Clinical Specialisation Program
Applications open 25 November 2024, for Study Period 2, 2025.
The Clinical Specialisation Program offers Registered Nurses and Midwives the opportunity to broaden their skills and knowledge through post graduate study.
Course offerings are available for nurses and midwives to customise a pathway to a Graduate Certificate in Nursing, Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Critical Care) or Graduate Certificate in Midwifery.
- Eligibility: Registered Nurses and Midwives employed by SA Health
- Duration: 13 weeks (+ 2-week mid-course break)
- Mode: Online
- Cost: Successful applicants will receive a scholarship from SA Health to cover the cost of the tuition fees.
How to apply
Visit the Graduate Certificate degree pages linked below to complete an application for a Clinical Specialisation Program Scholarship.
Students can apply for one of the following degrees, with specialisation options:
- Graduate Certificate in Midwifery
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Critical Care)
You must have written support via the Health Unit Endorsement Form SP2 2025 (PDF 593KB) from your Line Manager and Director of Nursing / Midwifery (or Nursing / Midwifery Director) to apply for a scholarship in the Clinical Specialisation Program.
Please ensure you have received this endorsement before commencing your application.
2025 programs and courses
Courses offered as a first course offering
- Leadership and Management in Nursing and Midwifery
- Decision Making in Midwifery and Nursing Practice
- Perinatal Mental Health for Health Professionals
New courses available in 2025
- Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Health Education
- Implementing Teaching and learning in Health Education
Scholarships
Scholarships will be offered across a variety of clinical specialty streams
Study period 2 — first half of 2025
- Best Practice in Adolescent Mental Health
- Perinatal Mental Health for Health Professionals
- Perspectives in Mental Health Practice
- Best Practice in Older People’s Mental health
- Comprehensive Care of the Older Person
- Nephrology Nursing
- Perioperative Nursing
- Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Health Education
Study period 5 2025 — second half of 2025
- Palliative Care Nursing
- High Acuity Nursing and Midwifery – Neonatal
- Skills for Recovery Practice in Mental Health (second course only)
- Implementing Teaching and Learning in Health Education
Offered in both study periods
Study period 2 — first half of 2025
- Introduction to High Acuity Nursing and Midwifery:
- Intensive care
- Cardiac Care
- Emergency Care
- Intensive care
Study period 5 2025 — second half of 2025
- Critical Care Nursing
- Intensive care
- Cardiac Care
- Emergency Care
- Intensive care
Study period 2 — first half of 2025
- Best Practice in Adolescent Mental Health
- Perinatal Mental Health for Health Professionals
- Perspectives in Mental Health Practice
- High Acuity Nursing and Midwifery – Acute Care Midwifery
- Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Health Education
Study period 5 2025 — second half of 2025
- High Acuity Nursing and Midwifery – Neonatal
- Skills for Recovery Practice in Mental Health (second course only)
- Implementing Teaching and Learning in Health Education
Offered in both study periods
Important dates
While delivered online this course requires ongoing participation. If you have leave booked during the Study period, consider applying for a different intake as scholarships cannot be deferred.
Note: Where demand is low, courses may be deferred by UniSA and recipients rescheduled to the next available offering.
- Applications open: Monday 29 April 2024
- Teaching commences: Monday 22 July 2024
- Teaching concludes: Friday 22 November 2024
- Applications open: Monday 25 November 2024
- UniSA information session: 5 December
- Applications close: 31 January 2025
- Teaching commences: Monday 3 March 2025
- Teaching concludes: Friday 13 June 2025
- Applications open: to be announced
- Teaching commences: Monday 28 July 2025
- Teaching concludes: Friday 7 November 2025
Expression of interest for future study periods
Complete the Expression of Interest form to be notified when scholarship applications open for study in 2025.
SA Health Recognising Academic Achievement Scholarship - Extension to the Clinical Specialisation Program
To build on the foundations of the Clinical Specialisation Program, SA Health is providing additional scholarship funding to nurses and midwives who demonstrate exemplary academic achievement in their studies.
The SA Health Recognising Academic Achievement Scholarships will provide additional scholarship funding for students completing a Clinical Specialisation Program Course to undertake a second 13-week, 9-unit Clinical Specialisation Program Course and be awarded a Graduate Certificate in Nursing/Midwifery.
Registered Nurses and Midwives will have the opportunity to undertake any one of the available clinical specialisation streams, offered as their second 9-unit Course as part of the Recognising Academic Achievement scholarship.
Cost
Successful applicants will receive a scholarship from SA Health to cover the cost of the tuition fees.
Any travel and/or accommodation expenses that may be incurred to facilitate experiential learning activities are not included in the scholarship.
More information
- Clinical Specialisation Program Frequently Asked Questions (PDF 636KB)
- Fact sheet: SA Health Recognising Academic Achievement – Scholarship (PDF 456KB)
For all scholarship queries please contact the Nursing and Midwifery Office
- Email: health.nursingandmidwiferytraining@sa.gov.au
- Phone: (08) 8226 0813
For all university related queries, including enrolment and course content queries, please contact UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences