Nursing and midwifery graduate programs
We offer 6 and 12 month graduate programs for newly qualified registered nurses and midwives. The programs help you develop your nursing or midwifery skills in a supportive learning environment and include:
- a detailed orientation
- dedicated nurse educators and clinical facilitators
- clinical and simulation learning
- study days
- mentor support.
As a graduate nurse or midwife, you'll work a minimum of 40 hours a fortnight, but you can work up to 76 hours. Learn more about pay and benefits on the Queensland Health careers website or watch our videos.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and applicants with diverse backgrounds.
Clinical areas
We have graduate nursing placements at all our hospitals and health service facilities.
Graduate midwifery placements are only available at Logan, Beaudesert and Redland hospitals.
We offer over 50 different clinical programs across our hospitals and health services including:
- cancer care
- community care
- ear nose and throat (ENT)
- emergency, intensive and critical care
- gastroenterological care
- haematology
- health contact centre
- heart health and cardiac care
- mental health
- medical
- midwifery group practice, antenatal clinics and assessment centres
- neurology
- older person care
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics and neonatal care
- palliative care
- rehabilitation
- renal care
- surgery and perioperative care
You can choose your clinical preferences when you apply. Choose your preferred hospital or health service to find out more about the available clinical programs and specialty areas.
Insight program
Our insight program is an initiative that you will take part in your first year as a graduate. You'll have the opportunity to identify an improvement to create a new initiative in the hospital or health service you're at. You'll be supported by our clinical teams and nurse educators to implement your initiative.
Insight commenced in Metro South in 2017 and is embedded as part of the formal graduate program. Our graduates have completed quality improvement initiatives across acute care, medical, surgical, rehabilitation and women’s and children’s health services.
How to apply
Apply through the graduate portal on the Queensland Health careers website. You can also join the mailing list.
The applications portal is only open for a few weeks between July and August. However, applications are valid for 12 months. A secondary application portal might be offered. This is at OCNMOs discretion. Make sure you check the application dates on the graduate portal and apply before the closing date.
The application process can take 2 to 3 months including interviews.
Who can apply
Learn about the eligibility criteria on the Queensland Health careers website.
Quick reference guides
Use the quick reference guide relevant to your qualification below. This will help support your application.
This will tell you how to choose your preferred places to work in Metro South Health and clinical preferences. Each ward or unit has instructions and a special code to enter in the free text box to describe your ideal work environment.
Contact us
Email MS_NM_Graduate_Support@health.qld.gov.au if you have questions about the graduate programs or your preferences.