The Melbourne Clinic - Graduate Enrolled Nurse 2025

Here at Healthscope in our graduate program … you mean more!

At Healthscope we realise how hard you’ve studied to get to this point. Taking the next step in your career is an important milestone. With us you can kick start your employment as an early career nurse or midwife through our comprehensive and individually tailored program.

As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 38 sites offer a range of acute, medical, surgical, mental health and rehabilitation services to the communities we care for.

When you’re working in the private healthcare sector, you’ll get more hands-on experience, in a supported way, of course! Our nurses and midwives are often the key point of communication directly between our patient and doctors.

In addition, our private healthcare nurses and midwives find they can accelerate their careers as there are more opportunities available and a greater ability for specialisation.

Given we deal with more predictable patient admissions in the private sector, it also means you’ll get more flexibility in when you work. Our leaders work hard to develop rosters that suit our people and the career and life stage they are in.

With full time or part time options available (minimum 30 hours/week), our 12-month program is coupled with an additional Consolidation Year to further support your transition to practice and develop your clinical skills and knowledge.

Healthscope opens the door to endless opportunities for our people, giving them the flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network, providing the perfect opportunity for our people to thrive both professionally and personally.

The Melbourne Clinic, where improving lives means more.

The Melbourne Clinic, situated in Richmond, Victoria is Australia’s largest private mental health service, providing a variety of recovery focussed inpatient and outpatient programs that are tailored to meet the needs of people with a range of mental health conditions. Our aim is to provide Collaborative Patient Centred Care that is respectful of and responsive to the preferences, needs and values of the individual.

The Melbourne Clinic is an inclusive and diverse workplace welcoming of all patient's staff and visitors, regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity or sexuality. We are committed to providing our staff with a structured induction and orientation, and opportunities for ongoing training and professional development. We value individuality and embrace people with differing experiences, knowledge and skills with the intention of building a thriving, professional working environment that is both nurturing and a safe.

Since 2017, The Melbourne Clinic has proudly maintained Rainbow Tick Accreditation, a world first quality framework to help health and human services organisations become safe and inclusive for the LGBTIQ community.

Site Specific Streams available

At The Melbourne Clinic the following streams are on offer:

• Mental Health EN Stream

Enrolled Nurse

Enrolled Nurses at Healthscope perform a variety of tasks under the supervision of registered nurses. Some of the tasks that you may be responsible for, in collaboration with the Registered Nurse, include caring for a group of patients, patient admission and discharge, medication administration, wound care, pre- and post-operative care and liaising with medical staff and other health professionals. You will have the opportunity to continually develop, improve and promote best evidence-based practice.

When it comes to our Graduate Program – we’ve got you!

We know that you are passionate about what you do and that’s why it is important to us to have a graduate program that sets us apart and provides you with lots of opportunities.

• 38 hospitals across Australia – multi site rotation opportunities available
• Multiple streams on offer with generous supernumerary time to support your transition to clinical practice
• Dedicated support from our broad network of experienced teams based at site, state and national levels
• State Orientation Days to connect with fellow graduates and Healthscope leaders
• Early Career Ambassadors available for peer networking and support
• Site, state and national paid study days
• We encourage and support you to take one week of annual leave in your first rotation because we care about your well-being
• Graduation ceremony

Eager to learn a little more

Then check out our dedicated Healthscope Graduate website here where we have tailored information on each of the below:

·       The recruitment and selection process

·       Graduate Program timelines

·       Perks of working at Healthscope

·       Development opportunities

·       What happens post your Graduate year

·       A message from our CEO Greg Horan about what’s important to us at Healthscope

Like the sound of what you’ve read above and keen to join a Graduate Program and organisation where your career means more?

Complete an online application and take the next exciting step in your career.

Eligibility criteria for our 2025 Graduate Program includes:

·       Australian working rights

·       Completion of a relevant nursing or midwifery course within the last 6 months OR anticipated completion at least one month prior to commencing with us

·       Willingness to commit to a minimum of 30 hours/week, a rotating roster including AM, PM, night, weekend and public holiday shifts

To make your experience more seamless when completing an online application with us, we encourage you to have the following documents easily to hand:

·       CV

·       Your two most recent summative student clinical placement reports

·       Evidence of working rights within Australia (including Australian/New Zealand passport OR Australian birth certificate OR international passport and relevant Australian working visa evidence)

Are you ready to join Healthscope where your career means more? Take the next exciting step in your career today!