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Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care

Postgraduate | FLI-PLC-GDI | 2024

Skills and approaches to end-of-life care management

Take your current profession in health to the next level with the ability to support those with a terminal diagnosis. Whether you work in aged care, nursing, or oncology, you’ll be able to apply skills that help those in need experience a better quality of life. 

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Study method
Online & on-campus
Assessments
100% online
Credit available
Yes
Duration
1 year full time or part time equivalent
Total subjects
8

Price from
$25,592
Available loans
Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care

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Career opportunities

Palliative and end-of-life care are developing at local and national levels within multiple health care settings. Organisations require practitioners with the specialist skills and attitudes provided by this course, whether experienced practitioners or graduates with basic palliative care skills. Graduates can find careers in areas ranging from rural and remote, acute, community, acute hospitals and aged care settings, to palliative care units and hospice care.

Career outlook

Registered Nurses:
$86K to $111K

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