2025|GradConnect

2025|GradConnect enables newly qualified enrolled nurses, registered nurses and midwives access to a wide choice of employment opportunities through graduate (or transition to practice) programs.

Participating in a graduate program is a way to kickstart your career in a supportive environment. It gives you the opportunity to:

• Participate in a paid program offering hands on experience and exposure.
• Gain experience in a wide range of clinical settings.
• Consolidate your theoretical learning, while developing critical clinical skills and judgement.

To be eligible for a position via 2025|GradConnect 2025/26 you must:

1. Be eligible for registration as an enrolled nurse, registered nurse and/or midwife with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) (external site)

2. Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident OR an Australian temporary resident with a valid visa and full-working rights for the duration of the graduate program.

3. Have completed nursing and/or midwifery studies after 01 January 2024. Preference will be given to those who completed their studies in Australia.

4. Have not previously participated in a graduate program in the same designation to which they are currently applying.

• Registered nurses, who have previously undertaken an enrolled nurse or a midwifery graduate program, are eligible to apply for a registered nurse graduate program.
• Graduate midwives, who have previously undertaken an enrolled nurse or a registered nurse graduate program, are eligible to apply for a midwifery graduate program.

Assessment of all applicants will be based on merit, with preference given to WA residents with Australian or New Zealand citizenship, or Australian permanent residency or applicants who have completed their studies within Australia.

Nursing and midwifery students of other nationalities (i.e. non-Australian or New Zealand citizens) who are eligible for registration with the NMBA and who meet all other eligibility criteria, are welcome to apply for employment through 2025|GradConnect.

A wide range of employment opportunities are available across metropolitan, regional, rural, and remote settings. Employment within the large metropolitan hospitals and health services is highly competitive. To increase your opportunity of employment in a graduate program, you are encouraged to select a wide variety of hospitals/sites and health sectors throughout Western Australia.

You have the option to select two preferences of where you would like to work.

Graduate programs offered via 2025|GradConnect include:

• all WA public health services
• St John of God Health Care (SJOG)
• aged-care providers including Brightwater, RAAFA and Yaandina Community Services Limited.

Working at WA Country Health Service

WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is the largest rural and regional health provider in Australia. They deliver high quality care to communities across more than 2.55 million square kilometres.

There are many benefits to living and working in country WA. A career in WACHS can accelerate your career by offering a broader scope of practice and the opportunity to learn new skills whilst exploring some of WA’s most beautiful landscapes.

Hear from WACHS staff on why living and working in country WA is so fulfilling.

The WA Country Nursing and Midwifery Incentive program provides payments of between $5000 and $17000 for staff working at various sites across the WA Country Health Service.

In addition, newly qualified registered nurses and midwives who complete a WACHS graduate program via 2025|GradConnect may be eligible for a grant via the HECS-HELP initiative.

Review the below short clips to hear more about graduate programs with WA Country Health Service.

• Where can your midwifery career take you with GradConnect? (external site)
• Where can your nursing career take you with GradConnect? (external site) 

We are committed to providing a culturally inclusive and safe workplace, and Aboriginal people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Candidate Support

Aboriginal applicants can request support before, during and after the 2025|GradConnect application process. To access this support, please contact the 2025|GradConnect team via gnc@health.wa.gov.au

Assistance with your application is also available through:

• Jobs and Skills WA (external site)
• Your university or education training institution

• Corrine (external site)
• Georgia (external site)
• Kirsty (external site)
• Shari (external site)