base specialty mix (Haematology, Thoracics, Colorectal, Orthopaedics, Sarcomas, Upper GIT, Bariatrics, ENT, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Plastics and Vascular).Mixed Acute Ward and Specialty Stream:Two 6 month rotations in a clinical ward base specialty mix (Haematology, Thoracics, Colorectal, Orthopaedics, Sarcomas, Upper GIT, Bariatrics, ENT, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynaecology and Vascular) and a Surgical specialty mix (Cardiac, PACU, Scrub/Scout, DPU, Urogynae or Plastics and reconstruction).Theatre Stream:One 12 month rotation in either PACU/Recovery or Scrub/Scout that will allow you to enhance decision-making skills and critical thinking whilst consolidating your specialty knowledge in a complex surgical environment.Oncology Stream:Two 6 month rotations that will allow you to enhance decision making skills and critical thinking skills in both ward based and day infusion oncology nursing. One rotation will be in a clinical ward base oncology and one rotation will be in our Day Infusion Centre caring for Blood Products and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy only.Who is Eligible?The 2025 Enrolled Nurse Graduate Program is offered to nursing graduates:Who are Registered with APHRA as an Enrolled Nurse (Diploma of Nursing qualification with full IV endorsement) within the last 6 months or will have their AHPRA registration by the commencement date of the program.Availability to Commence the Graduate Program on the 17th of March 2025.WHY WORK FOR SVPHM:You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.Join the St Vincent's Health Australia Group, and work for a truly values based organisation, who operate across VIC, NSW and QLD.Salary packaging available (pay less tax and increase your take home pay!)Gain access to discounted gym membership through Fitness PassportOption to join our workplace giving program, Give4GoodA great work life balance with options to purchase additional leaveReceive a staff discount on hospital admissions to any SVHA Private HospitalAPPLY NOW!We welcome applications from all TAFE's throughout Australia. You don't have to have completed a clinical placement with us to apply.Important DatesApplications open: Monday 11th of November 2024Applications close: Friday 6th of December 2024Interviews Commence: Monday 20th of January 2025Program commences: Monday 17th of March 2025You will be required to upload all application documents to Workday.Application must include:A covering letter stating the stream you are applying toSuccinct Curriculum Vitae, outlining your clinical placements and work experience (no more than three pages), with two professional referees, one of whom must be from an adult acute care placement of two weeks or longer and the second can be your current managerA certified copy of academic transcript with legendA certified copy of your entire acute care placement logbook including formative and summative appraisals and competencies** In order to submit your documents online, you may need to save them all into one file and upload in the CV/Cover letter section.Please address your application to:Emily MclennanEnrolled Nurse Graduate Program CoordinatorSt Vincent's Private Hospital Fitzroy59 Victoria ParadeFitzroy VIC 3065We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions.REQUIREMENTS:Criminal record and/or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role.SVPHM has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy and how it is applied at SVPHM. Therefore employment with St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne is subject to you providing evidence of vaccinations and/or immunity to all vaccine preventable diseases. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy and directive. You will be required to ensure that you remain compliant with mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).SVHA generally requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to know more.HAVE A QUESTION AND WANT TO KNOW MORE:Emily MclennanEnrolled Nurse Graduate Program CoordinatorPhone: (03) 9411 7331Email: ****** DATE: Friday 6th of December 2024*Please note this job advertisement will close at Midnight the day before the closing date listed.
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