The CRANAplus offices will be closed from midday Tuesday 24 December and will reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025. The CRANAplus Bush Support Line is available throughout the holidays and can be contacted at any time on 1300 805 391.
Overview
CRANAplus delivers short face-to-face and online courses and webinars, providing nurses, midwives, and other health practitioners with the skills and knowledge to deliver safe, high-quality care and thrive professionally in remote settings.
Contextualised to remote practice
Our face-to-face courses and online courses are tailored to the unique circumstances of isolated health, including limited resources, distance from support, and working with retrieval services and across cultures. For new and experienced professionals alike, these professional development opportunities increase participant capability and confidence to respond to emergencies and deliver safe and quality care in remote settings, within scope of practice.
Nationally recognised
Our nursing courses, midwifery courses and other learning opportunities are developed and assessed by subject matter experts, reference best-practice clinical guidelines and remote health manuals, and are underpinned by National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The Education team is supported by Australian Government funding and regularly partners with health services to upskill staff and support their professional development needs. Courses deliver a range of widely recognised certificates, including a REC certificate and ALS certificate.
Based on experience
CRANAplus educators and volunteer facilitators are AHPRA-registered health professionals with relevant clinical expertise and specialist knowledge. Every course has an interactive, practical focus, and features hands-on skills stations with expert oversight. Building on over 25 years of experience since the launch of its first course, CRANAplus now delivers up to 100 face-to-face courses a year as part of its commitment to improving health outcomes and contributing to the retention of the remote and isolated health workforce.
Accessible
With similar providers concentrating on larger metropolitan locations, CRANAplus starts delivering where other providers stop. Our schedule includes regional, rural, and remote locations in every state and territory (excluding ACT), as well as scheduled online courses and self-paced online learning, enabling the remote health workforce to access education with optimal convenience to themselves, and their workplace.