Nursing Education & Professional Development

Registered Nurses are supported in their career development pathway with clinical, leadership and management education opportunities.

At St Vincent’s, Enrolled Nurses have the opportunity to have their career pathway supported from a new graduate through to ongoing professional development requirements.

Assistants in Nursing are a valued part of the St Vincent’s nursing team.

St Vincent’s Transition Programs are full time positions and include the Enrolled Nurse Transition Program, Pathways to Practice Program and Registered Nurse Transition Program.

St Vincent’s hosts clinical placements for nursing students.

St Vincent's Continuing Nurse Education Program is integral to the professional development of nursing clinicians within, and external to, St Vincent’s.

St Vincent's offers postgraduate specialty nursing education opportunities to those wishing to specialise in perioperative nursing, intensive care nursing, anaesthetic and recovery nursing, or cardiothoracic and heart lung transplant nursing.

St Vincent’s Mission and Values and the key drivers of the SVHA Capability Framework, appreciative inquiry and a transformational approach to nursing leadership and practice.

The Graduate Certificate of Palliative Care Nursing offered to registered nurses employed at St Vincent’s Health Australia is developed and delivered in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Australia.