Under exceptional circumstances a health service may withdraw the matched allocation.

Valid situations when this may occur are:

• No response to communications to confirm their allocation and
  contract details by the time specified by the health service.
• AHPRA registration not completed in time to commence the graduate
  program, and there is no opportunity to defer the commencement e.g.,
  mid-year intake.
• Supporting evidence not provided regarding “Right to Work in Australia”, visa information and/or English Language requirements.
  Additional requested documentation not provided in time to commence the graduate program e.g., additional referee details.
• Other preliminary checks not met for working with children check, police check, etc
• Refusal to adhere to the requirements for the role i.e. vaccination status, locations of work, rotations and / or shifts as per their contract
  of employment.
• In these situations, the health service would email the candidate and PMCV to advise of the withdrawal of the matched position and reason
  why.

Note: If the candidate is not completing their course requirements on time, they would be eligible to reapply for the next year’s match.

Yes, please see the list below:

The following is a description of the wording used within the Candidate Handbook and this website:

Allocation – When the match algorithm is run, it allocates candidates to a Health Service based on the candidate preference and Health Service ranking, along with the number of available positions. Candidates will only receive one allocation.

Candidate – Person applying to the GNMP Match for a graduate position.

Distance Education – Candidates living in Victoria but studying at an interstate university online.

GNMP – Graduate Nursing & Midwifery Program

Intake Month – The anticipated month that training will commence.

International Student – Currently living and studying in Australia and will graduate with Australian qualifications.

Multi -Site – Graduate programs offered at a number of Health Service locations, usually a sister site or collaborative site to the main Health Service.

Preference – The action of you nominating Health Service graduate programs where you wish to work as part of a Match application.

PMCV – Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria, delegated responsibility by the Department of Health to administer the Graduate Nursing & Midwifery Program Match.

Each health service determines their local FTE requirements. Graduate nurses and midwives can be employed at any FTE. Graduates are generally employed between 0.6 and 1.0 FTE in their first year of practice to support their transition to the clinical environment.

Late Vacancy Stage

Unmatched candidates or those that did not apply to the Match, can apply to Health Services with remaining vacancies from Monday 9 September 2024.

A Victoria resident is a candidate currently living in Victoria. The meaning of resident does not refer to “permanent residency”.

While PMCV understand candidates would like to as many reports as possible, it is important to understand from the perspective of the people needing to write the reports and the Health Services reading the reports. PMCV does want to increase the workload for the referees or assessing Health Services.

Health Services are only looking for two clinical referee reports unless specifically specified otherwise.

If you do want PMCV to remove a referee, the candidate must advise PMCV by email and the candidate must tell the referee immediately, as the referee will still have the email that was initially sent to complete the report.

Non-clinical referees should not be entered as a referee, as the template asks clinically based questions.

Include as much visa information as possible in the PMCV application. Mention your bridging via in your cover letter or CV to the Health Services, that will explain the missing information.

While you are not eligible for the 2024 Match for positions commencing in 2025.

You may still apply to Health Services that have graduate positions available for 2024.

These can be found on the GNMP Website’s Health Services Directory. Please note position numbers and application details relate to the 2024 Match, not to existing year vacancies.

Please undertake the following steps:

1. You must filter the Health Service Directory by ticking Late Vacancy Stage.
2. You must filter for future months.
3. Email directly to the Health Service; not via their e-recruit or by instructions on their website for Match positions.
4. Your email must clearly state in the subject line of the email: Late Vacancy application for position commencing in 2024.