About the program

The WA Health Graduate Development Program (GDP) attracts well-rounded graduates who seek a dynamic and highly advantageous introduction to a career in WA Health as part of the WA public sector’s "A Place of Opportunity” Program (external site). Annually, the GDP attracts graduates with diverse skills from a wide variety of academic backgrounds, all of whom share an interest in health, and are passionate about contributing to continuous improvement of the health system and community health outcomes.

The Program runs for 18 months, commencing in January each year. 

Program streams

The WA Health Graduate Development Program (GDP) has 4 program streams designed to develop your skills based on your academic background, areas of expertise and personal interests. These Program streams include:

  • Finance and business – for finance and business analyst graduates interested in accounting, legislation, compliance, policies and business improvement.
  • ICT – for graduates interested in business analysis, solutions architecture and application design and development.
  • Public health/health (formerly general corporate) – for all other disciplines where your talents could be used anywhere across the health care system.
  • Data analytics and information management – for graduates interested in how data can contribute to health service planning.

Program benefits

Work life balance
Work experience
Support
Networking opportunities

Read more about the many additional benefits in working at WA Health.