Graduate Nurse Program

Southern Health and the Graduate Nurse Program would like to invite you to an information evening to discuss all aspects of the Graduate Nurse Program for 2013. Please click here for more information

Southern Health offers a Graduate Nurse Program which will support you in an educational and clinical environment as you make the exciting transition from student to registered nurse.

Two general graduate nurse programs are offered:

Monash Program with rotations through:

Dandenong Program with rotations through:

Our main intake occurs in February, with staggered intakes throughout the year.

The program offers rotations through a variety of clinical areas, with the opportunity to work in an area of interest in negotiation with the Graduate Nurse Program Manager depending on re

Clinical areas available include:

  • Coronary Care  
  • Newborn Services
  • Special Care Nursery 
  • Renal
  • Rehabilitation
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology
  • Day Treatment Centre
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Haemodialysis   
  • Urology
  • Cardiothorasics
  • Gastroenterology
  • Neuroscience
  • Emergency
  • Paediatrics
  • Women’s Health  
  • Palliative Care
  • Respiratory
  • Orthopaedics
  • Medical

Our clinical support includes:
• Clinical Nurse Educators associated with each unit
• Preceptor allocation for each rotation
• Supernumerary time for each rotation.

Our educational support includes:
• Comprehensive orientation and induction program
• Paid Graduate Nurse Program dedicated study days
• Graduate Nurse Program specific tutorials / debrief sessions
• Simulation Centre training
• Access to Southern Health in-service programs and short courses.

At Southern Health we offer the option of either full time (1.0EFT) or part time (0.8EFT, 4 days/week) employment in your graduate year, with the opportunity for employment after successful completion of your graduate program.  

Graduate Nurse Program contact details:

GNP Manager
Jane Richards
9594 2609
0428 591 947
Wed - Fri

GNP Admin office
Katie Durdin
9594 6151

gnp@southernhealth.org.au

Royal College of Nursing Australia
Nursing and Health EXPO
Sunday 8th July 2012
10.00am - 03.00pm
Royal Exibition Building, Nicholson Street, Carlton
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