Post-Graduate Diploma Neonatal Intensive Care

at  Mercy Health

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: Mercy Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 21743

ABOUT YOU:

We’re seeking dedicated individuals who are passionate about neonatal care. You are a registered nurse with a commitment to delivering the best care to our tiniest patients and their families. Your communication skills, teamwork, and adaptability make you a valuable member of our multidisciplinary team. You’re driven by a desire for professional growth and are ready to step into the dynamic world of neonatal care.
Join us and advance your career in an environment that values innovation, patient-centered care, and unwavering quality. Contribute to our mission of making a difference in the lives of our tiniest patients and their families.

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Graduate Diploma in Neonatal Care is a fully paid employment model that will see you providing direct patient care to newborns born from 22weeks onwards with a wide range of conditions.
Undertaken over 1 year, for the mid-year 2024 academic intake. 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 from the Special Care Nursery to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. You will enrol into the Master of Nursing (Neonatal Care) course at our 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.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:

• Supportive learning environment with a specialist in-house neonatal education team
• Fixed-term 12-month contract, 64hrs per fortnight
• Located next to the Austin Precinct in Heidelberg, across the road from Heidelberg train station
• A variety of scholarships are available to apply for
• 48 hours paid Post-Graduate Study Leave per semester, plus entitled study leave as per the EBA
• Various career pathways and opportunities available within the Neonatal Services
• Opportunity for ongoing employment and further support to complete Master of Nursing (Neonatal Care)