Training and Research

Placements offer dedicated educational and clinical resources:

• Registered Nurse Transition to Practice - builds skills and experience, and lays the foundation for further careers development
• An Enrolled Nurse Transition (ENT) Program which will assist Enrolled Nurses in making the move to the acute environment and foster professional growth
• A re-entry to practice for Registered and Enrolled Nurses with paid supernumerary clinical placements
• A refresher program for those nurses who have not worked in acute care for more than 5 years and wish to upgrade their skills and return to the acute care setting.

The DHHS also has a close affiliation with the University of Tasmania, and offers clinical placement and support for nurses undertaking post-graduate diplomas/certificates in a number of areas.

We collaborate with the School of Nursing and Midwifery to provide a range of postgraduate courses for Registered Nurses. These courses are renowned for the extensive level of clinical knowledge and experience the student gains in the clinical speciality area.

Postgraduate courses include:

• Mental Health/Psychiatric Nursing
• Gerontic Nursing
• Rural/Remote Nursing
• Acute Care Nursing
• Critical Care Nursing
• Emergency Care Nursing
• Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing
• Midwifery
• Paediatric Nursing
• Child and Family Health

At completion of study, nurses receive a post-graduate allowance (Please note this only applies to nurses practicing in the area of their post-graduate training. For example, a nurse with a Diploma of Midwifery who was working in ICU would not receive an allowance).

For further details on the educational resources and opportunities available at each of Tasmania's major hospitals, please refer to the relevant hospital's information sheet.