Registered Midwife Graduate Program 2027

Secure Your Future & Start Your Midwifery Career at Cabrini Health

Applications are now open for the 2027 Registered Midwife Graduate Program, with ongoing positions available. Your graduate year is the first step in building the career you want—apply early to secure your place.

Our 12-month Midwifery Graduate Program is designed to support your development into a confident, capable midwife. You’ll work closely with mothers and their newborns in those precious early days, while receiving dedicated one-on-one support from experienced clinical midwifery educators. You’ll also be paired with preceptors to strengthen your skills as you transition into the multidisciplinary team.

For those in our 15-month Double Degree Program, you’ll begin with a rotation in a medical or surgical ward, supported by a clinical educator and ward-based preceptor, with ongoing guidance from nurse managers and educators. You will then transition into the 12-month Midwifery Graduate Program.

Cabrini offers ongoing employment and continued professional development opportunities well beyond your graduate year, supporting long-term career growth.

Why Choose Cabrini Health?

• A Dedicated Clinical Education Team: Transition smoothly from study to practice with our dedicated Clinical Education team. Regular check-ins with Midwife managers and educators will keep you on track
• Generous Supernumerary time to safely transition knowledge to practice
• Interactive Learning and Career Guidance: Our program includes interactive study days, career guidance, and debriefs throughout the year, ensuring you receive continuous support and professional growth
• Professional Development Opportunities: Beyond the Graduate Program year, you'll have access to professional development opportunities, including post-graduate studies

What We Offer

• Part-Time position (0.8 FTE – 30.4 hours per week) to support work-life balance
• Ongoing, permanent employment contracts: Stability and security in your career
• Dedicated midwifery educator, clinical support staff, and ward-based preceptors
• Exposure to working in our birth suites, special care nursery, post-natal and ante-natal
• RANZCOG Fetal Serveillance Course
• Advanced neonatal resuscitation programs
• PROMPT maternity emergency simulation days
• Dedicated midwifery educator, clinical support staff, and ward-based preceptors

Application Requirements

• Curriculum vitae (CV): Include details of each clinical placement (length, month, year, facility, ward, casemix, and length of placement)
• Academic transcript: Most recent certified copy, including the grading legend/key page
• Two most recent clinical placement reports. One of these reports must be from Birth Suite. If you are a double degree one report can be from an acute medical or surgical undergraduate placement
• Professional references: Two referees, with at least one from your most recent clinical placement. Include full name, title, phone number, and email address. At least one of these references must be from your most recent clinical placement and from Birth Suite
• Passport-size headshot photo
• Copy of your visa if applicable and passport

Cabrini Benefits

• Ongoing contracts
• Salaries matched to public hospitals
• Free uniforms provided
• Smaller cohorts & more educators
• Salary packaging:up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
• Access to salary packaging for Apple Watches, iPhones, and iPads
• Access to employee health and wellness programs, including Fitness Passport and complimentary counselling through our Employee Assistance Program
• On-site car parking
• Travel Perks:Myki Commuter discounted fares
• Career coaching Post-Graduate study support and scholarship opportunities.

Start Your Journey with Cabrini Health
Imagine yourself thriving in a supportive, innovative environment where you can grow both personally and professionally. At Cabrini Health, we are committed to nurturing your passion for midwifery and helping you build a rewarding career.

Apply now and take the first step towards an exciting future with Cabrini Health’s Registered Midwife Graduate Program 2027.

To view the position description for this role, please click here

Visit our dedicated Graduate Midwife Program webpage with details about the program, application information, and eligibility requirements here

Please note:You must have a valid visa with full work rights that is valid for at least 2 more years. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

Recruitment and other processes for Cabrini’s Graduate Enrolled Nursing Programs are managed independently and do not participate in the PMCV APS match process.

Feel free to contact us for more information or assistance with the application process. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!
Sue Hewat, Senior Project Manager, Workforce Recruitment on 0418 336 793

Please note:All applications must be submitted via the online application system. Email applications will not be accepted.

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.