Grad+ Program

Overview

Our new Grad+ program will be a 2 year program, that will include 4 rotations, with the second year including more rotations into specialty areas. The program also includes 2 free Western Health post-graduate subjects that are accredited with 5 universities focusing on advanced clinical assessment, pathophysiology and clinical leadership.

The programs is the first of its type, as far as we are aware.

Aim

The anticipated benefits of the Nursing & Midwifery Grad+ Program are:

• Offer an entry to practice program that provides wider experience to different clinical specialties, to create well-rounded nurses and midwives with diverse experience in their early career years.
• Support our nurses and midwives to be able to have broader experiences and options available to them prior to choosing their preferred specialty
• Embed a culture of life-long learning through supporting the continuation of formal education into the early career years
• Make post-graduate education more accessible and affordable for our nurses and midwives
• Increase participation rates in post-graduate education, by offering 2 free subjects as part of their early career years.
• Enhance Western Health’s status of an employer of choice for newly graduated nurses and midwives.