Location: The Wesley Hospital
Classification: Registered Nurse – Level 1
Remuneration Value: $35.42 p/h + 9.5% employee contribution to super, 17.5 % annual leave loading + not for profit salary packaging benefit + cumulative study leave.
Applications are now open for our 2021 Graduate Registered Nursing Program at The Wesley Hospital!
As a Wesley Graduate, you will be part of a world renowned healthcare team, learning in one of Australia’s most complex and high acuity tertiary hospitals. As one of the country’s most iconic not-for-profit hospitals, the Wesley has been delivering personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders.
Over the course of a year and two clinical rotations, we offer the opportunity to consolidate your skills in several specialities – broadening your experience, and setting you up for success. At the Wesley, we’re proud of our reputation for graduate support, retention and success, which has become a benchmark for other programs within the industry.
Supporting you to succeed – your graduate year and beyond
At The Wesley, we’re proud of our reputation for graduate support, retention and success, with many Graduates going on to experience exceptional careers with our family, and beyond. Graduate study days, education sessions, formal courses, workshops and supernumerary hours are just some of the ways we support you in your Graduate year.
Most importantly, we offer educators, leaders and team mates that genuinely care from the heart about your success. Some have been supporting and educating others for over 20 years – so they have a good understanding of what you’ll experience your first year in the real world.
The Wesley prides itself on providing career opportunities post Graduate year in over 35 clinical specialities. We’re in it for the long haul, which is why we’re committed to your ongoing career development and why our program consistently achieves over a 90% retention rate.
Streams to consolidate your skills:
This year, we’re proud to offer opportunities to Graduate Registered Nurses into our General Nursing, Perioperative and Dual Registered Nurse/ Midwifery Streams. You’ll have the opportunity to build your skills in:
General Nursing Stream:
- Acute Medicine
- Cardiology & Vascular
- Coronary Care
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Orthopaedics
- Palliative Care
- Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Medicine
- General Surgery
- Urology
- Women’s Health & 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 complete a general nursing rotation.
Perioperative Stream Offered as full year placement only (non-rotational)
We’ll look after you too:
The Wesley Graduate program offers a competitive salary package, including annual leaving loading, shift loading and more. Discounted parking is available to all employees. We offer access to health and wellbeing, financial, retail and lifestyle benefits designed to make life more enjoyable. As a registered not-for-profit, we also offer competitive salary-packaging designed to increase your take home pay.
Take the next step in your career today:
Click the Apply button and respond to the relevant selection criteria.
When asked to, please upload a Cover Letter and updated Resume outlining your experience and education. Please also upload your recent clinical prac/mentor reports.
In your Cover Letter, please describe:
- What you believe you could contribute to the team at The Wesley
- Which areas of nursing you are most passionate about
- How this Graduate opportunity will support your long terms goals
Applications open Monday 6th July and close Sunday 26th July.
Graduate Program commences February 2021.
All communications from UnitingCare regarding graduate programs will be sent via email, so it’s important to regularly check your emails if applying for a role. Ensure the UnitingCare email addresses with the domain names of @uchealth.com.au and @ucareqld.com.au are set to ‘safe” so emails from these domains don’t go to your junk mail.
Through our values UnitingCare are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
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