Secure Your Future and Start Your Midwifery Career at Cabrini Health
Applications are now open for Cabrini Health’s 2027 intake for the Registered Midwife Graduate Program! These are ongoing positions.
Choosing your graduate program is the first step in creating the career you want.
Apply early to secure your Graduate Midwifery Program at Cabrini.
Our 12-month Midwifery Graduate Program is designed to shape you into the best midwife. Our model of care allows our graduates to work with mothers and their newborns during their first days together. Graduate Midwives will experience one on one support from our clinical midwifery educators with professional development opportunities that support strong growth of foundational care. You will also be paired with preceptors to foster your knowledge and skills as you integrate into the multidisciplinary team.
Our 15-month Double Degree Midwifery Program also provides a rotation in a medical or surgical ward at commencement of the program where you will receive the support of a dedicated Clinical Educator, and ward based preceptor to help guide you through your transition to practice with ongoing check-ins from nurse managers and educators. You will then join the 12-month Midwifery Graduate program.
Cabrini also offers numerous professional development opportunities beyond the Graduate Program year as our contract is ongoing.
Why Choose Cabrini Health?
A Dedicated Clinical Education Team: Transition smoothly from study to practice with our dedicated Clinical Education team. Regular check-ins with Midwife managers and educators will keep you on track
Generous Supernumerary time to safely transition knowledge to practice
Interactive Learning and Career Guidance: Our program includes interactive study days, career guidance, and debriefs throughout the year, ensuring you receive continuous support and professional growth
Professional Development Opportunities: Beyond the Graduate Program year, you'll have access to professional development opportunities, including post-graduate studies
What We Offer
Part-Time position (0.8 FTE – 30.4 hours per week) to support work-life balance
Ongoing, permanent employment contracts: Stability and security in your career
Dedicated midwifery educator, clinical support staff, and ward-based preceptors
Exposure to working in our birth suites, special care nursery, post-natal and ante-natal
RANZCOG Fetal Serveillance Course
Advanced neonatal resuscitation programs
PROMPT maternity emergency simulation days
Dedicated midwifery educator, clinical support staff, and ward-based preceptors
Application Requirements
Curriculum vitae (CV): Include details of each clinical placement (length, month, year, facility, ward, casemix, and length of placement)
Academic transcript: Most recent certified copy, including the grading legend/key page
Two most recent clinical placement reports. One of these reports must be from Birth Suite. If you are a double degree one report can be from an acute medical or surgical undergraduate placement
Professional references: Two referees, with at least one from your most recent clinical placement. Include full name, title, phone number, and email address. At least one of these references must be from your most recent clinical placement and from Birth Suite
Passport-size headshot photo
Copy of your visa if applicable and passport
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the 2027 Graduate Program, you must be completing your nursing qualification at the end of 2026.
Please note: Applicants who completed their qualification prior to 2026 (i.e. 2025 or earlier) are not eligible for this program.
Cabrini Benefits
Ongoing contracts
Salaries matched to public hospitals
Free uniforms provided
Smaller graduate cohorts and more educators
Salary packaging: up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
Access to salary packaging for Apple Watches, iPhones, and iPads
Access to employee health and wellness programs, including Fitness Passport and complimentary counselling through our Employee Assistance Program
On-site car parking (subject to availability)
Travel Perks: Myki Commuter discounted fares
Career coaching post-graduate study support and scholarship opportunities.
Enjoyable workplace culture in a mission-based, values driven healthcare organisation
Start Your Journey with Cabrini Health
Imagine yourself thriving in a supportive, innovative environment where you can grow both personally and professionally. At Cabrini Health, we are committed to nurturing your passion for midwifery and helping you build a rewarding career.
Apply now and take the first step towards an exciting future with Cabrini Health’s Registered Midwife Graduate Program 2027.
Visit our dedicated Graduate Midwife Program webpage with details about the program, application information, and eligibility requirements here
Please note: You must have a valid visa with full work rights that is valid for at least 2 more years. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Recruitment and other processes for Cabrini’s Graduate Enrolled Nursing Programs are managed independently and do not participate in the PMCV APS match process.
Feel free to contact us for more information or assistance with the application process. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!
Sue Hewat, Senior Project Manager, Workforce Recruitment on 0418 336 793
Please note: All applications must be submitted via the online application system. Email applications will not be accepted.
Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.
Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.
As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI
Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.
