Bendigo Health

Enrolled Nurse Mental Health Graduate/Transition Program

• Start your career with us, Enrolled Nurse Mental Health Graduate/Transition Program - commencing October 2025
• 64 hours per fortnight x multiple positions available
• Be in control of your nursing career and preference an area that interests you
• Ongoing positions after successfully completing your graduate program within Bendigo Health

The Position

Job Reference: 2777

Position Title: Enrolled Nurse Mental Health Graduate/Transition Program
Classification: PE21 - YD22
Salary per hour (exc. super): $35.80 - $37.39
Hours per fortnight: 64
Employment Status: Fixed Term Part Time

Closing date: 24/08/2025

Why our Graduate Program

The Mental Health Enrolled Nurse Graduate/Transition program provides a supportive environment for enrolled nurses to gain new mental health nursing skills and to consolidate prior learnings. Nurses will have access to clinical supervision, group clinical supervision and preceptorship. This support plays a key role in assisting new graduates and transition nurses with the demands of working in a fast paced and ever-changing environment. The program includes study days that explore the nuances of mental health nursing which will help provide a strong foundation for a rewarding career. Graduates will be offered two, six month clinical rotations in either Older Persons Acute, Acute Adult in-patient, Extended Care or Community Mental Health. Each graduate/transition nurse is employed at 0.8 EFT. Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will be offered a minimum of 0.6 EFT within Bendigo Health.

Working with Bendigo Health

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.

• We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: Staff health and wellbeing programs
• Career development and education opportunities
• Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

Your New Division

The Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute, cancer and mental health services. We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women's and Children's, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services.

Within a state-of-the-art hospital, our Ambulatory and Critical Care, Medical Services, Surgical Services and Women's and Children's (including an Early Parenting Centre) areas use the latest technologies to provide excellent care. Our world class Cancer Centre uses a multi-disciplinary, integrated approach to treat specific cancers. The Cancer Centre offers medical oncology, radiation oncology, specialist nurses, clinical trials and cancer research, palliative care, and a Cancer Wellness Program.

The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment covering the Loddon Mallee region. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.

Each year our onsite Specialist Clinics provide over 100,000 service events, we also see more than 60,000 people in our Emergency Department and welcome around 1700 babies into the world. The Clinical Operations Division assists with the admission of more than 50,000 patients into the hospital each year.

Bendigo Region

Bendigo is one of Victoria's largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region's population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you! Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact Claire Allan on 03 5454 7612 for a confidential discussion.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

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