2026 Enrolled Nurse Graduate Program- April Intake

ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE:

Launch your enrolled nurse (EN) career at St Vincent’s Private, Melbourne!

Join our comprehensive twelve-month graduate registered nurse or midwife program designed to nurture confident, skilled healthcare professionals. We are a not-for-profit Catholic private hospital which operates across four locations in Victoria – East Melbourne, Fitzroy, Kew and Werribee, we offer diverse clinical experiences in a supportive environment.

Our experienced team of clinical professionals and educators are equipped to provide the highest level of therapeutic, medical and surgical services. We work together to ensure patient safety, well-being and recovery.

Our program gives you the opportunity to explore exciting high acuity clinical areas such as cardio thoracics, neurosurgery, major plastic and reconstructive surgery, orthopaedics, haematology/oncology and colorectal surgery. We also encourage our graduates to experience nursing in specialty areas such as intensive care, recovery, peri-operative and cardiac/vascular catheter laboratory. Each graduate is allocated 2 rotations of 6 months duration.

WHY WORK FOR US:

• You will join a high performing team and a workplace with relationships built on mutual trust and respect. We value our staff and offer professional advancement in a respectful, collaborative and learning environment.

• Join the St Vincent’s Health Australia Group, and work for a truly values based organisation, who operate across VIC, NSW and QLD

• Salary packaging available (pay less tax and increase your take home pay!)

• Gain access to discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport

• Option to join our workplace giving program, Give4Good

• A great work life balance with options to purchase additional leave

• Receive a staff discount on hospital admissions to any SVHA Private Hospital

ABOUT YOU:

This program is open to candidates who have completed a Diploma of Nursing Program or equivalent who are eligible to gain registration as a Enrolled Nurse with AHPRA (www.ahpra.com.au) and will be available to commence the program in February 2026.

APPLY NOW!

**No applications will be accepted through email**

All candidates are to submit their application via:

• PMCV (rank St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne in your 4 PMCV preferences) AND

• Workday our online recruitment portal In order to submit your documents online, you may need to save them all into one file and upload in the CV/Cover letter section.

Please submit the following via Workday:

• Cover letter

• Succinct Curriculum Vitae (no more than three pages), including two clinical referees from 2nd or 3rd year placements (with email addresses, one of whom must be from an adult acute care placement of two weeks or longer)

• Certified copy your academic transcript (including legend)

• Two certified acute medical or surgical ward clinical assessment tools (e.g. ANSAT).

• Must be two weeks or longer and either from second or third year placements undertaken in Australia or New Zealand.

• We will accept a PACU clinical tool.

• We do not accept clinical assessment tools from Mental Health or Community nursing placements. Please submit the entire document, not just the summary. We require every page of the document including notes pages.

• Identification- international candidates are required to include a photocopy of their passport

Workday will require you to upload your documents to complete the application process.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity, ethical practices, the principles of cultural diversity and promote a smoke free work environment.

St Vincent's Health Australia is committed to reconciliation and encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply for all advertised positions. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au.

REQUIREMENTS:
Criminal record and/or child protection checks will be conducted and will form part of the selection criteria for this role.

SVPHM has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings. You are therefore required to comply with the SVHA Staff Health Screening Immunisation Policy, which, depending on the role you perform in the organisation will require you to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

SVHA generally requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to know more.