Postgraduate programs applicant information

Mercy Health has established key partnerships with numerous tertiary institutions in order to provide you with the best curriculum to meet the clinical needs of our patients. Mercy Health provides opportunities for nursing staff to complete postgraduate courses in the following specialty areas:

 

  • Emergency
  • Intensive Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Midwifery
  • Perioperative
  • Special Care
  • NICU

What to expect

These courses provide an opportunity to develop specialty practice while building on highly sought-after clinical knowledge. As a postgraduate student you will be mentored by skilled clinical educators and encouraged to develop a comprehensive theoretical knowledge base within a supportive and friendly learning environment.

How we support you

Extensive clinical support is available through course coordinators, clinical educators, preceptorship programs, mentors and peers.

Get started

Positions for postgraduate student positions are advertised during September in the year prior to the planned study.

Students are required to apply directly to Mercy Health for a temporary employment contract as well as to the appropriate university for enrolment in the specific course. The employment contract generally starts in early February of the year of study, unless via a midyear intake which would be July.

Contacts

Last reviewed February 17, 2020.

Graduate Diploma in Acute Care Nursing

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Graduate Diploma in Acute Care Nursing

Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing

The University of Melbourne provides the Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing. The program, designed to be undertaken part-time over twelve months, combines flexible online study with immersive clinical learning and clinical competency assessment at your healthcare service.

Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing

Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing

The Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing provides registered nurses with the opportunity to undertake postgraduate studies in a nursing specialty.

Graduate Certificate of Intensive Care Nursing