Graduate Nurses Program

For Registered Nurses, Division 1

Why not begin your nursing career in aged care with Baptcare?

Baptcare’s 12 month rotational program is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure across various areas within Baptcare’s residential aged care facilities including dementia care, gerontic physiology, palliative care, chronic illness care and management.

This is an ideal program if you are looking to kick-start your nursing career in aged care. The program will help you develop a broad range of skills through the various roles and challenges you will be exposed to.

These skills will open you to a range of nursing career path opportunities. Baptcare operates in a team leader model and graduates of the program will have an excellent opportunity for further employment.

Aged care nursing careers with Baptcare

About Aged Care Nursing

Aged care nurses provide personalised care to elderly people in the community in their homes, and in aged care facilities. It is a rewarding and challenging area of health care that will help you develop your nursing skills, especially focusing on astute assessment skills, great communication ability and planning and management expertise.

Baptcare operates six residential aged care facilities that care for 750 elderly people, and provides community aged care services to over 2,000 older Victorians across 20 sites.

Key Features of the program

The 12 month residential and community aged care program will offer:

  • 1 x 4 months rotation through a metropolitan residential aged care site;
  • 1 x 4 months rotation through a regional residential aged care site (appropriate accommodation will be provided during the regional rotation); and
  • 1 x 4 months rotation through an acute sector rotation.

Baptcare also offers an opportunity to complete a rotation in community aged care either in case management or through community nursing for a four month period at the end of the 12 month program. Interested graduates should state their interest to do so in their application. Normal salary increases would still apply after completing the 12 month program if this option was chosen.

For more information

For enquiries about the graduate program contact: Kerry Rigby, Nurse Educator at krigby@baptcare.org.au.

Application Process

Send your resume and a letter of application detailing your interest in aged care nursing and your reasons for applying to Baptcare.

Please include contact details of two professional referees and a copy of your most recent academic transcript.

Please e-mail applications to: gradnursing@baptcare.org.au.

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