Post Graduate Nicu Course

**_Graduate Diploma of Neonatal Care_**

**_ Applications to join the team at Mercy Hospital for Women and complete the mid-year intake into the Graduate Diploma in Neonatal Care are now open_**

**WHO WE ARE**:

- Our Neonatal Services is one of the most reputable, state of the art newborn critical care service providers in Victoria. With a 61-bed capacity and admitting over 1500 newborns a year, it’s one of Victoria’s largest newborn services. We are distinguished and known for our excellent quality care delivery and exceptional patient outcomes. As part of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, we strive to deliver the safest quality care, with a key focus on family-centred care and collaboration with other newborn services within Australia and globally.
- We pride ourselves on our strong collaborative multidisciplinary team approach, with various opportunities for career progression within nursing and research. Working alongside our tertiary Maternity Service and the state’s surgical centres we deliver and provide both immediate stabilisation and/or long term care to newborns with a range of complex conditions.

**WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU**:

- The Graduate Diploma in Neonatal Care program is a fully paid employment model that will see you providing direct patient care to newborns from 22weeks’ onwards with a wide range of conditions.
- Conducted over 1 year, you will find yourself learning through a variety of modalities - bedside teaching, weekly tutorials, and dedicated study days. An extensive clinical practice portfolio will support your learning as well as periods of supernumerary time as you transition through from the High Dependency to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. You will be enrolled into the Master of Nursing (Neonatal Care) course at the partner University, with the option of either exiting after the first year with a Graduate Diploma in Neonatal Care, or supportive continuation to complete the Masters over a further two years.
- Supportive learning environment
- Specialist in-house neonatal education team
- Variety of scholarships, both government and MHW specific, available
- 48 hours paid Study Leave per semester
- Opportunity for ongoing employment within our Neonatal Services
- Various career pathways and opportunities available within the Neonatal Services
- Opportunity for ongoing employment and support to complete Master of Nursing (Neonatal Care)

**ABOUT YOU**:

- You are a motivated and passionate Registered Nurse or Double Degree Registered Nurse/Midwife, who is dedicated to the provision of high quality family-centred care. You love working as part of a large team in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Joining the Neonatal team at MHW means you are a valued member of a supportive and inclusive environment that is dedicated to achieving the best outcomes for our patients by supporting and guiding YOU to be the best you can be.
- Registered Nurse (or dual registered Nurse/Midwife) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Minimum 12 months recent acute nursing experience
- Your position is dependent on your successful enrolment with the University Partner
- Applicants are required to be an Australian Citizen or have Australian Permanent Residency
- Be able to work a minimum of 64 hours per fortnight including day and night shifts.

**ABOUT US**:

- Mercy Hospital for Women is a fully accredited Level 6 Public Specialist Teaching Hospital providing both public and private patient care through maternity services, neonatology and paediatrics, perioperative services, gynaecology, women's health and associated health, support and diagnostic services. We are a major teaching hospital and specialist referral centre with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health expertise to treat the most complex obstetric, neonatal and gynaecological cases.
- Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
- Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:

- Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

- Caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families
- Protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form