Primary Health

Workforce Development

Being a part of the NSW North Coast primary health and wellbeing workforce community offers many opportunities for networking and peer connection, personal development, and access to a range of supports and resources. Our Workforce Development Team is working closely with our regional partners to support a diverse, dynamic and sustainable workforce. If you’re a clinician and have questions about living and working in our region, please reach out to our friendly Workforce Development team. You can also visit our main Primary Health Workforce page to learn more about education and networking, access classifieds, and more. Related news articles are linked below.

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GP Workforce Planning and Prioritisation Program

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"The UCRH workforce education team values highly our work with the PHN to plan, promote and deliver collaboratively, education programs and events to support and strengthen our rural and regional health workforce."
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"Southern Cross University Nursing students gain a deep understanding of the whole continuum of health care through placements in primary and community care settings."
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"ACRRM is pleased to work with Healthy North Coast (HNC) which supports training the next generation of Rural Generalists in NSW. We recognise HNC's strong commitment to ensuring their communities have improved health outcomes."
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"Rural Doctors Network shares a close partnership with Healthy North Coast in collaborating on workforce development for the region, making them a valuable partner in our joint mission for enhanced healthcare outcomes."
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  1. Healthy North Coast Annual Report 22-23

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Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (WPP) Program

In response to national GP workforce shortages, the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) has funded the establishment of the General Practice Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (WPP) Program until the end of June 2025.
The WPP Program gives regional areas a voice to make recommendations to GP Specialist Colleges (RACGP and ACRRM) that are driven by community and practitioner insights regarding current and future healthcare needs.

WPP Program reports submitted to the DoHAC, RACGP and ACRRM will help to identify areas of greatest need and inform allocation of registrars, ensuring optimal geographic distribution of AGPT Program registrars.

Learn more about the WPP Program by downloading the FAQs PDF file (PICTURED).

Healthy North Coast welcomes strong local and regional engagement to ensure local insights are reflected in GP WPP advice. Upcoming program activities include surveys and consultation, networking and engagement opportunities and workforce needs, training capacity and specialist pathways reporting. If you are interested in opportunities to contribute, or would like to be part of the consultation process in this program, please contact our Workforce Development team.
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RACGP have just announced a new online tracker which provides details of RACGP training locations. This is a live, web-based tracker that will be regularly updated from their Training Management System. There is also a search function where trainees can search practices by incentive payments!

You can find it here: RACGP Accredited training facilities.

View ACRRM accredited training posts here on their website, which shows Advanced Specialised Training and Core Generalist Training Posts.

Scholarships

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The NSW Rural Doctors Network’s Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) provides scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in rural and remote Australia retain and enhance their skills, capacity and scope of practice.

Read more about RDN – Health Workforce Scholarship Program (nswrdn.com.au).

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