Career Pathways Communications Toolkit

The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) needs your support as we grow our clinical placement programs.

We are currently looking for workplaces to host student nurses in aged care and primary health care settings.

We've put together this toolkit for nurses, employers and organisations such as Primary Health Networks to help you help us reach as many workplaces as possible!

The content on this page will be updated regularly to reflect our current campaigns. 

If you have any questions about the toolkit or would like resources tailored for your organisation, please email our communications coordinator, Dani Neal. 

If you have any questions about the programs, please email our Placements team.

• Action checklist
• Sample Content
  • National Nursing Clinical Placement Program
  • Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placement Program

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Action checklist 

Here are some suggestions of ways you can promote our programs.

✓ Include information about our placement programs in your newsletters/publications

✓ Include information about our placement programs on your website or intranet. 

✓ Post about our placement programs on your social media channels or share APNA's posts

✓ Directly email nurses or workplaces on your database 

✓ Include information about our placement programs on your website or intranet

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Sample content

We have put together the below examples of content to promote our programs. These can be adapted to your audience, provided the key information does not change. 

National Nursing Clinical Placements Program

Newsletter/Website 

The future of primary health care nursing starts with nurses like you.

We’re looking for nurses who work outside the four walls of a hospital and out in the community to host student nurses on clinical placements.

No previous experience supervising students is needed – just a passion for showing the next generation of nurses why primary health care is the place to be!

Our expert team at APNA makes it easy, organising everything for you and providing clinical and educational support.

And best of all, you can earn up to $1000 per placement for your workplace.

To find out more, complete an expression of interest form today.

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Your workplace, their future - host a student nurse today

By hosting a student nurse on clinical placement in your workplace with APNA's Clinical Placement Program, you could be the inspiration for an exciting future in primary health care nursing. 

Why join us?
- We organise everything for you - no paperwork!
- You'll have the full support of our clinical and education experts.
- Your workplace will get paid up to $1000 per placement
- Perfect professional development opportunity for supervising nurses
- Build a pipeline of new nursing talent for your workplace.

What are you waiting for? Complete an expression of interest form today! 

 

Social Media Tiles

Your practice, their future - host a student nurse today (download)

The future of primary health care nursing starts with you (download)

Posters

• We are supervising students with APNA's National Nursing Clinical Placement Program (A4, PDF)

• Join APNA's National Nursing Clinical Placement Program (A4, PDF) 

 

Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placement Program

Flyer/Poster

• Help futureproof your aged care nursing workforce (A4 flyer/poster) 

Videos

• About the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placement Program - Hear from staff at BlueCross Hansworth about their experience of hosting student nurses on a recent placement. (YouTube) 
• Why should you consider hosting student nurses in your workplace? BlueCross Chief Operating Officer Melanie Mazzarolli talks about the many benefits. (YouTube)