Reference Number: 5886
Category: Nursing
Department: Cardiac, Vascular, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics & Sp
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2027 Graduate Certificate of Nursing Practice (Cardiac Care or Cardiac Care Interventional)
Applications are invited from Austin Health employees with a minimum of 2 years' acute nursing experience and from external applicants who demonstrate relevant skills and experience
12-month supported post graduate program

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About Cardiac:
Ward 5 East is a dynamic 32-bed unit specialising in cardiac and thoracic surgery and cardiology medicine. It contains a 12-bed High Dependency Unit caring for cardiac medical and surgical patients and thoracic surgery patients and has ambulatory telemetry monitoring facilities for eighteen beds.

5 East has a supported structure for early career nurses offering a unit-based Transition to Specialty Practice (TSP) and Post Graduate Certificate in Cardiac Nursing in collaboration with Deakin University.

About the program and role:
An exciting opportunity currently exists for enthusiastic and highly motivated registered nurses to undertake a post graduate program in Cardiac nursing. This program, the Graduate Certificate of Cardiac Nursing, will be delivered in collaboration with our university partner, Deakin University.

Throughout the duration of the postgraduate program, you will be work on ward 5 East or in the Cardiac Interventional program in the Cardiac catheter suite in 5 North of Austin Health. Students will be exposed to several experiential learning opportunities throughout the programs, with a planned rotation to Ward 5 North (Cardiac Catheterisation Unit). A model of blended learning is utilised with both theoretical and clinical requirements whilst you are working in the cardiac clinical environment.

Austin Health follows a best practice clinical learning environment philosophy and delivers education using contemporary teaching modalities with an emphasis on experiential learning. This comprehensive program, overseen by our dedicated education team, integrates both clinical and practical components.

As a Post Graduate Nurse in the cardiac environment, a regular day will see you:

Prioritise and deliver care within scope of practice and according to nursing care plan




Utilise patient assessment information to adjust the care plan to meet health care needs
Increase scope of practice by participating in core competencies relevant to specialty practice
Identify gaps in own learning through self-reflection and feedback and actively seek out learning opportunities
Achieve and maintain the academic and clinical standards set within the post graduate clinical program course structure and overseen by the management and education teams

About you:
You will be someone with excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to self-development and education. You’ll enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team, and have a commitment to quality, best practice, and environmental safety.

You’ll further have:
Registered Nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
At least two year’s acute nursing experience
A patient focused approach to care
A positive approach to ongoing self-education and skill development

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.





All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager. For further information regarding the Graduate Certificate of Cardiac Nursing please contact: Lauren Green, Clinical Nurse Educator, Cardiothoracics at [email protected].

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Sunday 30 August 2026

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