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MidStart & GradStart Programs

2026 MidStart Midwifery Programs

Canterbury Hospital Maternity and Birthing Suites — SydneyConnect Image: Canterbury Hospital Maternity and Birthing Suites

Complete a 12 month Graduate Diploma of Midwifery whilst working 32 hours per week
Sydney Local Health District partners with University of Technology and Western Sydney University

Location	Details	2026 Intake Dates
RPA Hospital	Rotations include – antenatal clinics, antenatal, delivery and postnatal wards, midwifery group practice and lactation	February
Canterbury Hospital	Rotations include – antenatal clinics, antenatal, birthing and postnatal wards, midwifery group practice and lactation	February

2026 GradStart Midwifery Programs

SydneyConnect Image: Canterbury Hospital Maternity and Birthing Suites — SydneyConnect Image: Canterbury Hospital Maternity and Birthing Suites

Location	Details	2026 Intake Dates
RPA Hospital	Four rotations – antenatal clinics, antenatal, delivery and postnatal wards	February
Canterbury Hospital	Four rotations – antenatal clinics, antenatal, birthing and postnatal wards	February

2026 GradStart Nursing Programs

Graduate RN Balmain Hospital — SydneyConnect Image: GradStart Program, Balmain Hospital

Location	Streams offered	2026 Intake Dates
Balmain Hospital	Aged Care and Rehabilitation Two ward rotations – aged care and rehabilitation	March and May
Canterbury Hospital	General Nursing One ward rotation – medical, surgical or aged care medical One specialty rotation – emergency, paediatrics or high dependency	March
	Peri-operative Nursing Anaesthetics, scrub/scout, recovery and day surgery unit	February
Concord Hospital	General Nursing Two ward rotations – medical, surgical, cardiology, colorectal, upper GI, respiratory, urology, burns unit, palliative care, renal and dialysis	February, March and May
	Peri-operative Nursing Anaesthetics, scrub/scout, recovery and day surgery unit	February
	Critical Care One ward rotation – acute medical or surgical One specialty rotation – emergency or intensive care	February
	Aged Care and Rehabilitation Acute aged care, rehabilitation and psychogeriatrics	February
	Cancer Nursing Haematology/oncology, palliative care and day therapy infusion centre	February
RPA Hospital	General Nursing Two ward rotations – medical, surgical, cardiology, colorectal, upper GI, respiratory, urology, transplant, palliative care, renal, neurosciences, paediatrics and haematology	February, March and May
	Peri-operative Nursing Anaesthetics, scrub/scout, recovery and day surgery unit	February
	Cardiac Nursing Coronary care, cardiology and cardiothoracic	February, March and May
Drug Health Services	Drug Health Services RPA Hospital, Concord Hospital (inpatient ward) and Canterbury Hospital	February
Mental Health Services	Mental Health Nursing Adult inpatient acute and specialty areas - Concord Centre for Mental Health and Professor Marie Bashir Centre	February
	Mental Health/General Exchange One ward rotation – RPA Hospital or Concord Hospital One Mental Health rotation	February
	Mental Health/Drug Health Exchange One Drug Health ward rotation One Mental Health rotation	February
Sydney District Nursing (RPA Virtual Hospital)	Sydney District Nursing 12 months based at one centre – Marrickville, Redfern, Croydon, Concord or Canterbury	February, March and May

More information

For enquiries about Sydney Local Health District's GradStart and MidStart Programs, please contact our Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Manager at Laura.Johns@health.nsw.gov.au