Rural & Remote Nursing Relief Program
The Queensland Health Rural and Remote Nursing Relief Program provides a pool of relief nursing (Registered and enrolled) staff for Queensland Health’s rural and remote facilities. This pool of relief nurses is used for the purposes of planned relief for periods of up to three (3) months duration.
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What are the benefits?
Expenses
Relief Nurses retain their substantive position (if all ready employed by Queensland Health) and associated entitlements, such as accumulation of recreation and long service leave and superannuation. ALL nurses working within the Program have their Travel expenses paid to and from the receiving facility, accommodation, meals and incidental expenses whilst on assignment.
Education
All nurses on the Program on a Relief Assignment are provided with educational preparation where necessary. The Rural and Remote Nursing Relief Program facilitate access to appropriate skills and knowledge acquisition in the form of Relief Preparation training to advance skills for the Nurse embarking on the rural experience
