Host student nurses for clinical placement hours — Inspire students to choose a career in primary health care
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) is looking for primary health care teams passionate about their field to host undergraduate and postgraduate student nurses for clinical placement hours. With a predicted shortage of nurses working in primary health care in the coming years, help make primary health care the first choice for graduates. By hosting students in your workplace, you can show the next generation of nurses how rewarding a career in primary health care can be.
About the Clinical Placement Program
By hosting students in your workplace, you can show the next generation of nurses how rewarding a career in primary health care can be. In addition to being remunerated, your practice will have APNA's expert placement team’s administrative and clinical support from start to finish. Best of all, you’ll help build a pipeline of new nursing talent.
Benefits for your practice include:
- a payment to your workplace of $50 per student per day.
- support for supervising RNs throughout the program, including educational and professional development opportunities that add to your CPD hours
- 2 to 4 week placement windows available throughout the year
- APNA organises everything for you, allowing you to focus on sharing your knowledge with the next generation of primary health care nurses.
Participate in the Program — Host a student nurse in your practice
You can register your interest in hosting a student nurse through APNA's wesbite:www.apna.asn.au/profession/career-pathways/supervisors.
To enquire directly about the program is, general practices can email placements@apna.asn.au or schedule a call back or a meeting with an APNA Program Officer: APNA Student Nurse Placement Program Call Back or Meeting Booking Calendar