More than 190 graduate nurses and midwives start work across the region.
There are 57 new graduates for the Richmond network which includes Casino, Kyogle, Lismore, Ballina and Nimbin.
Northern NSW Local Health District welcomes more than 3400 graduate nurses and midwives who will work in the public health system.
Director of Nursing and Midwifery Katharine Duffy said it was a record number of graduates coming in this year.
“Depending on their interests, they’ll have the opportunity to take part in excellent research projects or develop their leadership skills to take their healthcare, and their careers, to the next level,” she said.
The State Government has plans for the state’s health workforce including:
• Making permanent 1112 nursing roles temporarily funded by the former government.
• Abolishing the wages cap and delivering record pay increases for nurses, paramedics and other health workers as well as salary packaging.
• Rolling out 500 more paramedics in regional, rural and remote communities.
• Increasing the rural health workforce incentive scheme package from $10,000 to up to $20,000 for recruitment to the most difficult roles to fill.
• Introducing a total of 12,000 tertiary health study subsidies of $4000 a year over three years for new students, or one-off $8000 for existing students.
Information for this report was provided by NNSWLHD.
Correction
We originally published this story saying the nurses were coming to Richmond Valley. NNSWLHD clarified that 57 graduates were coming to the Richmond network which includes Casino, Kyogle, Lismore, Ballina and Nimbin.
