Clinical Training Agency in New Zealand

Nursing

Health Workforce Information Programme - Nursing Projections Project
This project is a national level initiative undertaking a series of forecasting and modelling exercises on the nursing workforce in New Zealand to provide a robust basis for workforce planning.

View more information on the District Health Boards New Zealand website:

Health Workforce Information Programme - Nursing Projections Project (www.dhbnz.org.nz)

Postgraduate Nursing Training Funding
DHBs have responsibility for identifying and prioritising funding for postgraduate training needs for all registered nurses within their district who are employed by health and disability services funded by the DHB or Ministry of Health.

For more information:

Consultation on the Draft Revised Specification for Postgraduate Nursing Funding was published in March 2009.

The following are submissions recieved Consultation on the Postgraduate Nursing revised specification (PDF, 195 KB)

Nursing Entry to Practice
The NETP programme is a supported first year of practice programme for newly registered nurses. The programme is well established in the hospital setting and will be expanded to other settings from 2009.

For more information about NETP:

Nursing Training Programme Specifications
The following Nursing Training Programme Specifications are provided on the Specifications page:

1/B46 Nursing Entry to Practice (NETP) Programme Specification
1/B57 CTA Postgraduate Nursing Specification
1/B51 Specification For Nursing Entry To Practice (NETP) Expansion Programme

Nursing Training Guidelines
The Clinical Training Agency (CTA) provides funding for training programmes to facilitate development of a health and disability workforce to meet the future requirements of health and disability services in New Zealand. CTA has standardised contracting arrangements across all training programmes.
Nursing Training Guidelines (PDF, 278 KB)

Nursing Advisory Group to CTA
The Nursing Advisory Group provides advice to CTA on effective use of CTA funding for both NETP and postgraduate nursing training.

The Group's terms of reference and newsletter is provided below:

Membership

Daria Martin, Ministry of Health
Mark Jones, Ministry of Health
Kathryn Holloway, Nurse Educators in the Tertiary Sector (NETS)
Sue Hayward, Director of Nursing, Waikato District Health Board (DHBNZ)
Sam Powell, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Professions, South Canterbury District Health Board
Lyn Dyson, Nursing Council of New Zealand
Dianne Barnhill Nurse, Co-ordinator Post Graduate Education, Counties Manukau District Health Board (DHBNZ)
Gary Lees, Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Lakes District Health Board

Terms of reference

Terms of Reference for the Nursing Advisory Group

Newsletters

Māori Support
Funding is available to provide cultural supervision/mentoring to support Māori registered nurses to complete the CTA funded training programme.

View the Māori Support Funding Policy.

Pacific Peoples Support
Funding is available to provide cultural supervision/mentoring to support Pacific Peoples registered nurses to complete the CTA funded training programme.

View the Pacific Peoples Support Funding Policy.

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