Scholarships for Clinical Placement in a Hospital Emergency Department

Overview

The scheme is an Australian Government initiative seeking to support nurses and nursing students undertaking a clinical placement within a hospital emergency department.

Application dates

ED: CP applications are now open. Click here to start your application. Applications are open all year. At the end of each month, commencing at the end of April applications received will be assessed and applicants notified of the result.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply you must be: 

• An Australian citizen or a permanent resident

And meet one of the one of the following criteria  :

• Enrolled in an accredited postgraduate nursing course that results in a nationally recognised qualification in emergency or critical care nursing 
• Enrolled an accredited Australian entry level nursing course 
• A registered nurse or midwife whose current area of professional practice is not emergency nursing who wants to experience emergency nursing to improve their work skills
• A registered nurse or midwife whose current area of professional practice is emergency nursing who wants to experience emergency nursing in a larger facility or more specialist emergency nursing.

If you are a New Zealand citizen, please click here to determine your eligibility for this scholarship.

Selection Criteria

Scholarships will be awarded based on how an applicant addresses the following criteria: 

• Discuss your ambitions to promote and aid emergency nursing in the future and 
• How this placement will contribute to your ambitions and understanding of emergency department nursing within Australia.

For undergraduate students, preference will be given to those in their third year of study. 
 
Please note, clinical placement hospitals will require awardees to comply with certain requirements such as undertaking a criminal history check (that may include a working with children check) or safety and cultural awareness training and ensuring appropriate professional insurance and immunisation. If successful you are responsible for determining the necessary requirements and complying with them.

Value of scholarship

The maximum total value of the Scholarship is $23,000.
 
Payments may be made for:

• Travel 
• Accommodation and living expenses if a scholar is required to relocate from home to complete the placement
• Loss of income, not available for undergraduate students
• Supervision payment to the hosting hospital.

General Information

• How these scholarship payments may affect Centrelink payments.
• Taxation implications of receiving one of these scholarships.

Need more information?

For clarification of your eligibility under this scheme please contact RCNA.
email your questions to scholarships@rcna.org.au.
freecall 1800 117 262