As a nursing or midwifery graduate in the Northern Territory, you’ll receive support and education from clinical educators and mentors, as well as experienced nurses and midwives.
These educators, mentors, nurses, and midwives will:
- Facilitate your transition into practice
- Give you plenty of professional and personal development opportunities
This includes debriefing sessions, case study presentations and clinical rotations.
And if you’re interested in a specific area, you can request a clinical rotation in your cover letter, and the department will do it’s very best to place you in your requested area.
Nursing
Nursing graduates are allocated 2 clinical rotations of 6 months each. Some hospitals and clinical areas may even have a 12-month specialty program. These rotations include medical, surgical and specialty areas such as:
- Intensive care unit
- Operating theatres
- Emergency department
- Special care nursery and paediatrics
- Renal dialysis
Midwifery
Depending on the hospital and clinical area, midwifery graduates are allocated either 3 or 4 clinical rotations. These rotations include:
- Antenatal
- Birthing
- Postnatal
- Special care nursery
- Domiciliary care
A small number of nursing clinical rotations may also be available through Gove District Hospital and Community Health Centres.
Explore Nursing and Midwifery graduate opportunities here .