Graduate Nurse Program - Endorsed Enrolled Nurse

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About the role

Our Graduate Program assists you to make the transition from student nurse/midwife to an independent professional in a supportive environment.

We Offer:

• A structured graduate program
• Dedicated rotations through specialty areas
• A supportive graduate network
• A preceptor program
• Flexible working arrangements
• 2 Clinical rotations for Acute Medical/Surgical and Sub Acute Medical/Rehabilitation programs
• Specialty Graduate program available to suitable candidates (Perioperative and Mental Health)

About us

Darwin Private Hospital is the only provider of private hospital services in the Northern Territory. As part of the Healthscope Group of Hospitals, it is a licenced 150 bed hospital providing a broad range of multiday and day surgery including Paediatrics, Cardiac Catheterisation, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Plastic and Reconstructive, ENT, Urology, Gastroenterology and ENT. Our services include a dedicated maternal and neonatal unit, paediatric unit, acute medical surgical unit, rehabilitation unit, mental health and AoD unit and an angiography suite.

Graduates are our future and we offer access to all clinical areas of the hospital as well as support for post-graduate programs in clinical specialties after successful completion of your graduate year (Scholarship post-graduate study is available to Australian citizens and residents only).

Dates are applications Open 6th Of September and close on the 19th of September.

• Applications open - 6th of September 2021
• Applications close -19th of September 2021
• Interviews -October/November
• Outcome of interviews -December
• Grad Program commences March 2022

The Graduate Program at Darwin Private Hospital is aimed at enhancing the professional development of each graduate by:

• Recognising and incorporating individual learning needs and personal attributes into a responsive supported education program
• Facilitating the transition from student to registered practitioner in a supportive clinical environment, utilising clinical teachers, peer support and preceptorship
• Providing documented evidence of each graduate’s experience as part of their professional portfolio development

Items to include in your application are:

• Letter of application including reason why you wish to join our program and indicating if you have a particular area of clinical interest
• Curriculum vitae including contact details of 2 referees. One referee must be a clinical teacher, preceptor or other senior nurse that you have reported to during a clinical placement
• Academic Transcript (unofficial transcript is acceptable)
• Copies of three recent clinical placement assessments

Applications close: Sunday 19th of September 2021

For further enquiries: Zoe Boyle , Clinical Nurse Educator -