West Moreton Health offers comprehensive graduate programs that are designed to facilitate the transition of new graduates into their new roles.
West Moreton Health offers a comprehensive graduate program in nursing and midwifery. Our program is designed to facilitate the transition of new graduates into their roles as registered nurses or midwives.
The program enables the integration of knowledge and practical skills throughout a graduate’s first year of practice, providing support and guidance within a dynamic clinical setting. Our programs provide a strong foundation where individuals can realise early career specialisation and acquire diverse skills.
The programs, conducted over 12 months, offer graduate positions in various clinical specialties. The programs are supported and provide:
- graduate orientation and onboarding
- mandatory education sessions
- sound clinical partnership and mentoring
- supported skills acquisition
- facilitated education forums.
We offer 12-month contracts across clinical locations within West Moreton Health. You could complete your graduate program at Ipswich Hospital; one of our rural hospitals at Boonah, Esk, Gatton and Laidley; within our Mental Health and Specialised Services division; or Prison Health Services.
On commencing with West Moreton Health, graduates are enrolled in a Speciality Transition Support Program, which they are expected to complete by the end of their graduate year. Some transition support programs may be eligible for articulation towards post-graduate studies.
We aim to develop safe, confident and competent practitioners who will seek to continue their professional development within West Moreton Health.
Information for applicants
Employment: The program is a temporary 12-month position, with the potential for participants to acquire permanency on successful completion of the program.
Graduate support: WMH has a full-time graduate nurse educator who is responsible for the co-ordination and management of the graduate program and provides support and guidance during the graduate year.
Each clinical area has a dedicated specialist nurse educator, clinical development facilitator/s and preceptors who provide guidance and support in the clinical environment.
How to apply
Recruitment opens in July-August each year with interviews held in September-October. Graduates are appointed through several intakes between February and July. Our orientation program, Welcome to West Moreton, ensures graduates get to know our health service as part of their onboarding.
For more information and to apply, visit the Graduate portal. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Once you have read all the information on the portal, you can make further enquiries by emailing WM-NandMgraduates@health.qld.gov.au.
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The Allied Health Graduate Program in Mental Health (AHGP) is a two-year comprehensive work-based program for eligible graduates in occupational therapy, psychology and social work who are seeking to develop and apply their skills in mental health. It offers graduates:
- a positive transition to professional practice, specifically in mental health, with access to workplace learning while supporting clinical and professional skills development
- opportunities to work in a range of mental health specialised services within West Moreton Health, focusing on core skills development for the mental health alcohol and other drugs workforce
- the opportunity to rotate four times and gain experience in a range of clinical areas and specialised mental health teams and settings over the two-year period
- a combination of formal education and work-based experience, including workplace education and training, interdisciplinary training days, discipline-specific supervision, journal clubs and more.
During the program you will:
- work and learn with other allied health graduates in dynamic, highly professional multidisciplinary mental health teams
- gain specialised skills and experience in a variety of clinical areas and specialised mental health teams and settings
- have access to comprehensive and quality education and professional development opportunities in addition to discipline-specific supervision and support.
Who can apply?
The following graduate roles are eligible for the AHGP:
- psychologists
- social workers
- occupational therapists.
Note: A position in the program is reserved for a candidate in either psychology, social work or occupational therapy who identifies as indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community.
How to apply
The AHGP recruits every August-September via the SmartJobs website with a view to commencement the following February. Carefully review the requirements before applying.
Email WM_MHSS_AlliedHealthGraduate@health.qld.gov.au with your enquiry or phone (07) 3813 6157 for more information.
We offer exciting opportunities for specialists, senior medical officers, trainees and junior medical officers in all areas of medicine.
Internships
West Moreton Health Service offers intern positions throughout the clinical year. Interns will undertake core rotations in medicine, surgery, emergency medicine and elective rotations. Our leaders support and encourage the development of our interns during their first post-graduate year.
Resident medical officers (RMOs)
Registrars, principal house officer and prevocational medical officer positions are centralised through the Queensland Health RMO and Registrar recruitment campaign, where you can find information regarding available jobs, college pathways and the application process.
How to apply
Apply through the RMO and Registrar application portal. Carefully review the requirements before applying.
Current vacancies
All current staff specialist positions are advertised on the SmartJobs website. Occasionally, you will find advertisements for registrars, principal house officers and resident medical officers that are outside of the Queensland RMO campaign.
If you have questions regarding medical recruitment, you can email the following teams:
