Postgraduate Nurse Program 2026 - Palliative Care

Postgraduate Nurse Program 2026 – Palliative Care

Commencing March 2026

Cabrini Malvern

Cabrini benefits:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax free each year, plus $2,650 meal & entertainment card benefits

• Opportunity to develop your skills and advance your career in a well supported environment

• Attractive hourly rates + 11.5% Super + 17.5% leave loading

• Located close to public transport with discounted Myki Commuter fares

Palliative and Supportive Care at Cabrini Health

Cabrini's palliative and supportive care service offers compassionate and expert care to patients with life-limiting illnesses, providing support for pain and symptom management.

The inpatient service at Malvern consists of an 18 single room unit, supported by a skilled multidisciplinary team.

How you will build your expertise within Cabrini's Postgraduate Nursing Program:
Cabrini Health is offering Postgraduate Nursing Program (Palliative care) to current Cabrini staff or we welcome expressions of interest from Registered Nurses with Palliative Care experience seeking to upskill and obtain a postgraduate qualification to join our team.

The program commences in March 2026 for a period of 12 months in affiliation with Monash University. 

Course summary:

Palliative and end-of-life care are developing at local and national levels within multiple healthcare settings. Organisations required practitioners with the specialist skills and attitudes provided by this course whether experienced practitioners or graduates with basic palliative care skills. Graduates can find careers in areas ranging from rural and remote, acute, community, acute hospitals and aged care settings, to palliative care units and hospice care.

During the program, Cabrini Offers:

• Academic and clinical support

• Clinical experience

• A highly supportive working environment

Course information:

For further course information, please contact Monash directly or visit their website. 

On successful completion of the program, the Registered Nurses will have gained sufficient credits for award of a Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care.

Scholarships are available for the Postgraduate Nurse Program – For further information, please contact Sue Hewat, Project Manager Workforce Recruitment & Retention.

To be eligible for the Cabrini Postgraduate Nursing program you will have:

• Australian working rights

• Current Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA

• A minimum of 2 years nursing experience post registration

• Victorian Working with Children Check (if applicable)

• Commitment to quality patient care and outcomes

• The ability to work within the Mission and Values of the organisation

• Flexibility and a positive attitude

• Enthusiasm for participation in a team environment

• Excellent customer service focus and communication skills

Course commences March 2026. Interviews may be held via Teams or face to face from August 2025.

For further information, please contact:
Postgraduate Program & Scholarship information

Sue Hewat, Senior Project Manager Workforce Recruitment & Retention - 0418 336 793

View full Registered Nurse position description here

Please note that no email applications will be accepted. All applications must be submitted through Workday.

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.