How to Become a Nursing Manager: Australian Careers in Nursing

Do you want to make your mark on nursing? JCU Online’s Graduate Certificate of Nursing will help prepare you for the healthcare system of tomorrow.

Australia’s healthcare landscape is changing. Governments, industry and healthcare providers are working smarter to meet rising costs coupled with the increasing demand on our health system.

The course equips Registered Nurses with advanced knowledge and specialised skills in their chosen nursing field.

Students choose one of three majors: Leadership and Management, Education or Advanced Practice. Leadership and Management students will delve into the methods, practices and ethics of health leadership, management and communication. Education majors examine principles of education for health professionals, learning about clinical coaching and teaching in practice settings. Advanced Practice students will further develop the skills needed to deliver advanced patient care.

JCU offers subjects from Ethics and Health Management to Clinical Coaching, so you can focus on areas that will help put you on your best career path.

Delivered 100% online, this course gives students the flexibility to study and improve their future career prospects while continuing to work as Registered Nurses.

Take a next step in a rewarding career with the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing from UTS Online.

This course will help you improve your nursing practice for better patient outcomes and enhance your skills in critical thinking, decision-making and research.

Influenced by strong healthcare industry partners, this course will focus on building advanced skills in leadership, clinical practice, applied pathophysiology and implementing evidence in nursing.

UTS partners with local health districts, national and international health organisations, governments and policy makers to ensure that the course gives graduates the most up-to-date and in-demand skills that meet the ever growing needs of employers and healthcare consumers.

Delivered 100% online, this course can be completed in as little as eight months part-time and allows you the flexibility to pursue postgraduate qualifications while managing your work and personal schedule.

Looking to expand your existing nursing skills? Want to open yourself up to new career opportunities? Do all that and more with the Master of Advanced Nursing from UTS Online.

Over the period of your studies you will undertake eight core subjects and four subjects from one of three specialisations – Acute Care, Chronic and Complex Care, or Critical Care. This course will allow you to offer advanced care and achieve a leading level of evidence-based clinical practice in your chosen field.

UTS is the #1 ranked university for nursing in Australia and #11 in the world. In this course, you will learn from world-leading educators and clinicians to enhance your critical care knowledge, which you can apply to your current clinical practice.

Health and social assistance is Australia’s largest and fastest-growing sector, with employment projected to grow by 15.8% over the five years to November 2026. If you have an interest in women’s and children’s health, and would like to boost your career and take advantage of the growth within the sector, then the Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Children’s Health from UTS Online could be the ideal qualification for you.

It will give you a strong foundation to pursue a career in women’s and children’s health by teaching you all about the existing issues in women’s and children’s health. You will learn about global and local perspectives in sexual, reproductive, and maternal health; legal and ethical issues in women’s health, as well as current issues and challenges facing women’s and children’s health globally.

By the end of this innovative course you will be well positioned to take on senior roles in women’s and children’s health and policy making.

You can complete the UTS Online Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health and have the subjects, or credit points, attributed to a Master of Women’s and Children’s Health.

 

Despite positive changes in society’s view of women’s health in the recent years, we are still far from where we need to be on the issue – 44% of women in Australia can’t afford a doctor when they need one, and this number increases to 70% for women from non-English speaking backgrounds, 62% for women with a disability, 53% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and 57% for LGBTQIA+ (ref: Jean Hailes, 2022).

The Master of Women’s and Children’s Health from UTS Online, a first qualification of its kind, will allow you to focus on women’s and children’s specific health needs and make a difference where it counts.

This course looks at the unique and individual needs of women and children, including reproductive health, pregnancy, motherhood and menopause, while giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality, culturally appropriate and accessible care to all Australians.

By absorbing contemporary material that focuses on current issues, you will learn all about current issues in women’s and children’s healthcare globally, how to deal with legal and ethical issues in women’s health, how to manage social healthcare and all about indigenous public health.

By the end of the course you will have developed fundamental health research, policy making and healthcare management skills and knowledge that will allow you to actively take part in improving the women’s and children’s healthcare offering in Australia.