Mental Health Graduate Nurse Program 2025

1 month ago

Flemington, Australia The Royal Children's Hospital Full time

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Mental Health Graduate Nurse Program (MHGNP) 2025

Our Mental Health Graduate Nurse Program aims to facilitate your transition from a newly graduated Registered Nurse to a competent and confident registered Mental Health Nurse, through ongoing learning and development in a safe and supportive environment.

The program is designed to promote:
• Person-centred, trauma-informed, and recovery-focused mental health care
• Competence in child and adolescent mental health nursing practice
• Engagement in critical questioning and reflective practice
• Integration into effective multidisciplinary team working

Our program will include:
• 12-month program
• Part-time, fixed-term
• Orientation and preceptorship
• 3 weeks’ orientation and supernumerary time
• Regular in-service education and training
• Funded study days

Application Process – MHGNP 2025
Applications open 10:00 Monday 27 May 2024
Close 17:00 Friday 21 June 2024

For further details on the application process MHGNP 2025 and other essential information, please visit the below link before applying:
Mental Health : Graduate Mental Health Nurse Program (


There are two steps to the application process:

All applicants must first register via PMCV Allocation and Placement Service: PMCV Allocation and Placement Service Apply directly to the RCH via the online careers site: Careers Home (

Please include the following application documents:
Application Form

This is available as a part of the online application process; and must be saved as your Cover Letter. Please note no separate Cover Letter will be accepted. Please ensure you complete the Mental Health Graduate Nurse Application Form. Please download the application form and save it to your files before completing it to avoid any data corruption.

To download the Application Form, please click here  (If you are experiencing issues completing the Application Form please try accessing it via Google Chrome) 

Resume
Your resume should be no longer than four pages and address the following:
• Contact details (include full name, address, telephone number and email address)
• Post-secondary school education history
• Recent employment history (include responsibilities in each role)
• Volunteer experience
• Any further professional development undertaken
• Professional memberships
• No photo required on your resume

Note: Please upload your resume as your ‘CV Document’ in your application.

2nd and 3rd year Appraisals
• Please provide only the appraisal pages
• Two appraisals are required, this must include one from your most recent placement and your mental health placement

Academic Transcripts 
• Certified copy of your most recent transcripts
• Please include Grading key

Note: Please ensure you upload all your appraisals and transcripts as ‘Additional Documents’ within your application. Files already saved on your profile will not be included as part of your application.

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