Graduate Registered Nurse & Registered Midwife Program
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services (TCHHS) offers a supportive and comprehensive Graduate Registered Nurse and Graduate Midwifery program which provides the unique opportunity for first year practitioners to work in remote indigenous communities.
Our graduates are placed in a program which rotates them through both Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area facilities and Cape York communities including, Weipa, Naprunam, Cooktown, Bamaga and the Torres Strait Islands. Graduates gain experience in both acute care and primary health care facilities.
Aim and objective
The aim is to provide new graduates with additional support and education to assist with their transition from university to the rural and remote nursing environment.
The program assists to increase graduates knowledge and skills in clinical practice in rural and remote setting, with an overall objective to develop nurses who are confident and competent in their role and who will seek to remain employed within the TCHHS.
Our graduate RN and RM programs focus upon building on the basis of knowledge and skills learnt during your undergraduate program. We acknowledge that the transition from student to practitioner requires support and guidance.
TCHHS helps graduates through:
Support
- Initial supernumerary period
- Practice support through preceptors
- Access to on-site Nurse Educator
- Monthly graduate network meetings with other graduates
Education
- comprehensive orientation
- Study days
- Access to transition to practice nurse education program
- Professional development opportunities
Remote Area Incentive Program (RANIP)
Graduates have access to RANIP which includes:
- travel
- accommodation (single-person only)
- professional development funding
- annual isolation monetary bonus
Entry requirements
Selection is based on Merit, subject to the following requirements:
- Have applied through Graduate Nurse Online Recruitment (GNOR) and meet the requirements of the program (some exceptions accepted);
- Be eligible for registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Applicants must have received satisfactory clinical placement reports
- Applicants will be expected to complete an interview with the TCHHS.
Refer to Nursing and midwifery graduate campaigns website for more details.
TCHHS reserve the right to accept applications outside of the graduate campaign.
Contact Graduate Nurse Program Coordinator for more information
Email: TCHHS-Nurse-Education@health.qld.gov.au
Phone: (07) 4226 3027
