Nurse Entry to Practice (NETP)

About NETP

Upon completion of the NETP year, nursing graduates will meet competencies and standards of practice in order to progress to competent level on the Professional Development and Recognition programme (PDRP) determined by the Nursing Council of New Zealand and Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley District.

Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley District offers an embedded curriculum within the NETP programme to support the development of practice to competent level on the PDRP.

The primary focus of this professional development is physical health assessment and making clinical judgements at a competent nurse level. Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley District understands the demands and stresses faced by NETP graduates when they commence their first year of practice and are committed to provide clinical support.

The Nurse Entry to Practice Programme (NETP) accommodates NETP graduates within the hospital, aged and residential care, and primary care settings. The aim of the NETP programme is to provide graduate registered nurses support and professional development to facilitate their transition during their first year of practice.

Employment Opportunities

Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley employs graduate nurses throughout the year through the NETP programme. The programme has start dates in January and September and you can be employed prior to these dates and join the programme.

You will be employed on a permanent contract to coincide with the programme start dates and work in one of your chosen practice settings. Contracts are either 32 or 36 hours per week (depending on whether the area works 8 - 12 hour shifts).

Applying for the End of Year 2024 NETP Programme at Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley

All eligible applicants must apply via the ACE process. When applying for NETP at Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley, please address your cover letter to the “NETP team” or “the NETP Coordinators.” Please indicate in your cover letter if you are only interested in a particular site, and provide more details about the practice areas that you are interested in.

Interviews will be held on-site at both Wellington Hospital and Hutt Hospital. Candidates will interview once for all positions across our District. For Hutt Valley these interviews will be on the 30^th of September to the 3^rd of October 2024. For Wellington these interviews will be on the 14^th-18^th October 2024.

Invitations to interview will be sent out via email from the 27^th of September 2024. Please be in touch if you are unwell, or wish to reschedule your interview.

The first day of the NETP Programme will be on the 21^st of January 2025.

End of year 2024 NETP interview video

End of Year 2024 NETP Programme intended employment areas

The Practice areas below have indicated that they intend to recruit graduates as part of the NETP Programme starting in January 2025. These positions are subject to vacancy and are used to indicate areas of intended recruitment. Due to this, additional vacancy areas may be added outside of the application process timeline, and some areas may no longer be in a position to recruit.

Aged & Residential Care	St Joseph's Lifecare, Upper Hutt
Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation	Kenepuru Hospital Ward 6
Cardiac Care (Includes Coronary Care Units and Cardiothoracic)	Wellington Hospital Ward 6 South: Regional Heart & Lung Unit
Emergency & Trauma	Wellington Hospital Emergency Department
Health of Older Persons Within the DHB	Wellington Hospital Ward 3 – Acute Frailty Unit
Intensive Care (Includes High Dependency)	Wellington Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Medical	Wellington Hospital Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) Ward 5 South: General Medical Ward 6 East (general medical)
Neonatal	Wellington Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Oncology	Wellington Hospital Wellington Blood and Cancer Centre
Paediatrics, Child Health and Youth Health	Wellington Hospital (Te Wao Nui) Piko: Children's Medical Kowhai: Children's surgical
Perioperative Care (Theatre)	Wellington Hospital Operating Theatre
Primary Health Care (Including Practice Nursing, GP Clinics, Accident & Medical Centres, Iwi Providers, Pacific Providers, School Nursing, Well Child Providers, Plunket, NGO's and Hospice)	Marry Potter Hospice Capital Care Health Centre Wellington Accident and Medical Centre Central Wellington Medical Waiwhetu Medical Centre, Lower Hutt Te Awakairangi, Lower Hutt Queen Street Medical, Lower Hutt
Surgical	Kenepuru Hospital Ward 7 Wellington Hospital Ward 7 North (General Surgical, ENT, ophthalmology, Vascular) Ward 7 South: Neurosciences Ward 6 North: Orthopaedics and Urology Surgical Assessment and Planning Unit (SAPU) Hutt Hospital Orthopaedic Clinic
Women's Health	Wellington Hospital 4 North Gynae

Clinical employment areas

Graduates will be informed of their clinical area prior to commencement. Once accepted, the terms of agreement for employment are fixed for the NETP year.

Within clinical areas, graduates will be expected to complete generic online learning packages, orientation work books, IV competency, and study days additional to and as well as NETP study days and assignments. It is strongly recommended that graduates utilise the knowledge and skills of their appointed preceptor, nurse educator, associate charge nurse managers and charge nurse managers within their clinical area.

The NETP team supports each graduate nurse during their Programme. The Clinical Coaches provide monthly clinical support, and the NETP Coordinators and NETP Educator support the successful running of the Programme and its components. Cultural support for Maori and Pacific NETP nurses is provided through specific study days.

Preceptor programme

Socialisation, orientation and clinical support is important to ensure that graduates engage in positive learning experiences within their clinical environment.

NETP graduates are supported in their clinical environment by a preceptor for the duration of their NETP programme. As part of their professional development requirements all NETP preceptors will have completed a workshop to enable their role. Preceptors are also required to be working toward or completed proficient level on the Professional Development and Recognition Programme.

NETP graduates can be assured that their preceptor is committed to ensuring their completion of the NETP programme. NETP graduates are encouraged to complete a preceptor workshop at the end of their NETP year.

See further details regarding the preceptorship and supervision programme.

Last updated 26 August 2024.