2026 Graduate Nurse Mental Health Program

Employment Type: Fixed term part time, 2-year contract commencing 9 Feb 2026 (first year Graduate Program; second year Postgraduate Program)

Hours: 64 hours fortnight, AM/PM/Night shifts across Monday to Sunday roster and shifts will be dependent on teams

Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital, Werribee Community Care Unit, Wyndham Clinic and Saltwater Clinic in Footscray - rotation placements will be across different teams over multiple sites and operational hours will change accordingly

Application: Candidates are required to apply to both PMCV and directly to our health service. Further application requirements are stated below.

Contact: Yoges Annavee (Clinical Nurse Consultant, Learning & Development Team)  

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

Join us through our Graduate Mental Health Nurse Program and help us deliver even greater outcomes for our patients, families, communities, and you.

About the opportunity

Nursing Graduates are an integral part of Mercy Mental Health's Commitment to develop our future workforce and as such, we welcome you to join our team to provide compassionate and responsive care to people in need.

Our 2-year Graduate Mental Health Nurse Program is designed to support and guide the transition from undergraduate to registered nurse with mental health speciality skills within a supportive and welcoming environment.

The aim is to promote educational opportunities to graduates as they consolidate their theoretical and clinical skills.

This is a structured program with a comprehensive orientation, paid professional development days, and clinical supervision and reflective practice, which are supported by a dedicated Learning & Development Team. 

For further information on Mercy Mental Health Graduate Nurse Program, please visit: Graduate Program - Mental Health Nursing - Mercy Health Services  

Applicants must be registered with the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria Computer Matching Service and rank Mercy Mental Health in their preferences.

For further information visit: Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria - Home - PMCV / Home - Graduate Nurse Midwifery Program

About you:

• Enthusiastic, highly motivated to learn and passionate about mental health nursing

• Complete your Bachelor in Nurse by the academic year of 2025

• Meet all requirements to be registered as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA by Feb 2026

• Committed to working rostered shifts across various Mercy Health sites

What you'll bring

You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.

• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care, involvement of carers and lived experience and management.

• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Current COVID-19 certificate, proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

• Current Full Australian Working Rights

• Australian full driver's licence

All applications must include the following documents:

• Letter of application, addressed to Mental Health Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator, outlining why you wish to be a Mental Health Graduate Nurse at Mercy Mental Health (maximum of one page).

• Curriculum Vitae/resume - including relevant clinical experience and clinical placements both completed and, if any, yet to be completed for the academic year (maximum of two pages).

• Certified copy of academic transcript to date, with results legend.

• Two recent clinical placement summative appraisals/reports – these must in sent in their entirety and not selected pages or parts. Paper based reports need to be certified and electronic reports do not need certification. One of your appraisals/reports should be from a recent mental health placement, unless this placement is not completed yet.

Please note that your two clinical referee reports must be completed and uploaded to PMCV, aligning with their requirements.

*Virtual interview with shortlisted candidates will be conducted as part of our selection process*

Contact Title: Clinical Nurse Consultant

Contact Person: Yoges Annavee

Contact Phone:

Contact Email: 

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.