Graduate Nurse Program - Application Process

We only accept applications that meet the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) eligibility criteria. 
Refer to PMCV   The Match - Graduate Nurse Midwifery Program (pmcv.com.au) 

More information about eligibility can also be found at our recruitment site, when applications open. 

NZ citizens OR temporary residents who have a visa that grants the 'right to work' in Australia are eligible to apply.

To be eligible to apply you must meet one of the criteria listed, refer to PMCV Eligible candidates:

 The Match - Graduate Nurse Midwifery Program (pmcv.com.au)

You can proceed with your application by uploading your most recent academic transcript. 

If your third year results are not released at the time of your application, you can still proceed with your application by uploading your most recent academic transcipt. The recruitment team will be in contact for your final academic transcript.

Visit:  www.justice.vic.gov.au/certifiedcopies

You can download an electronic copy of your official academic transcript and upload this onto the PeopleHub online recruitment portal.

This copy must include your univeristy details. 

A referee must be a registered nurse who has more than one year of experience and that you have worked  closely with in the capacity of student nurse. Roles accepted are:

• Clinical Nurse Educator
• Clinical Support Nurse
• Clinical Preceptor

We preference two most recent adult acute clinical appraisals.

Where two recent acute appraisals are not available at the time of your application, we will accept one recent adult acute assessment from 3rd year and one subacute assessment from 2nd or 3rd year.

You can proceed to upload your online application with your most recent clinical appraisals before the closing date.  In your resume outline the details of any future clinical placements including the date/ organisation / type of placement. The recruitment team will be in contact, if required.

You are only required to submit your summative assessment, this includes preceptor comments (summative). Your summative assessment must also include the cover page with placement location/ dates/ type of  placement.

Include them as one single appraisal.

No. We understand that many of our applicants have studied at various locations and offered student placements with health providers other than Western Health.

We will accept the following two appraisals: 

1. One recent adult acute assessment from 3rd year.  If a 3rd year assessment is not available at the time of application, we will accept one most recent 2nd year adult acute assessement

2. One most recent mental health assessment

No. Cover letters are being replaced by a career intention paragraph within the PMCV application process.

No. PMCV are coordinating recorded online one-way video interviews.  Refer to PMCV for more information.

No. Once the application dates close we will not be accepting any applications.  Applications received via email will not be accepted.

Western Health recruits to fill graduate intakes by participating in only one matching process each year.

We offer two/six month clinical rotations. Successful applicants that are offered a position within our program will be given a preference form to nominate their preferred rotations.  While we aim to give you one of your top five preferences, given the high demand for more popular areas, this is not guaranteed.

Grad+ Program  (optional)  If you participate in Grad+ Year 2 you will be offered two further rotations.

Match results are released at 10 am, 17 September 2025.

If you are successfully matched with Western Health, you will have 48 hours to accept the match. A member of the team will also contact you.