All Victorian and interstate third year nursing students who have Australian citizenship or permanent residency status, and New Zealand third year nursing students who wish to apply for a position in a Victorian Graduate Nurse Program, are eligible to apply through the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) Computer Match process. PMCV can be contacted on (03) 9419 1217 or via email at pmcv@pmcv.com.au to discuss this process.
International students cannot apply to PMCV if they do not hold permanent residency status, but may apply directly to St Vincent's, submitting the exact same requirements by our closing date.
The computer match process allows students to apply to only 4 Victorian hospitals. Prospective graduates must also apply directly to each of the 4 individual hospitals they have nominated. You will need to go to the PMCV website at www.pmcv.com.au hospital directory section and lodge a 'Candidates Priority List' by Thursday 26 July 2012. You must separately apply to your 4 preferred hospitals, sending in the required information outlined in their summaries in the hospital directory. Closing dates will vary.
Online application process
Candidates can now use an online application process to submit their application to St Vincent’s. This will be available from Monday 18 June 2012. We have implemented this process to ensure that your application reaches us quickly. (Within 48 hours of receiving your application we will send you an email confirmation).
The St Vincent’s closing date for applications is Thursday 26 July 2012. Please contact the Graduate Nurse Hotline (03) 9288 2244 before this date if you require consideration for a time extension due to personal circumstances.
STAGE 1
In your application we will require you to attach a
single Word document comprising:
- Letter of application outlining why you wish to be a graduate at St Vincent’s (maximum of one page).
- Curriculum vitae (maximum of three pages).
You will also be offered the option of attaching or mailing the following:
- Academic transcript to date, with results legend.
- Complete copies of your 2 most recent third year clinical medical/surgical placement reports (if you have not completed a third year medical or surgical placement at the time of application, please also send your most recent second year medical/surgical placement report.) Please note we do not accept Mental Health or Maternal Child & Health placement reports.
If you choose to post your academic transcript or clinical placement reports, please ensure they are certified copies, and that they reach us by our closing date of Thursday 26 July 2012.
We will require all original application documents to be produced at interview, therefore if you apply online we can confirm your documents are original copies.
As part of the online application process, we will ask you to submit your clinical rotation preferences. Please take some time to consider your preferred rotational areas.
For the online application we also require you to have ready the name and details of one professional referee. The referee must be a clinical teacher, preceptor or other senior staff member to whom you have reported during a recent clinical placement. Please be aware that we do not routinely reference check every successful applicant so please do not panic if your referee has not received a call from us.
Please contact the Human Resources Graduate Nurse Recruitment Officer (03) 9288 2820 if you are experiencing any difficulties submitting your application online.
We have designed our selection process to be fair and thorough. Our initial stage assesses candidates on 4 components, and then a total overall score is given. From this assessment, we shortlist for interviews. We will interview all candidates who meet our selection criteria.
We appreciate the effort you put into your application and will ensure that each application we receive is given the time and attention you deserve. We welcome graduates from a diversity of backgrounds and universities, and assure you that where you have undertaken clinical placements will not impact on your application. In fact, this year we have graduates from 21 different national and international universities and campuses.
STAGE 2
If you reach Stage 2 of our selection process you will be invited to attend an interview with team and individual components, during the week of Monday 27 August 2012. (Long distance candidates may be offered a phone interview the week after.)
The interview process will take approximately 2 hours. The selection criteria includes teamwork, communication, problem solving and prioritising skills. All interview questions and team activities have been developed against these criteria to ensure you have the best opportunity to show us how your professional and personal attributes match our organisational goals and values. Individual interview questions will include clinical scenarios and assess your understanding of the requirements of a graduate position at St Vincent’s.
STAGE 3
Computer match results will be released on Monday 15 October 2012 to hospitals/health services. If you are successfully matched to St Vincent’s you will be contacted by phone within 3 business days.