Graduate Nurse Program – Heidelberg in Melbourne

Mercy Hospital for Women is offering a Graduate Nurse Program for 2026. This program is designed to support the transition from student to Registered Nurse within a supportive and welcoming environment. The aim is to promote educational opportunities to graduates as they consolidate their theoretical and clinical skills.

This structured program includes:

• Comprehensive orientation
• Paid professional development days
• Debriefing sessions supported by a dedicated learning team

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Eligibility:

• Applications are open to graduates who were eligible for the PMCV 2025 graduate match and have been unsuccessful in matching with a health service.
• Applicants must be registered with the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria Computer Matching Service and rank Mercy Health in their preferences.

What you’ll bring:

• You’re resilient, compassionate, and committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational, and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• A compassionate, flexible, and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

Application Requirements:

• Letter of application stating preferred hospital location, areas of clinical interest, preferred rotations, rationale for choice, and future career plans.
• Two-page Curriculum Vitae, relevant experience, and clinical rotations.
• Certified copy of academic transcripts to date (including ‘key to results’).
• Two recent and certified acute summative clinical appraisals.
• Career intention statement.
• Two Clinical Referees.

Please do not submit your application until you are able to provide all documents named above for your application to be considered.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or be in the process of obtaining:

• Registration as a Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture. We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients, and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.