Graduate Nurse Program

Graduate nursing positions in Brisbane

Give your healthcare career the best possible start when you join the Graduate Nurse Program at The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane. As a Wesley graduate, you will be part of a world-renowned healthcare team, learning in one of Australia’s highest acuity tertiary hospitals with a reputation for graduate support, retention and success.

At our hospital, individuals, families and communities can find the support they need to achieve positive health and life outcomes because we believe everyone should be able to live life in all its fullness.

The Wesley brings together the finest medical experts, healthcare professionals and technology to deliver exceptional holistic care for our patients and their families.

Clinical rotations

The Wesley Hospital offers a supportive and hands-on part time (0.8 FTE) 12-month Graduate Nurse Program (permanent position) that caters to both Enrolled Nurse and Registered Nurse positions:

For Registered Nurses: You’ll complete two six-month clinical rotations across key specialty areas of the hospital (with perioperative being non rotational). This gives you the chance to broaden your clinical experience and discover the areas you’re most passionate about.
For Enrolled Nurses: You’ll spend 12 months in one specialty area, allowing you to deepen your skills and gain strong clinical foundations in an acute hospital environment.

The program includes a 24/7 rotating roster to prepare you for real world hospital nursing. Graduates who successfully complete the program are offered a permanent position. Designed to build confidence, develop clinical skills, and support your long term career in nursing, the program offers positions within the following streams:

General Nursing Stream
Acute medicine.

Cardiology and vascular.

Coronary care.

Neuroscience.

Oncology.

Orthopaedics.

Palliative care.

Rehabilitation.

Respiratory medicine.

General surgery.

Urology.

Women’s health and plastics.
Midwifery/Nursing Stream

This program allows new graduates with dual nursing and midwifery registrations to work across all areas of midwifery, including labour ward, post-natal and special care nursery, and to complete a general nursing rotation.
Perioperative Stream

The perioperative stream offers graduates a 12-month, non-rotational scrub scout program, or a 12-month rotation in anaesthetics only (possible rotation in recovery as per opportunity availabilities).

Pathways to Critical Care

Interested in a career in critical care? After completing your graduate year, you will be eligible to apply for a position in ICU, Emergency or Dialysis.

Nurse graduate program highlights

Our Graduate Nurse Program is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference, together. It is a chance for you to learn on the job as you move from study to professional practice, with the support of the UnitingCare hospital group behind you. Here’s what to expect:

Be focused.

Work and learn in a uniquely supportive environment.

Be challenged.

Broaden your skills supported by experienced teams.

Be supported.

Welcome Breakfast, study days, education sessions, courses, workshops and more.

Be inspired.

We recognise the importance of continually learning and developing as individuals.

Be you.

We celebrate the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Career development

Our program provides permanent graduate nurse jobs, meaning you won’t have to look for a job after you finish your program. You can apply for a position in one of the areas in which you completed your rotations, or look to try something completely different.

We’re in it for the long haul, which is why we’re committed to your ongoing career development. We offer educators, leaders and team-mates who genuinely care about your success. Some have been supporting and educating students and graduates for more than 20 years – so they have a good understanding of what you’ll experience during your first year in the real world.

We also offer scholarships and bursaries to continue your professional development long after your program finishes; and postgraduate study opportunities through partnership with the University of Tasmania.

How to apply

Applications open for the next intake on 9 March and close on 5 April. Interviews take place in May for a commencement date of 17 August.

Registered Nurses – apply now Enrolled Nurses – apply now

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