Midwifery Graduate Programme

The midwifery new graduate programme is highly sought after by new graduates and is aimed at consolidating the practice of the new graduate specific to the hospital environment.

This 15 month programme aims to support the beginning practitioner as they rotate through an antenatal, postnatal and delivery suite setting. A Midwife Coordinator manages the programme and ensures each graduate midwife is supported by a designated preceptor and four extra study days, which are pertinent to working in our busy, high-risk department.

Applications are accepted each year in August for commencement the following year.

Voluntary Bonding Scheme

Voluntary bonding is an incentive payment scheme that has been introduced by the Government to reward midwifery graduates who agree to work in hard-to-staff areas. It is a practical initiative designed to move graduates into the communities and specialties that need them most.

Graduates who are part of the scheme are eligible for incentive payments of up to $17,500 (net) intended to help repay their student loans for up to five years. Combined with compulsory student loan deductions from graduate’s income, this will give individuals a significant boost in repaying their student loans.

Counties Manukau DHB is the only DHB in the Auckland region that offers access to this scheme.