Graduate Nurse Applications – Registered Nurses
Applications for 2027 Graduate Nurse position:
To apply for a Graduate Nurse position at Yarrawonga Health, graduates must be eligible and meet the essential criteria for PMCV Allocation and Placement Service: www.gnmp.pmcv.com.au Please see below for a copy of the 2026-2027 Candidate Handbook along with the position description.
Join Yarrawonga Health for our Graduate Nurse Program!
Yarrawonga Health Graduate Nurse Program participates in the Central Hume Graduate Nurse Program (CHGNP) in collaboration with Benalla Health, Northeast Health Wangaratta, Mansfield District Hospital, Tallangatta Health and Cooinda Village.
The CHGNP offers an ongoing professional development program aimed at assisting early graduates to transition to the workplace with regular professional development days targeting the core goals of the program and where all CHGNP graduates meet as a group.
Application Instructions:
Please provide the following with your application:
1. Letter of application
2. CV – including clinical placement history and two professional/clinical referees (please include work email addresses)
3. Certified copy of academic transcripts with results legend
4. A Passport sized photo
5. Two most recent ACUTE (not aged care) clinical placement reports
6. Current Police check, WWCC & immunisation history to be provided prior to employment if successful in your application.
Please address your application to: Michelle Cox, Operational Director Education and Acute Services
Please submit your application via PMCV AND to Yarrawonga Health via LIVEHIRE
Opening date: 10am Monday 1st June 2026
Closing Date: 5pm Wednesday 1st July 2026
Commencement date: February 2026 TBC
In addition to the PMCV Allocation and Placement Service Interview, Yarrawonga Health will also be holding face-to-face group interviews with our Collaborative - Central Hume Graduate Nurse Program on August 12th & 19th 2026 in Wangaratta.
About Us
Watch our video about working at Yarrawonga Health!
We are a progressive and innovative health service and currently have Graduate RN opportunities. With your skill and experience, you will deliver safe, reliable and responsive patient care. Better yet, it is also a great career move as you join a thriving organisation guided by its mission to provide and improve sustainable health and education services for our communities in partnership with them.
Situated on the heart of the Murray River, Yarrawonga Health provides acute, surgical, community and aged care support for the region. We're only a few hours from Melbourne and you'll be enjoying all the region has to offer - from wineries and snow fields to water and boating activities on the Murray River, you'll never be bored!
Yarrawonga Health is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the community we serve. We welcome applications from people of all cultures, abilities, backgrounds, identities and experiences — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disability and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected and empowered to contribute.
More Information:
For more information regarding the role contact: Michelle Cox, Operational Director Education and Acute Services via email Michelle.Cox@yh.org.au
All employment with Yarrawonga Health is subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory Police Check, NDIS Worker Screening Check and Victorian 'Employee' Working with Children's Check.
All healthcare workers are required to have mandatory evidence of vaccination will be required prior to commencement.
All applications are to be submitted via Yarrawonga Health's website Yarrawonga Health Careers
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
