APNA Transition to Practice Program

Are you new to nursing in primary health care or want to support someone who is?

APNA TPP is available for nurses new to primary health care to purchase privately through funding provided via Health Workforce Agencies Scholarship Programs or PHNs.

• Who can participate in APNA's TPP?
• What programs are available and when?
• Key dates
• Contact

Who can participate in APNA's TPP?

1. Transitioning Nurses (TNs)

   Nurse Practitioners, Registered or Enrolled Nurses looking for support during their transition to a PHC workplace and who fit into one of the following categories:

   1. Graduate Nurses already employed in a PHC workplace: Graduated from tertiary studies in the last two years 

   2. Experienced Nurse employed in a PHC workplace and seeking additional support: Has three or more years' experience in nursing and has transitioned (or is transitioning) into a PHC workplace. 

2. Clinical and Professional Mentors (Mentors)

   Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner with at least four years of relevant and recent PHC experience. Mentors are not required to work in a PHC setting but must have worked in a PHC setting or related field in the last two years. Mentors are funded $2,400 to provide a minimum of 40 hours of clinical and professional mentoring (direct and/or indirectly) over six months to a maximum of five nurses.

 

What Programs are available and when?

There are three intakes throughout the year for APNA's Transition to Practice Programs: 

• March
• July 
• October

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported Transition to Practice (eight months)
Ideal for graduates or nurses who want some additional support to increase their understanding of primary health care with support from an experienced primary healthcare nurse (mentor)
Access to education and resources developed for nurses new to primary healthcare Induction workshop Foundations of Aged Care or General Practice Workbook Select up to 10 program-exclusive education activities Six months of guidance from a clinical and professional mentor through small-group learning
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Key dates 2025: Supported Transition to Practice Program

Intake and program duration	Applications Open	Application Outcome Notification	Induction Workshop
March: March 2025 – November 2025	Open: December 2024 Close: COB 2 March	20 March 2025	Drop-In: 12 February 2025 (1:00-1:30pm AEST) Mentors: 1 April 2025 (6:30-8:30pm AEST) All: 25 March 2025 (6:30-8:30pm AEST)
July: July 2025 - March 2026	Open: 1 April 2025 Close: 27 June 2025	10 July 2025	Drop-In: 4 June 2025 (1:00-1:30pm AEST) Mentors: 23 July 2025 (1:00-2:30pm AEST) All: 15 July 2025 (6:30-8:30pm AEST)
September: September 2025 – May 2026	Open: 1 July 2025 Close 1 September 2025	18 September 2025	Drop-In: 20 August 2025 (1:00-1:30pm AEST) Mentors: 1 October 2025 (1:00-2:30pm AEST) All: 23 September 2025 (6:30-8:30pm AEST)

 

Find out more

Find out more

Contact our team via email or give us a call:

• transitiontopractice@apna.asn.au

• 1300 303 184

Contact

Email transitiontopractice@apna.asn.au or call 1300 303 184

 

^{1Primary health care refers to any setting outside of acute health, including but not limited to Aged Care, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services, Correctional/justice health, Community health, General practice and more}