Transition to practice for registered nurses

We welcome your application for a transition to practice position if you:

• due to complete or have recently qualified as registered nurse
• have less than six months post-registration experience at the date of commencement

What transition to practice offers you

Your transition to practice position gives you:

• additional tailored support
• networking opportunities with other graduates
• support and encouragement beyond clinical placement.

Eligibility criteria

Selection is a competitive process, and you must meet the following criteria to apply:

• due to complete/have completed an accredited undergraduate nursing course within the last 24 months
• have less than six calendar months experience as a registered nurse at the date of commencement
• hold the relevant registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• hold Australian citizenship, permanent residency or a visa permitting you to work in Australia
• comply with immunisation and conviction check requirements.

How to apply

• Submit your application online at the transition to practice portal on the JobsTas website.
• The portal is only accessible during the defined recruitment campaign.
• We advertise application dates on the JobsTas website.
• If you are a registered nurse, you only need to submit one online application.
• Please provide details of two referees.

Recruitment Process

The Transition to Practice Handbook details the recruitment process for transition roles commencing in 2025.

Download the Transition to Practice Handbook

Key components of transition

• 6 to 12 months program working up to 76 hours per fortnight
• Rotational shift work (includes day work)
• Diversity of clinical positions
• Extended orientation period (supernumerary time in clinical area)
• Clinical support (preceptors, nurse unit manager, ward and transition specific clinical nurse educators)
• Specific professional development activities
• Professional portfolio development

Program benefits

• Access to online educational resources and programs
• An individual employee email account
• Pay rates and leave entitlements as per the current Nurses and Midwives award
• Competitive salary packaging and salary sacrificing (in some areas)
• Work/life balance initiatives
• Employee assistance program.

Special incentives for the TtP participants in 2025 and 2026

From 16 July 2024, there is an opportunity for TtP participants commencing in the 2025 and 2026 Transition to Practice program to receive scholarship funding. 

The scholarship is aligned to the Expanded Support Program and will be available in two instalments of $5,000 per annum in years two and three of employment, where an employee can evidence undertaking additional study to progress their career in alignment with the intentions of the Expanded Support Program.

Contacts

For more information about the Transition to Practice program please contact the Clinical Nurse Educators below:

North

Julia Bullock
Position: Nursing Director - Education and Training
Phone: 03 6777 6954
Email: [email protected] 

or

Transition to Practice Clinical Nurse Educators
Phone: 03 6777 6418
Email: [email protected]

North West

Isabelle Skinner
Position: Nursing Director – Education and Research
Phone: 03 6493 6169
Email: [email protected]

South

Kate Stirling
Position: Clinical Nurse Educator – Transaction to Practice 
Phone: 03 6166 8530
Email: [email protected]

Statewide Mental Health Services

Tonia Blackwood
Position: Clinical Nurse Educator- Transition to Practice
Phone: 03 6165 8504
Email: [email protected]