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13 February 2025

 

New Entry to Rural Practice


Please see the below email from Kyla Jasperse, Associate Director of Allied Health, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, regarding the launch of a new Rural New Graduate Entry to Practice Programme commencing in April.



This multidisciplinary programme is designed to support rural new graduates across Allied Health, Scientific and Technical, Midwifery and Nursing professions, with a strong focus on connection, resilience, rural context, and interdisciplinary practice. The first cohort is limited to 20 places. Please note the short turnaround - expressions of interest need to be submitted by Friday 20 February.


We would appreciate you sharing this opportunity across your networks, managers and rural teams to identify any suitable new graduates who may benefit from participating.

 

We are lunching our rural new graduate entry to practice programme in April, this is a multidisciplinary group that will have Allied, Scientific and Technical groups, Midwifery and Nursing. The people do not have to work for Health NZ but must work in a rural area as defined by the GCH, talk with us if you believe that your people work in a predominantly rural area outside of the GCH R1, R2, R3 classification. 

 

The programme is currently for 1 year (maybe extend to 2 years after the first year evaluation), we envisage about 1 hour a week of self-directed learning through the below modules, 1 hour a month of online peer supervision where we bring the cohort from around the country together led by Dr Jane George and then 1 face to face meeting either as the whole group or split into North and South Island. This will be in addition to any new graduate profession specific requirements.

 

The goal of the programme is to strengthen the support around rural new graduates, identifying factors that influence rural practice heavily, grow a greater understanding of other professions and give a sense of connection to others walking the same path. We are partnering with mobile health, and the programme will be delivered on their platform. This first cohort will have up to 20 places and would appreciate if you could spread the word widely around your rural networks, managers, and staff.

 

We need to have names of those interested back to us be Friday 20th Feb (sorry for the short turn around) so that we can plan the year. 


Please reply to Michelle Vincent Michelle.Vincent@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz, National Workforce Lead, Strategic workforce, with names of people that you would like to attend or 

 

The topics that we plan on covering include:


Caring without carrying


Rural and Remote Health


Place Based Care


Communication


Service Delivery