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  • Side-by-side photos of two Graduate Officers smiling against a colourful mural background.
    Growing our Aboriginal workforce 09 January 2025 One of the key employment initiatives helping WA Country Health Service grow its Aboriginal workforce is the WA Health Aboriginal Graduate Program – with two new graduates recently starting their careers in country WA.
  • Get ready for 2025 GradConnect applications 08 January 2025 Applications open Monday 24 February 2025 at 9:00am (AWST) for all newly qualified enrolled nurses, registered nurses, and midwives to apply for a graduate or transition to practice program through GradConnect.
  • Photo of Yousif pharmacy intern wearing purple scrubs.
    Another 10 pharmacy interns set to make their mark in 2025 06 January 2025 WA Country Health Service will welcome another 10 intern pharmacists in early 2025.
  • Photo of Tess Stanton smiling
    Lake Grace Hospital helps student Tess kick start a career in country nursing 03 January 2025 WA Country Health Service is supporting secondary students looking at a future career in healthcare, providing early career options and work placements that deliver hands-on experience.
  • Side by side portrait photos of Lauren and Anne - Occupational Therapists.
    New training program designed to give rural therapists the upper hand 02 January 2025 An innovative WA Country Health Service (WACHS) program is supporting occupational therapists to receive hand therapy training online.

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  • A group of seven nurses stand together smiling
    Warren Blackwood midwifery staff recognised on national stage 23 August 2023 WA Country Health Service’s Warren Blackwood Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) has been selected as a finalist for the 2023 Australian College of Midwives (ACM) Maternity Service of the Year Award.
  • A young man stands by a waterfall smiling
    RPH physios get a leg up with country deployments 22 August 2023 WA Country Health Service (WACHS) has teamed up with East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) to deploy metropolitan based physiotherapists to the West Kimberley.
  • A mum sits with a child on her knee while they read a book, in her other hand she's holding a phone for a virtual child health check
    Vital child health checks now as close as the phone for country residents 15 August 2023 WA Country Health Service has launched a new project that provides greater access for rural and remote families to regular child health checks and developmental milestones with the launch of virtual child health appointments.
  • From snow to surf: How this Canadian doctor landed in Bunbury 11 August 2023 Emergency Medicine Consultant Dr Hugh Mitenko traded the Canadian ski slopes for the South West surf and hasn’t looked back since.
  • Paid student midwives to bolster country workforce 08 August 2023 Eligible WA Country Health Service registered nurses are on a fast-track to become the next generation of country midwives, completing a fully funded Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery through a Department of Health initiative.
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
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