Enrolled Nurse Scholarships 2010 (Diploma)

TAFE NSW - New England Institute is offering 14 AMES scholarships for individuals to train as an Enrolled Nurse through TAFE NSW - New England Institute’s Gunnedah Campus.

Please follow the five steps below for information including how to apply. The closing date for applications is Friday 19th February 2010.

Step 1: What are AMES Enrolled Nurse Scholarships?
Step 2: Who can apply for a Scholarship?
Step 3: How will the Scholarship winners be chosen?
Step 4: Application form and selection criteria
Step 5: Where do I send my completed Application Form?

Disclaimer:

TAFE NSW has used its best endeavours to ensure that the information is correct and current at the time of publication but takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions or defects therein. TAFE NSW takes no responsibility for applications that fail to arrive by COB 19th February 2010 or email enquiries that go astray. The decision of the selection committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Step 1: What are AMES Enrolled Nurse Scholarships?

If you are awarded a scholarship, you will study Diploma in Nursing (Enrolled/ Division 2 Nursing) (HLT51607) from the Health Training Package. If you successfully complete this qualification, you can seek enrolment with the Nurses and Midwives Board for New South Wales (NMB) to work as an Enrolled Nurse.

The course starts on Monday 3rd May 2010 and takes 13 months to complete. The theoretical component of the course is made up of 6 academic blocks at Gunnedah Campus interspersed with clinical practice in a variety of health facilities. You will be a full-time student during this period. Whilst the academic blocks will be run over three days per week at TAFE, the clinical placements and assessments at various public hospitals within the New England and North West Region may involve shift work and you will need your own transport. Some clinical placements will be delivered during the TAFE vacation periods. Clinical placement is a compulsory component of this program.

Each AMES scholarship pays all your tuition and assessment costs over the 13 months of your training. Students are responsible for the cost of their textbooks, equipment, stationery, uniforms (approximately $800), travel and accommodation.

Note - before commencing the clinical component of the course you will also have the additional expense of undertaking an Australian Federal Police criminal record check (approximately $56) as well as the cost of ensuring that you are fully immunised (cost varies).

The scholarship period ends in June 2011. You may not defer or extend your scholarship. In particular, if you have not completed the course by the end of 2011 you must complete the course at your own expense.

To be endorsed as an Enrolled Nurse with the NMB, you must demonstrate English language proficiency and sufficient physical and mental capacity to practise as a nurse in a range of health care facilities. In particular, if you were educated overseas, you must have achieved a score of 7.0 or more in each band (reading, writing, speaking and listening) of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) within the past 24 months, or ‘B’ levels in the Occupational English Test (OET).

Please note: AMES scholarships are for pre-employment training. If you are awarded a scholarship you are a TAFE student. You are not employed by TAFE NSW or by NSW Health or by anyone else. If you complete your course and gain enrolment through the NMB, you can seek work.

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Step 2: Who can apply for a Scholarship?

To apply for a scholarship:

1. You must have little or no previous training in Enrolled Nursing i.e. less than 3 months of accredited training in Enrolled Nursing. In particular, you must not already have a qualification in Enrolled Nursing.
2. You must be an Australian citizen and/or permanent resident of Australia, New Zealand citizen resident in Australia or a Humanitarian Refugee (including temporary visa holders who are exempt from payment of tuition fees as specified in the Schedule of Visa Sub-Classes outlined in the Temporary Visa Holders Mandatory Study Conditions- TAFE NSW)
3. If you were educated in NSW, you must have Band 4 or higher in Standard, Advanced or Extension NSW HSC English or NSW HSC ESL or completion of a Certificate III (AQF 3) qualification or equivalent. Information about equivalents- particularly for those educated in other Australian States- can be found on the NMB website: http://www.nmb.nsw.gov.au
4. If you were not educated in Australia, you must have achieved a score of 7 or more in each band (reading, writing, speaking and listening) of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) within the past 6 months, or ‘B’ levels in the Occupational English Test (OET).

To accept a scholarship:

1. You must not have a criminal record that makes you unsuitable to work with vulnerable people. You will be required to undertake an Australian Federal Police criminal record check at your own expense.
2. You must obtain appropriate immunisations and be certified fully-immunised at your own expense before commencing clinical placements.

NSW Health Immunisations: pdf file info_fs_cata.pdf (58kb)

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Step 3: How will the Scholarship winners be chosen?

We are expecting hundreds of applications for the 14 scholarships. Applications will be competitively culled at each stage of the selection process. Selection will be based on:

1. Written Application

2. Interviews. (Note - Interviews will be conducted in Gunnedah. Dates will be advised to successful applicants) Return to the top.

Step 4: Print an application form and selection criteria (above)

Application Form:

Application2010.doc

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Step 5: Where do I send my completed Application Form?

Before you mail your application, please check that you have answered every section. Remember, your application is assessed on what you actually write and not on what you could have written. You must attach copies of evidence to support your claims.

Applications must be received by 5pm on Friday 19th February 2010.

Checked and completed applications should be mailed to:

Teya.Wells@tafensw.edu.au

NB: Late applications will not be accepted