Nurse Practitioner Transition Programme

NP Transition Programme applications for 2025 are not open.

The funding for the NP Transition Programme was allocated from the EN/NP Workforce Programme, funded through Te Whatu Ora, to support the transition of newly registered NPs into primary health care settings.

A key requirement of this funding is for NPs to deliver holistic models of primary health care that substantively include mental health and addiction, with the explicit purpose of increasing access to services and improving health outcomes and health equity.

The intent of the funding is to ensure newly registered NPs have the time and opportunity to be well oriented and integrated into practice. International evidence, and our own experience in Aotearoa, tells us this first year of practice is crucial for the successful establishment of the NP, improves job satisfaction, quality of care, and enables NPs to work autonomously optimising the NP scope of practice. The transition placement provides time for the transition NP to adapt to their new role and scope of practice, consolidate newly acquired skills and accountabilities, and enable the development of their vision for NP practice.