500 Re-entry Nurses Program

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to fund a National Re-entry Nurses program to attract up to 500 previously registered Enrolled Nurses and Registered Nurses back to the nursing workforce and facilitate more Nurse Practitioners training and working in primary care by encouraging primary care services to facilitate the completion of supervised practice requirements.  This will increase health promotion and prevention in the community and help meet the future demand for nurses to work in primary health multidisciplinary teams in the community. This grant opportunity provides Primary Health Networks (PHNs) with total funding of $1 million ($2,000 per grant) (GST exclusive) over three years from 2024-25 to 2026-27. This will be capped at 500. PHNs will be required to source and fill placements within their eligible region.  Additional funding of $89,640 will support administration of the grants. This will be provided as a lump sum to a PHN to administer the program nationally. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.