Supported first year of practice
For employers
Employing a graduate registered nurse is an investment in the future primary and community care workforce. SFYP provides support to help practices create positive learning environments, attract and retain nurses, and build nursing capacity.
What's available?
The Workforce Hub works with you to support both graduate registered nurses and their preceptors with practical guidance, funded training applicable to your setting, peer connections, and support to develop an individualised learning plan. We will work alongside your workplace to help create a supportive environment, so you are not doing this alone.
Funding – there is an incentive fund available through Health NZ – $15,000 if you're an urban employer or $20,000 if you're a rural employer. Find out more about this here.
Is my workplace eligible?
Eligible employers are those providing primary or community care in the Northern Region and are:
Employing the nurse at 0.6 FTE or greater, starting at any time during the year
Providing a trained preceptor
Supporting the development of an individual learning plan
Supporting clinical load sharing during the graduate registered nurse's transition into practice
Providing feedback to the Workforce Hub at 6 and 12 months.
Your job is to allow time and provide a space for learning, check-ins and professional development, provide orientation and workplace induction, paid release time and pay travel and accommodation costs if training is provided outside of your setting.
Primary and community care includes general practice, urgent care, aged residential care, hospice, Māori and Pacific health providers, and community and NGO health services.
Getting started
To tap into this support, drop us an email at kiaora@workforcehub.co.nz and we can send you some more information.
Looking for a new graduate registered nurse? Register through PC connect to be connected to suitable graduate registered nurses.