Nursing and Midwifery GradStart and MidStart programs

Nursing and Midwifery

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Start your nursing or midwifery career in Sydney Local Health District

Our experienced team will support you to build on the foundations of your university studies to a nursing or midwifery career filled with possibilities.

Our supported and facilitated program will give you opportunities to work across a range of clinical specialties to develop and consolidate your skills, knowledge and practice.

Come and join our team. Sydney, it’s your local health district.

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Sydney Local Health District is proud to offer a diverse range of both Nursing and Midwifery programs to get you started in your career. All our programs are advertised as one easy preference via the NSW Health campaign:

Just pick from the relevant Sydney Local Health District campaign:

• GradStart Nursing• GradStart Midwifery• MidStart

Prior to your interview we will ask your preference of the following:

• Program within campaign• Stream within program

The following booklet provides an overview of what is offered in each of the specialised programs and streams.

For more information about the applications process make sure you check the following websites:

• NSW Health GradStart• NSW Health MidStart• Sydney Local Health District

GradStart and MidStart

Sydney Local Health District Offer a range of career pathways to enhance your professional development. These opportunities begin in your graduate year and extend beyond this with university partnerships and specialised training programs in the speciality of your choice. GradStart is just the beginning.

2022 GradStart and Midstart programs in Sydney Local Health District

Stream(s) offered

Specialist program focusing on aged care, rehabilitation and leadership development

Duration12 month program:• 2 x 6 month placements

Rotations Clinical rotations throughout the Rehabilitation ward and two Aged Care wards.

Orientation and support

Structured orientation program: • 5 days face-to-face • 6 days supernumerary in the clinical area• Dedicated study days

Intake date(s) March 2022

GradStart Program name Sydney Local Health District

Nursing – Balmain HospitalA specialised aged care and rehabilitation hospital, Balmain provides you the opportunity to develop skills in the assessment and treatment of medical conditions in the older person.

It is forecast that the number of Australians aged 65 years and over will more than double over the next 40 years. Comprehensive and multidisciplinary aged care will be a priority for all health services.

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https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/employment/Pages/recruit.aspx

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/employment/Pages/midstart.aspx

https://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/nursing/tpractice.html


Stream(s) offered

General Nursing Mental Health/General ExchangeMetro-Rural Exchange

Duration12 month program:• 2 x 6 month placements (one ward, one specialty)

RotationsWard: medical, surgical, aged care medical

Speciality: Emergency Department, operating suites, paediatric, Intensive Coronary Care Unit





Nursing – Canterbury HospitalCanterbury Hospital is a dynamic metropolitan hospital with a range of services including Emergency Department, Critical Care, Paediatrics, Acute Medical/ Geriatrics and Operating Theatres. We have been caring for our diverse and rapidly growing community in the inner west for 90 years.

Our multi-skilled staff are at the heart of everything we do, taking pride in working together and providing high quality care to our patients and their families.

Canterbury Hospital is also looking forward to a facility redevelopment to expand our services to meet the needs of our growing community.

Stream(s) offered Sydney District Nursing

Duration12 month program: based at one centre (Marrickville Health Centre, Redfern Health Centre, Croydon Health Centre, Concord Hospital or Canterbury Hospital)

Skill areas

A range of complex clinical skills including post-surgical and chronic and complex wound care, chronic respiratory and cardiac care, continence care including catheter management, hospital in the home intravenous therapy, medication and drain management and palliative care.


Structured orientation program: • 3 weeks skills assessment, on the job learning,

online learning and a clinical skills teaching day• Dedicated study days

Essential requirements

Current unrestricted NSW Driver’s Licence (P2 accepted)

Intake date(s) February 2022


Nursing – Sydney District Nursing (and RPA Virtual Hospital)RPA Virtual Hospital is a new facility which includes a new Virtual Care Centre and a longstanding community nursing service, Sydney District Nursing. Sydney District Nursing provides quality care to patients requiring community nursing care in their home or in a clinic, using an individualised, holistic and collaborative approach. As a Community Nurse you will be working with vibrant communities in a busy urban environment to provide safe and quality nursing care to patients.

Every day will be different. You will be supported by a team of expert clinicians to provide Wound care, Continence management, Hospital in The Home – administering IV antibiotics and managing peripheral and central lines, Chronic Disease Management and Palliative Care – providing care and support for patients living at home with a terminal illness and their families.

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Stream(s) offered

General Nursing, Peri-operative Nursing, Critical Care, Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Cancer, Mental Health/General Exchange, Metro-Rural Exchange

Duration12 month program: • 2 x 6 month placements

Rotations

General Nursing: Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit, medical wards, surgical wards, specialist aged care medical wards.

Perioperative Nursing: Anaesthetics, Scrub/Scout, Recovery and Day of Surgery Unit

Metro/Rural exchange: Rural and Metro General Acute

Critical Care: Rotations include Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Burns Unit and Coronary Care Unit

Aged Care & Rehabilitation: Acute Aged care, Rehabilitation and Psychogeriatrics

General-Mental Health Nursing exchange: Mental Health and General Acute.



Intake date(s) February 2022, March 2022 and May 2022


Nursing – Concord HospitalConcord Repatriation General Hospital offers a comprehensive range of specialty and sub-specialty services including burns, colorectal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, molecular biology and genetic laboratory, aged and extended care, gastroenterology and palliative care. We are committed to ensuring the community has equitable access to high patient quality patient-centred care that is timely, evidence-based, culturally appropriate and efficient.

Concord Hospital is also on track to see the completion of a facility redevelopment expanding our services to meet the needs of our growing community. This redevelopment will provide state of the art, purpose built clinical care areas for Aged care, Rehabilitation and Cancer services.

Nursing – Drug Health ServicesDrug Health Services include withdrawal management, stabilisation, opioid agonist treatment, court diversion program, Needle Syringe Program including Primary Health Care Clinic, counselling, substance use in pregnancy and parenting service, hospital consultation and liaison, assertive outreach teams, community youth service and ambulatory withdrawal management.

Stream(s) offered

Drug Health Nursing Mental Health/Drug Health Exchange

Duration12 month program: • 1 x 4 month Inpatient Unit placement• 1 x 8 month Outpatient Service placement

Placement options

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord Hospital, Canterbury Hospital, Redfern Health Centre, Croydon Health Centre


Structured orientation program: • 6 days face to face (including 2 days for Drug Health)• 6 days supernumerary in the clinical area• Dedicated study days




Stream(s) offered

General Nursing, Peri-operative Nursing, Cardiac Nursing, Mental Health/General Exchange, Metro-Rural Exchange

Duration12 month program:• General – 2 x 6 month placements• Peri-operative – 1 x 6 month and 2 x 3 month placements

Rotations

General Nursing: Highly specialised and technical medical and surgical wards including Intensive Care, transplant, colorectal, upper GI, aged care, medical assessment, palliative care, paediatrics, renal and dialysis.

Peri-operative Nursing: perioperative unit, endoscopy, Institute of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics and opportunity to rotate in anesthetic and recovery departments.

Cardiac Nursing: Rotations through Coronary Care, cardiology wards and cardiac services.



Intake date(s) February 2022, March 2022 and May 2022


Nursing – Royal Prince Alfred HospitalOne of Australia’s premier tertiary referral hospitals, RPA is recognised as a worldwide leader in healthcare excellence and innovation. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital campus is home to the largest volume of research undertaken within NSW. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital clinicians have delivered national and international breakthroughs and innovations in clinical care, diagnosis and treatment. On completion of your graduate program, there are a range of professional development options and training programs in highly specialised areas such as Intensive Care, Emergency, Cardiac and advanced GI.

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is looking forward to a facility redevelopment expanding our services to meet the needs of our growing community.

Nursing – Mental Health ServicesSydney Local Health District Mental Health Service is a specialty stream, managing and providing public mental health services across the Sydney and Inner West region.

We aim to deliver mental health nursing services which, through research and innovative commitments, sets standards that are emulated by other national and international nursing organisations. The Transition to Practice Mental Health Nursing program provides a pathway for the development of nurses so that they may acquire expertise in the management of patients and clients within the specialty of Mental Health.

Stream(s) offered

Mental Health NursingMental Health/General Exchange (Royal Prince Alfred, Concord and Canterbury Hospitals)Mental Health/Drug Health Exchange

Duration 12 month program

Rotations

Mental Health: 3 x 4 month placements (1 x inpatient adult acute unit, 2 x other specialties)

Mental Health / General Exchange (Royal Prince Alfred, Concord and Canterbury Hospitals): 2 x 6 month placements (1 x Mental Health and 1 x medical/surgical in acute hospital ward)

Mental Health / Drug Health Exchange: 2 x 6 month placements (1 x Mental Health and 1 x Drug Health ward)


Structured orientation program: 15 dedicated study days; Active preceptorship; Reflective learning debriefing sessions; Group Clinical Supervision; Workplace Clinical Skill and Competency Assessments; Mental Health Online Education Modules; Academic coursework; 4 day Personal safety and Aggression Management Training; Supernumerary day/s in the clinical area at the start of each rotation




Stream(s) offered International Quarantine services for NSW Health

Duration 12 month program

Rotations

Various sites within the District’s SHA services A range of hotels and accommodation is available

At the successful completion of your program the District will support your transition to an acute care area





Nursing – Special Health AccommodationWorking within Special Health Accommodation (SHA) is an opportunity to work as part of the NSW Health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This service provides clinically supervised self-isolation (quarantine) for patients who are symptomatic of COVID, COVID positive, returning international travellers who are required to undertake mandatory quarantine and need medical support during their stay, members from the community that aren’t able to safely isolate.

Staff will develop skills in assessment and escalation of deteriorating patients, Infection Prevention and Control, Communication and de-escalation, Clinical documentation, managing patients with acute and chronic Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol and complex chronic co-morbidities.

Stream(s) offered Child and family health nursing

Duration12 month program:• Based at one centre

(Tresillian Canterbury or Tresillian Nepean)

RotationsChild and family health nursing, including residential and day parenting services that includes home visiting and telehealth services


Structured orientation program:• Individualised learning plan and supernumery period.

Preceptor and nurse educator support• Study days with a focus on foundational child and

family health nursing skills, infant states and cues, infant mental health, feeding and sleep and settling, family partnership skills.



Nursing – TresillianTresillian is an early parenting service offering families guidance in the early years of their child’s life in NSW metropolitan and regional areas. We support new parents around breastfeeding, nutrition and settling babies, infant and toddler behaviour, as well as supporting parents with post-natal depression and anxiety.

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Stream(s) offered

Canterbury Hospital Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Duration 12-month program: Graduate Diploma of Midwifery

Rotations

Canterbury and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals: Antenatal clinics, birthing unit/delivery ward, postnatal unit, special care nursery, Midwifery Group Practice, child and family health, lactation


Structured orientation program: • 8 days face-to-face and supernumerary clinical days• Supported University study days


MidStart Program name Sydney Local Health District

Midwifery programsSydney Local Health District offers maternity services at Canterbury and Royal Prince Alfred hospitals.

Canterbury maternity is a diverse and dynamic unit providing a varied range of clinical experiences for all midwives. These include Antenatal Clinic, Birthing Unit, Postnatal Care (as inpatients and in the home), as well as a thriving Midwifery Group Practice. Our team is passionate about providing high level women and family centred care.

RPA maternity is a level 6 tertiary referral hospital providing care to women within the District as well as mothers and babies across NSW who require tertiary level care. RPA has a Midwifery Group Practice and a Team Model of Midwifery provided from the RPA Birth Centre.

Stream(s) offered

Canterbury Hospital Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Duration 12 month program: Usually 4 x 3 month placements

Rotations

Canterbury Hospital: Antenatal clinics, birthing unit, postnatal unit and Special Care Nursery

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital: Antenatal clinics, delivery ward, postnatal unit, antenatal unit and on occasion NICU


Structured orientation program:• Midwifery orientation program • 2 days supernumerary at the commencement

of each new clinical area• 4 Graduate specific Study days




Notes

Stream(s) offered

Nursing: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Canterbury and Concord Hospitals with WNSWLHD

Duration

12-month program:• 2 x 6 month placements

(one in Sydney Local Health District and the other in Western NSW Local Health District)

Rotations Specific to hospital


Structured orientation program: • 5 days face-to-face• 6 days supernumerary in the clinical area• Dedicated study days



Nursing – Metro-Rural ExchangeA unique program in partnership with Western NSW Local Health District allows you to experience the difference between working in the “big city” metropolitan area and also “country” rural areas of NSW.


Applying is easy

Start your career with one of the leading local health districts in NSW.

For more information see health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/ employment/Pages/recruit.aspx

Search “Sydney Local Health District” as the program name

If you have any questions or would like more information visit: slhd.nsw.gov.au/nursing/tpractice.html

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