Nurse Entry and Enrolled Nurse Support in Practice Programme 2025 (NETP / ENSIPP)

Programme start dates for 2025

• Dunedin: 20 and 27 January, 31 March 2025 
• Southland: 27 January 2025

We anticipate at least 85 vacancies across Dunedin Hospital, Southland Hospital, Wakari Hospital, Primary Health Care and Aged Residential Care Providers across the district for our 2025 intake, these include the following:

• Aged Residential Care
• Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation
  • Over 65
  • Under 65
• Cardiac Care
  • Cardiothoracic
  • Coronary Care
  • Nephrology
• District Nursing
• Emergency & Trauma
• Intensive Care and High Dependency
• Medical
  • Medical Assessment Unit
  • General Medical
  • Home Team
• Neonatal
• Oncology
• Paediatrics/Child Health/Youth Health
• Perioperative Care (Theatre) including Mercy Private Hospital
• Primary Health Care
  • Practice Nursing
  • Hospice
  • Prison's 
  • New Zealand Blood Service
• Rural Hospitals (Gore, Balclutha, Dunstan, Lakes Hospital Queenstown and Oamaru)
• Surgical
  • Orthopaedics
  • General Surgical including Mercy Private Hospital

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern understands the newly graduated nurse represents the future of the nursing profession; therefore, we are committed to providing the opportunity to develop roles in a supportive environment that models excellence in nursing practice, leadership, professionalism, and best practice principals.

We have a focus on wellness within the first year and provide multiple avenues to all you to debrief, share experiences, grow, and form a stable foundation as you progress through your nursing career.  Both the Enrolled Nurse Support into Practice Programme (ENSIPP) and New Entry to Practice (NETP) programmes adhere to the principle of working in partnership with nurses to provide quality education whilst promoting the enhancement of professionalism through an ongoing supportive learning process.  By completing the expected requirements and producing a professional portfolio, the new graduate nurse will be able to demonstrate competent practice.

Our programme will assist you to further develop your clinical practice and critical thinking skills and become an active member of our nursing team.  This requires a practice-centred approach that develops confidence, clinical reasoning/decision making and acceptance of the responsibility of the registered nurse.

During the first year of clinical practice the new graduate nurse will consolidate knowledge, skills, and experience to:

• Incorporate the principals of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and cultural safety into nursing practice.
• Demonstrate insight into practice through reflection and the learning implications associated with this.
• Demonstrate safety in practice, clinical competence and technical skills pertinent to their area.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively within the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to enhanced patient care and outcomes.
• Complete organisational mandatory training and mandated certification requirements.
• Complete a Leve 2 Competent Nurse Professional Portfolio.

The learning outcomes will be met through individually set activities, self-directed learning activities, attendance and participation at study days, group work, and the submission of a professional portfolio (Competent Level) within 12 months in practice.

Placements on the NETP/ENSIPP programme may be available within Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern Hospitals, Primary Health Care, or community settings such as private practice, aged residential care facilities, or community organisations.

The Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern NETP/ENSIPP programme is offered on both Southland, Otago and Queenstown sites.

Placements within Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern (Otago or Southland site) with be identified and determined as part of the ACE National Recruitment Process.

NETP/ENSIPP Programme Entry Criteria

• Nurses accepted onto the programme hold a nursing degree from a New Zealand Bachelor of Nursing programme approved by the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
• Nurses accepted onto the programme must be a NZ Citizen or hold a valid NZ Residency permit.
• Nurses accepted onto the programme hold New Zealand registration within the Registered Nurse scope of practice.
• Nurses accepted onto the programme hold a current annual practicing certificate (APC) with no restrictions on that APC that would negatively impact on their ability to participate in the programme.
• Nurses must have graduated in the previous 24 months and not practiced as an RN for longer than six months at the time they commence the programme.

Nurses accepted onto the programme must be able to work a minimum of 0.8FTE.

The Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Southern eligibility criteria is aligned with the HWNZ specifications.  More information can be found on their website. 

We are happy to discuss and provide information relating to the opportunities within our organisation.

Full details of the ACE application process can be found on the Kiwi Health Jobs website under the 'ACE' tab.

For further information you can contact:

• Southland Programme
  Lara Gleeson
  NETP Programme Coordinator
  027 374 9115
  lara.gleeson@southerndhb.govt.nz
• Otago Programme
  Colette Parai
  NETP Programme Coordinator
  027 807 9107
  colette.parai@southerndhb.govt.nz