Transition to Professional Practice Program Cabrini’s Graduate Program
Transition to Professional Practice Program
Cabrini’s Graduate Program
About Us
Metropolitan not-for-profit private health service – 832 beds
Acute facilities at Malvern, Prahran and Brighton, a residential aged-care facility at Ashwood and rehabilitation services at Elsternwick, Malvern and Brighton.
Our Program
• Supports novices and graduates (RN, RN/RM + EN)
• Offers multiple entry points throughout the year, promoting patient safety and meeting workforce needs
• Delivery of the strategic nursing and midwifery workforce plan
• Pathways to speciality practice
Recruitment • Education + Health Operations + People Services + Marketing
• Information evening + roadshows
• SONRU
• Partnerships
Study Days
• Stand alone study days – multiple entry points
• Patient and family register to support consumer involvement
• Simulation + professional development + resources
Education Support
• 1.2 FTE Graduate Clinical Educator • 6 weeks of bedside support
• Supernumerary time • Preceptors
• Centralised contact • Debriefing
CELS – Cabrini Education Learning Space
Professional Pathways
• Ongoing employment
• Transition to Speciality Practice – TSP• Cardiac, Perioperative, ICU, Emergency & Respiratory
• Postgraduate• Cardiac, Perioperative, ICU, Emergency, Oncology & Palliative Care
Point of Difference
• Flexible entry in to program
• Novices + Graduates
• RN + RN/RM + EN
• Patient focus through consumer involvement
• SONRU
• Not in computer match
• No rotations
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