We offer a 12 month graduate program for newly qualified nurses and midwives. Our program will further develop the skills you learned during training in a supportive clinical setting.
We'll give you:
We encourage our graduates to apply for permanent roles and continue working for us.
Graduate nurses work 64 to 76 hours per fortnight, usually across 8 to 9 days.
We offer placements at:
You'll usually do your placement in one clinical area in Mackay Base Hospital.
We offer placements in the following clinical areas.
Graduate midwives work 64 hours per fortnight, usually across 8 days.
You'll rotate through the following areas at Mackay Base Hospital:
Applications open in July and close in August each year. We hold interviews in late August and September. If you're successful, you'll start your placement between December and March.
Check the Queensland Health Careers website for application dates and make sure you apply before the closing date.
You'll need to include your:
To apply you must have one of the following degrees.
We don't currently offer a graduate program for enrolled nurses.
You must also:
You must not have worked as a full-time nurse or midwife for more than 6 months.
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.
Read more about the nursing and midwifery graduate recruitment process and eligibility on the Queensland Health website.
Contact us if you've got any questions about our graduate programs.