Selection criteria and documents for your GradStart application

A registered nurse
Phibian Koskei, Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

At time of completing online application

  • Curriculum Vitae outlining your educational qualifications and work experience. A cover letter is not required.
  • Academic transcript - Upload your academic transcript (unofficial version is acceptable) or enrolment advice - we look at this to check completion dates.
  • A NSW Working With Children Check (WWCC) clearance number for paid work - You need to enter your WWCC number or your WWCC application number in the application. Volunteer checks and clearance checks from interstate will not be accepted.
  • Selection criteria responses.

Selection criteria

The selection criteria are an important part of your application. You need to write 150 words or less about all 6 selection criteria.

It is important that you consider each one and you need to answer them all.

Write these responses in a word document before you apply, then copy and paste these into the application.

The selection criteria are:

  • Demonstrated understanding of NSW Health’s CORE Values, Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
  • Demonstrated high level interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated clinical knowledge and clinical problem solving abilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a team.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the professional, ethical and legal requirements of a registered nurse or midwife, including the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards for practice.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the role in applying continuous improvement to quality and safety.

Prior to interview and on day of interview

Identification

Bring your identification and permanent residency documents, such as passport, Australian birth certificate, citizenship certificate and visa information.

Immunisation

Bring evidence of current immunisation in accordance with NSW Health policy.

Referees

You will get an email about referees before your interview. GradStart uses the Harver online reference system. You will receive an email to invite your referees to complete an online reference. You are responsible for checking that these references are completed.

Ask two people to be a referee for your application. One referee must be a clinical referee. This person must be working in a clinical supervisor role, such as a NUM/MUM, CNE/CME or clinical facilitator. The second referee should be an employer (paid or unpaid work). If you are unable to provide a current or past employer as a referee, discuss this with the GradStart Coordinator who invites you to interview. If you work in a non-health job, it's okay to provide a current manager or recent manager from the business you work for.

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Current as at: Monday 24 June 2024
Contact page owner: Nursing and Midwifery