2026 Graduate Program - Endorsed & Registered Nurses

Ready to step into your career in a supportive and progressive environment?

Our Graduate Program is designed to assist the registered and enrolled nurse make the transition from "study to work", building confidence in the graduate, cementing best nursing practice, within a private hospital setting.

You’ll learn a broad range of skills across a variety of specialities, arming you with the necessary exposure and experience to successfully carry you further into your nursing career. During the program, you will be guided and supported by qualified, experienced, and caring senior nurses and educators.

Why Hurstville Private?

As part of the Healthe Care Group, Hurstville Private Hospital (HPH) prides itself in the provision of a supportive work environment whilst remaining focused on patient centred care. Our staff are regarded as our biggest, most important resource, resulting in effective communication platforms, procedures designed to keep everyone safe and a work culture of vibrancy, diversity, and inclusivity.

With 7 operating theatres, the hospital performs a broad range of surgical procedures enhanced by a 3-stage recovery unit. In addition, Hurstville Private holds 2 Cardiac Catheter Labs, a busy Maternity Unit, a 33 bed Surgical Unit, a 22 bed Medical Unit and is suitably supported by other service departments, including Allied Health, the Hurstville Heart Centre and on-site imaging and pathology.

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About the Program

The program has an intake twice per year, with commencement dates and rotations varying due to availability.

There will be three (3) different programs to choose from, details of the program can be found further below.

Program Schedule for 2026

Note - dates are indicative only and may be subject to change

- Intake ~ March 2027 (date to be advised)

- Applications Open ~ 20 July 2026

- Applications Close ~ 17 August 2026

- Applications Reviewed & Interview Period ~ September/October 2026

- Employment Packs Issued ~ November/December 2026

Offer to Successful Applicant

- Comprehensive Orientation program

- Time to adapt to your facility's processes, routines, and competencies

- Clinical support staff/educators/preceptors within your allocated area

- Educational support enabling you to achieve your professional development goals

- Regular appraisals and feedback about your performance to ensure you remain on track

- Flexible online elearning via KINEO Platform

- Scheduled debrief with Hospital Educator, to help you grow and adjust to life as a Registered/Enrolled Nurse

- Opportunity to present a Quality Improvement Project with support and guidance from Hospital Management

- Opportunity to work in a Multidisciplinary Team





- Opportunity to work directly with the Visiting Medical Officers (VMOs)

- Desirable remuneration rates

In addition to the great experience and support you'll receive in our clinical areas, our paid Study Days help to ensure that all Hurstville Private Graduates receive evidence-based, relevant education focusing on patient centred care and the Healthe Care values.

Recruitment Process

Not all candidates are invited to progress. If your application progresses to the next stage, you will begin the recruitment process, which includes an interview, reference check and an employment pack. If you are successful in the recruitment process, you will receive an Offer of Employment.

Interview

- You have been unsuccessful - you have been unsuccessful and have been placed on an eligibility list if positions become available.

- You have been successful - an employment pack will be issued to you shortly to complete

Offer

- If your employment pack is complete and your reference checks are favourable, you will then be offered a position within the New Graduate Program.

- You will have up to one week to accept the offer via email, otherwise, the offer will be withdrawn.

Once you have accepted the offer, a contracted Offer of Employment will be drawn up containing your start date and requiring your signature.

Programs on Offer

- Perioperative

- Medical/Surgical

- CCU/Cath Lab

Perioperative Program

Perioperative nursing is a dynamic and principle-based specialty. Diversity of procedures require skilled clinicians to support this work.

This twelve (12) month program aims to prepare graduate registered and enrolled nurses to work as specialists in perioperative nursing in the roles of the instrument and circulating nurse and to gain experience in the anaesthetic & recovery nursing roles. The course provides opportunities for graduates to expand their knowledge and skills by integrating theory and perioperative nursing clinical practice to engage in clinical decision making.

If you have a desire to specialise in Peri-operative nursing this is the program for you. Suitable for Current Graduate Registered and Enrolled Nurses. Graduates will rotate across the 3 perioperative nursing roles including:

- Anaesthetic Nurse

- PACU/Day Surgery Nurse

- Instrument/Circulating Nurse

To successfully complete the program,



graduates need to complete a 12-month program in one of the following rotations:

- Three 4-month rotations in Instrument/Circulating Nurse, Anaesthetics and PACU.

The rotation schedule will be determined prior to the commencement date and issued on the day of orientation

About our Perioperative Department

Hurstville Private Hospital operating suites consist of a 7-theatre complex, 16 Bed Post Anaesthetic Care Unit and a 19 bed Day Surgery Unit

Surgical specialties undertaken in the operating suite include:

- Cardiothoracic

- Colorectal

- Urology

- Robotic Surgery

- Bariatric/Weight loss Surgery

- Gynaecology

- Endoscopy

- Obstetrics

- Orthopaedic Surgery

- General Surgery

Other programs on offer

This is a twelve (12) month program ideally suited to those wishing to gain a grounding in both speciality and ward-based nursing. This program is suitable for both the Current Graduate Registered Nurse as well as the New Graduate Enrolled Nurse.

The rotations consist of:

- Medical/Surgical

- CCU/Cath Lab

The rotation schedule will be determined prior to the commencement date and issued on the day of orientation.

About our Medical Unit

Hurstville Private Hospital's Medical Unit consists of 22 beds. The Medical Unit delivers patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health conditions.

The unit is comprised of a team that is dedicated to all patients receiving quality treatment in a timely manner

About our Surgical Ward

Hurstville Private Hospital's Surgical Ward consists of a 33-bed unit. The Surgical Ward offers high quality care and is staffed with a team dedicated to person centred care, positive patient outcomes and reduced length of stay.

About our Coronary Care Unit

Hurstville Private Hospital (HPH) Coronary Care Unit (CCU) consists of 15 monitored beds. The CCU is a specially staffed and equipped unit for support, monitoring, and treatment of patients with medical/surgical cardiac conditions.

The Coronary Care Unit offers high quality care and is staffed with a team dedicated to both patients and families and aims at providing the highest level of clinical care and excellence.

About our Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (CCL)

Hurstville Private Hospital's CCL consists of two (2) fully equipped procedure rooms, including state of the art diagnostic testing and cardiac intervention. Patients receive the greatest possible accuracy in diagnostic procedures and treatment

Procedures carried out include, ablation, angiogram, angioplasty, and implantation of devices, such as pacemakers. It is staffed by a multidisciplinary team which is led by hospital accredited cardiologist who are dedicated to patient safety and positive patient outcomes.

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📌 2026 Graduate Program - Endorsed & Registered Nurses (Georges River Council)
🏢 Healthe Care Group
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