Registered Nurse - Graduate - August 2024 Intake - Mater Private Hospital Townsville

About the August 2024 Graduate intake

Mater’s Registered Nurse Graduate Programs offer the opportunity to work in a supportive hospital environment for your first year of nursing, with dedicated Clinical Educators in each speciality allowing you to learn on the job, as you transition from academic learning to professional practice.  

The position is offered at 64 hours a fortnight on a permanent basis with the duration of the graduate program being 12 months, from here you will transfer into a Registered Nurse post-graduate position. We offer a range of programs, across a variety of clinical areas, including Emergency, Perioperative, Critical Care, Paediatrics, ICU, Cardiac, General Surgical and Acute Medical* and they are offered across Mater Private Hospital Townsville. The program will commence on Monday 19 August 2024. 

As part of our nursing staff, you will need to be available to participate in a rotational shift roster (including morning, evening and night shift) on a 24/7 roster. 

Why join Mater and the graduate program 

The graduate program is an intense year of practical skill development to instil the knowledge and skills to provide safe and comprehensive care.  

As part of the program, you will undertake and complete: 

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 
• A professional portfolio—to encourage self-reflection, enhance your knowledge and skill development 
• Mandatory education 
• Identified learning goals 

During the period of your program, you will have the opportunity to undertake a wide range of clinical experience. These experiences along with the knowledge and understanding gained from learning modules, attendance at workshops and the support of an inter-professional team of clinicians, will provide the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to continue your journey to becoming a competent nurse. 

About you 

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated nursing graduates, who are excited to learn and develop within a world class health care setting. In order to be applicable for our graduate program; you will have

• Completed a nursing qualification within the past 12 months and have less than six months or 900 hours post-graduate registered nursing experience
• A passion for nursing
• Take pride in the care that you provide for others
• Want to excel in your career and continue to learn
• AHPRA registration (no restrictions) before the start of the program

Why Mater?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Flexible working arrangements, including work from home options where suitable
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

It is now a mandatory requirement of employment at the Mater that you are and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Applications close on Sunday the 31 March at 10pm. For more information, please refer to the Mater graduate Website.

Please note due to the high interest in our graduate programs, you may not be contacted until a few weeks after the portal closes. 

*Not all areas are offered in every intake