2026 Midwifery and Combined Nursing/midwifery Graduate Programs

**Employment Type**:

- Temporary Part Time

**Hours per fortnight** - 64

**Job Category**:

- Nursing - Midwives

**Req Id -** 4244

**Broaden Your Horizons**
- Line up your life and career with us at Barwon Health in Victoria, Australia_
- Imagine living in a stunning region that offers the best of both worlds - a supportive and nurturing work environment and a vibrant and fulfilling personal life.
- Receive exceptional support and guidance from our team dedicated to the clinical and professional development of all graduate nurses and midwives and be set up for success from the beginning of your career
- You'll work in an environment that truly values teaching and learning You'll be empowered to take on new challenges, expand your skillset, and pursue your career goals with confidence
- Encounter new challenges every day in diverse clinical environments and make a real difference in the lives of your patients
- Multiple exciting temporary part time opportunity until 14/02/2027 (64 hours per fortnight)

**About Barwon Health**
- Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.

**About the facility**
- Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong’s CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.

**About the role**

**Are you looking for a Graduate Midwife or Combined Graduate Nurse/Midwife Program in 2026?**
- Barwon Health is looking for graduate midwives who are currently completing a Bachelor of Midwifery or Bachelor of Nursing/Midwifery (double degree) to join a well-established and supportive graduate program commencing in February 2026.
- Barwon Health Maternity Services provides pregnancy, birth and post-natal care to the Geelong community and the wider Barwon South West region. Our staff are dedicated to providing quality, safe and culturally appropriate care in partnership with women and their families using evidence-based care to achieve the best health outcomes.
- In 2026, Barwon Health will offer the following midwifery programs:

- Graduate Midwife Program - 12 months maternity services
- Combined Graduate Nurse/Midwife Program - 6 months nursing/6 months maternity services
- Graduate nurses and midwives working at Barwon Health can expect to join a program that offers great clinical support and guidance whilst challenging you to be your best. Graduates will work in dynamic and busy clinical environments at the University Hospital Geelong.
- The program offers the following:

- 53 week program
- Work 64 hours/fortnight
- Dedicated Clinical Support Midwife
- Orientation program and study days throughout the year
- Supernumerary time in each rotation
- Weekly access to graduate professional development
- Access to further professional development and completion of competencies
- A wide range of opportunities and structured pathways available at the end of the program with your ongoing permanent employment

**To Apply**:

- Upload a concise CV (no more than three pages)
- Embed a passport sized photo of yourself your CV
- Name and direct contact details of two clinical referees from two different clinical placements
- List current/past employment details
- List professional development completed during undergraduate degree
- Name and direct contact details of one most recent employment referee
- List all clinical placements including service name, clinical area, type of placement and dates of placement in table format. An example is provided below

**Date of placement**

**Length of placement**

**Health service/organisation**

**Optional e.g. key achievements**
I.e. 23/03/2020 - 5/04/2020I.e. two-week acute placementBarwon Health:
Heath Wing 2 - Acute Neurosciences Unit- Inserted an NGT
- Confidently undertook neurological observations independently
- Identified clinical deterioration and initiated a MET call

**Example Only: Table of placement details**
- **Official academic transcript** (see notes below)

**and**
- **Clinical appraisals** (see notes below)

**Please Note**:

- We cannot accept a statement of results or unofficial transcript. Any documents that are not the original electronic file must be certified
- For the Combined Nurse/Midwife Program we require 2 most recent **midwife