• Graduate Program 2026 – 12 months Fixed Term (*2025 PMCV unmatched candidates ONLY) 

• Public Fertility (6 months) and Imaging (6 months) – 2 positions 

• Women’s Health Clinics (6 months) and Day surgery unit (6 months) – 2 positions 

• 12 months Fixed Term – 0.74 EFT 

• Commencement – August 2026 (Final date to be confirmed) 

• $81,733 (pro-rata for part time) + salary packaging + super + up to 6 weeks annual leave

The Royal Women’s Hospital is one of Australia’s oldest and most distinguished tertiary hospitals dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of women and newborns, offering specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.  Our goal is to be the best place to work, learn and contribute, and to provide exceptional experiences for our patients and consumers.

About the role 

Four (4) additional Graduate Nurse positions have become available at The Women’s commencing in August 2026. These positions include rotations in: 

Women’s Health Clinics/Day Surgery Unit OR 

Public Fertility/Pauline Gandel Imaging 

These positions are open to graduates Registered Nurses (or dual Registered Nurses/Midwives who are eligible for the PMCV 2025 graduate match and have thus far been unsuccessful in matching with a health service.  

**If you are a 2026 completing graduate and are seeking to apply for the Women’s Graduate Programs 2027 please exit this position and apply to the correct position in Success Facotrs) 

Graduate nurses/dual registered (Nurse/Midwives) who have already been allocated a position with a health service are ineligible to apply – regardless of whether the position has been accepted or declined. Applicants will be required to submit a statutory declaration stating that they were not allocated a position through the 2025 PMCV process. 

A regular day will see you: 

• Working independently and within a multidisciplinary team to provide specialised ongoing clinical care and support to patients and their partners who are undergoing fertility treatment and imaging procedures OR and undergoing Day Procedures and receiving care in Women’s Health Clinics from: 

• Varied backgrounds 

• Different social status 

• A range of beliefs and expectations 

• Families with dynamics different to your own  

About you 

You’ll bring with you: 

• Registration as a Nurse  

• Willingness to acquire knowledge and skills that respond to changing operational requirements and enhances your ability to perform in your role as a nurse. 

• A passion for collaborative inter-professional practice. 

• A high degree of empathy, emotional intelligence and professional maturity to navigate sensitive patient experiences. 

• Demonstrated ability to confidently use a range of digital clinical and learning technologies in fast-paced environments 

Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete a brief digital task (e.g., navigating a mock clinical system, interpreting digital patient data, or completing an online documentation exercise) 

Recruitment decisions will be merit based, however, priority consideration will be given to applicants   

• Who are Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents  

• Completed an approved nursing offered by a provider in Victoria or border community  

• Who are recipients of the Victorian Making it Free to Study Nursing and Midwifery initiative  

• Applicants who hold dual registration (Registered Midwife and Registered Nurse) 

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Applications 

 Your application should include: 

Your CV with included career intention statement (1 to a maximum of 3 short paragraphs) 

Your two most recent clinical appraisals 

Graduate Nurse Rotation Preference Form - click here for the preference form 

Referee details from two of your clinical placements 

Copy of your academic transcript

Statutory declaration stating that you have not received a previous graduate program offer (irrespective of whether you accepted or declined) 

Interviews 

Invitations to interview for successful candidates will be sent via email - please ensure which ever email you register with is one that you check regularly, and one that you can continue to receive information.  Interviews will be in person