Address2025 Graduate Enrolled and Registered Nurse Program | The Wesley Hospital
Employment Term: offering both permanent full-time and part-time (0.8 FTE) opportunities
Location: located Auchenflower, just 5 mins from Toowong Shopping Village and 10 mins from Brisbane City
Remuneration: Registered Nurse - $41.66 p/h, Enrolled Nurse - $35.85 p/h + 11.5% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances
Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital
We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.
An integral part of our team at The Wesley Hospital as a Graduate Enrolled and Registered NurseProgram 2025 - The Wesley Hospital , you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.Your part in The Wesley Hospital team
As a Wesley Graduate, you will have the opportunity to work with a world-renowned health care team in one of Queensland’s most complex and high acuity hospital environments. We offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.
Over the course of your 12-month program, you can expect to be exposed to varied and exciting work. You will be provided the support and opportunity to consolidate your skills and learning, to deliver safe and holistic person-centred care, apply best clinical practice and ensure a safe environment for patients. Working collaboratively with your multidisciplinary team, you will apply your exceptional communication and customer service skills.
Most importantly, we offer educators, leaders and teammates who 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 during your first year in the real world.
We’re extremely proud of the graduate support and learning experience we provide. Graduate study days, education sessions, formal courses, workshops and supernumerary hours are just some of the ways we support you in your graduate year. Then, once finished, you’ll be encouraged to continue your career and development with The Wesley Hospital or explore the many opportunities within UnitingCare.
Streams to consolidate your skills:
This intake we'll be offering permanent full-time and part-time (0.8 FTE) opportunities to Graduate Enrolled and Registered Nurses into our General Nursing and Perioperative.
Whichever stream you choose, our 12-month program will provide you with a deep, rich learning experience, supported by experienced staff who care about your future. As a high-acuity, specialist facility, our program will allow you to focus on developing your clinical expertise in your chosen speciality.
You will have the opportunity to broaden your experience and build your skills in the following programs:
General Nursing Stream (two 6-month rotations)
- Acute Medicine
- Cardiology and Vascular
- Coronary Care
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Orthopaedics
- Palliative Care
- Rehabilitation
- Respiratory
- General Surgery
- Urology
- Women's Health & Plastics
Perioperative Stream (12-months non-rotational)
- Scrub/Scout
- Anaesthetics
What makes a difference for us?
To be eligible to apply, you will need:
- To have completed your Bachelor of Nursing; or Diploma of Nursing between Dec 2023 and Dec 2024
- To hold registration with AHPRA by 12th January 2025
- Unlimited working rights in Australia
- Flexibility to work a full rotating roster (in a full-time or part-time 0.8 FTE position)
- You will need to be available to commence on the 3rd of February 2025
What makes a difference for you?
The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, caring for you for life. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders.
Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
Subsidised On-Site Parking
A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).
Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.
The Wesley Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.
At the Wesley Hospital, we offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.
Joining the Wesley Hospital, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Start making a difference today
Our application process takes less than 15 minutes – Click the ‘APPLY’ button to be taken to our online application process and upload your resume and cover letter. Our team are available to answer any questions you may have.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. Learn more about Diversity & Inclusion at UnitingCare: https://www.unitingcareqld.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/diversity-and-inclusion
Safe workplace
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.
