6 February 2023
The redesigned 2023 SA Health Transition to Professional Practice Program (TPPP) for nurses and midwives was launched at the RAH on Monday this week.
The program has been co-designed and co-developed between SA Health and the ANMF (SA Branch).
Nursing and midwifery students, enrolled nurses and registered nurses and midwives, as well as the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Education Centre, a service of the ANMF (SA Branch), and other vocational and higher education sectors were among those consulted during the redesign process last year.
Along with best -practice and current literature, this detailed consultative process has enabled the development of a contemporary, evidence-based, professionally focused, and capability driven program for our nursing and midwifery graduates.
The program aims to invest in the future nursing and midwifery workforce by developing the newly graduated nurse/midwife’s knowledge and skills related to the delivery of evidence-informed, quality, person-centred care.
The program will provide a range of structured and informal learning experiences including ‘face-to-face’ sessions, workshops, and on-line learning. Clinical and workplace support will be a major focus of the redesigned program with Local Health Networks providing support through preceptors, facilitators, educators and clinicians.
ANMF (SA Branch) CEO/Secretary Adj Associate Professor Elizabeth Dabars AM said the TPPP was an important support for graduates transitioning into a new workplace.
“New nurses/midwives are expected to hit the ground running and the TPPP is a well-structured program that will provide a kickstart to a graduate’s career, allowing new nurses and midwives to consolidate skills in clinical settings,” Ms Dabars said.
The program will prove a vital stepping stone into a new career for graduate nurses after the Government committed to hiring the total cohort of 1,200 nurses who graduated in November of last year.
“This intake, which we advocated for, was urgently needed to address the existing shortages which are forcing nurses and midwives to work double shifts and excessive overtime to plug gaps,” Ms Dabars said.
To maintain the quality and sustainability of the program an ongoing governance process and structure has been co-designed with SA Health.
Future program improvement will be managed through the governance process and applied at the Local Health Networks.