Mental health nurse program

In the Graduate Nurse Program you will complete your placement with clinical competence, knowledge, skills and attitude to routinely deliver treatments to clients and their families in a recovery focused model of care. 

The program includes rotations through: 

• Adult Acute Unit 
• Aged Acute Unit 
• Aged Residential Mental Health Unit 
• Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU)  
• Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) 
• Parent and Infant Unit  
• other identified community areas 

There is also an orientation program, supernumerary days, study days, and clinical supervision. Graduates who complete the program may apply for a post-graduate position within the service (see below). 

Following completion of the Graduate Nurse Program – Mental Health, you may apply for a post-graduate position within GMHWS.  

It is a requirement of most tertiary institutions who deliver post-graduate studies in Mental Health Nursing that applicants have employment for the duration of their study. The Post-graduate Year offers two 6-month rotations to a select bed-based area and a Community Mental Health Team on a part-time basis (4 days a week). 

Graduate and post-graduate nurses who have successfully completed the program will be offered ongoing employment at the end of their fixed term contract where an appropriately classified vacancy exists. 

This program is available at Ballarat, Ararat and Horsham through the Grampians Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (GMHWS).

Application requirements: 

• Registered Nurse Div 1 with AHPRA at university completion  
• No more than 12 months of experience 
• Registered with PMCV website at Allocation and Placement Service (APS)  
• Direct applications to Grampians Health careers

Applications open and close on the same dates as advertised via PMCV. Successful applicants commence at the beginning of each year.