More opportunities, exceptional and diverse career pathways, support for specialisation and mentorship and leadership programs. At Healthscope we provide you the opportunity to give your career the best possible head start and to be in a job that means more.

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. 

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.

Offering permanent employment and lots of variety, we have full time or part time (minimum 0.8 FTE) roles available, nation-wide and at multiple sites.

We offer Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nurse and Registered Midwife opportunities across four Graduate Program streams:

*General 
*Perioperative
*Mental Health 
*Maternity

We have a number of opportunities available across multiple states. To help you understand more about what roles and streams are available at our different hospital sites, check out our quick and easy guide at a glance.
 

General

Healthscope offers registered nurses (RNs) and enrolled nurses (ENs) a range of general stream combinations

Full time or part time options (minimum 0.8 FTE)

2 x 6 month rotations PLUS a consolidation year to further support your growth and development

• Rotation to one of your three preferred clinical areas, where possible. May be in either rotation 1 or 2.

Paid onsite orientation including:
Supernumerary days (may vary in length for specialty areas)

 Preceptor support model

 Paid study days

 Ongoing clinical support and regular debrief

Perioperative

Healthscope offers registered nurses (RNs) the opportunity to complete a Perioperative Stream

Full time or part time options (minimum 0.8 FTE)

12 months with rotations across:

• Scrub/Scout
• Anaesthetics
• PACU

PLUS a consolidation year to further support your growth and development

Paid onsite orientation including:
Supernumerary days (may vary in length for specialty areas)

 Preceptor support model

 Paid study days focused on perioperative nursing

 Ongoing clinical support and regular debrief

Mental Health

Healthscope offers registered nurses (RNs) and enrolled nurses (ENs) the opportunity to complete a Mental Health Stream

Full time or part time options (minimum 0.8 FTE)

12 months with rotations across various areas of mental health nursing (dependent on availability)

PLUS a consolidation year to further support your growth and development

Paid onsite orientation including:
Supernumerary days (may vary in length for specialty areas)

 Preceptor support model

 Paid study days focused on mental health nursing

Discussion Groups/Supervision:

 Focusing on skill development and guided reflection processes

 Ongoing clinical support

 Eligibility for credit towards post graduate studies at Melbourne University

Maternity

Healthscope offers registered midwives (RMS) the opportunity to complete a Maternity Stream

Full time or part time options (minimum 0.8 FTE)

12 months with rotations across (dependent on availability):

• Post Natal
• Birth Suite
• Special Care Nursery

PLUS a consolidation year to further support your growth and development

Paid onsite orientation including:
Supernumerary days (may vary in length for specialty areas)

 Preceptor support model
 Paid study days focused on midwifery practice
 Ongoing clinical support and regular debrief

If you are wondering what happens after your graduate year, our leadership teams are committed to continuing to grow our workforce capability. As an early career nurse, we offer tailored career development through an additional Consolidation Year.

Our national network of hospitals provides the chance for you to work interstate, in a variety of sub-acute, acute and mental health facilities

Our Executive Teams collaboratively support staff movement across hospitals and states to encourage ongoing development and experience.
 

Kick start your permanent employment as an early career nurse or midwife! 12 month program plus additional Consolidation Year to further support your transition to practice and develop your clinical skills and knowledge.

Full time or part time options available (minimum 0.8 FTE)

You become part of our early career nurse community and have access to:

• 38 hospitals across Australia – multi site rotation opportunities
• 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 level
• State Onboarding 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
• One week supported annual leave in first rotation
• Graduation ceremony

Hear more from our CEO, Greg Horan, about what’s important to us at Healthscope

Internal Career Pathways and Advanced Practice Programs

Created to advance knowledge, skills and practice in specific clinical areas of nursing. This may include a specialty area or general medical/surgical nursing.

Through the Graduate Year we work with you to identify your aspiration and accelerate your learning and growth in the nursing profession.

External Scholarships and Post Graduate Programs

Through affiliation with our University partners we are able to provide robust post graduate offerings to further advance your education and clinical practice.

Get access to scholarships and have your participation in post graduate studies supported by our skilled clinical education team and senior staff who are committed to growing our workforce capability.

Ongoing Professional and Leadership Development

You will have unparalleled access to leaders who are committed to supporting you to grow your career at Healthscope. As your career advances, you have the opportunity to access the Healthscope Leadership Academy, which builds the capability of current and future leaders.

With access to courses to amplify, ignite, accelerate the leadership of supervisors through to senior leaders, we will help you to grow and be your best, inspire the highest quality of care (either directly or indirectly), and lead safe and high performing teams.

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Staff discounts and bulk billing for employees and their immediate family at Healthscope sites
• Employee Benefit Program – discounts on:
  • Food and beverages
  • Health, beauty and fitness

• Reduced membership rates for key national nursing organisations
• Fitness Passport – offering discounted gym membership for access to a large range of gyms, pools and fitness centres nationally
• Reduced Private Health Insurance through multiple providers
• Novated Leasing of Motor Vehicles and Selected Salary Packaging Options
• FREE online access to over 7,000 popular newspaper and magazine titles
• Movies, theme parks and entertainment
• Travel, hotels and leisure
• Department stores and supermarkets
• Fashion and retail
• Petrol, tyres and accessories
• Electronics, homewares and beds
• Prescription eyewear and Sunglasses

Additional benefits beyond the program include:

• Opportunity to become an Early Career Ambassador
• Bespoke talent development opportunities to accelerate your career
• Explore further study with our external partners for clinical and professional development including scholarships and post graduate study
• Supported internal transfers when situation changes (for example, travelling, changes to home situations)
• Opportunity to participate in our Leadership Academy
• Corporate Secondment opportunities

Eligibility Criteria & Considerations

• 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

Information to Have to Hand if Applying

• Update CV
• Evidence of your right to work in Australia being one of the below options:
• Australian/New Zealand passport
• Australian birth certificate and drivers licence
• International passport and relevant visa documentation
• Your two most recent summative (final) student clinical placement reports*

• Complete and submit your online application form via our website
• We will be in touch soon with an outcome via email

• Face to face behavioural interviews at sites.
• Our interview will have a mixture of questions relating to motivation, behavioural and skills-based aspects
• During the interview there will also be an opportunity to answer any questions that you may have
• Outcomes from the interview will be communicated by phone.   

• Successful candidates will be offered a role and receive a contract shortly after
• As a part of the recruitment and selection process, we perform a number of pre-start checks. We ask successful individuals who have been offered a role to send through all of your required information via our online system
• During this phase we will also communicate with you regularly in the lead up to orientation

• Join us in person for two days to explore more of what Healthscope has to offer at our dedicated orientation days
• Get to know other graduates and prepare for day one at the hospital 

• Join your new team onsite