Nursing and Midwifery Graduate Jobs Portal

Health Workforce Australia (HWA) has been working in partnership with stakeholders to support 2011 nursing and midwifery graduates across Australia to find employment. 2012 will be an important year for nursing and midwifery, with significant growth in the number of graduates entering the workforce. With employer recruitment processes for the 2012 intake now well advanced, some graduates are yet to secure a suitable position.

About the Nursing and Midwifery Graduate Jobs Information Portal

In consultation with an Expert Reference Group, HWA is developing a web-based Nursing and Midwifery Graduate Jobs Information Portal to support these graduates, as well as those employers with unfilled vacancies suitable for graduates. The portal is designed to complement employers’ usual recruitment processes by offering a site to post information about vacancies suitable for graduates and application processes. The portal also offers nursing and midwifery graduates a one-stop shop for linking with employers and identifying where vacancies may exist in the public and private health sectors across Australia.

The portal will be available at http://nmgj.org.au/.

Who the portal will support

The portal is aimed at the 2011 domestic and international nursing and midwifery graduate cohort of Australian universities. It is limited to registered nurses and midwives, but has potential to be expanded to support enrolled nurses in the future.

All Australian public and private sector employers of nursing and midwifery graduates are eligible to register with the portal and as from 30 January 2012, employers will be able to upload information about any unfilled positions suitable for graduates, application processes and graduate program outlines into the portal.

How the portal will work

In order to best complement existing graduate recruitment processes, the portal will provide:

  • key messages for nursing and midwifery graduates about finding a suitable position;
  • an electronic notice board for employers to advertise nursing and midwifery positions
  • suitable for graduates and / or intake rounds as they become available; and
  • links to key employer websites and recruitment pages.

Key dates

The portal will open for employers to upload their information from 30 January 2012.

The portal will open for nursing and midwifery graduates to register from 13 February 2012.

If you have any further questions, please contact Jane Austin, Program Manager, Health Workforce Australia at Jane.Austin@hwa.gov.au or (08) 8409 4555.