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.

Under­grad­u­ate

Stu­dent Remote Trav­el and Accom­mo­da­tion Assis­tance (through Flinders Uni NT)

Head to the CRH web­page to apply for assis­tance if you are study­ing a health dis­ci­pline at Flinders University.

Finan­cial Sup­port for Place­ment (UniSA)

The UniSA Depart­ment of Rur­al Health can pro­vide finan­cial sup­port to domes­tic allied health and nurs­ing stu­dents under­tak­ing a rur­al place­ment with­in the state for two weeks or longer, with increas­ing sup­port for more remote loca­tions. Find out more.


Grad­u­ate Programs

Tran­si­tion to Pro­fes­sion­al Prac­tice Pro­gram for Reg­is­tered Nurses

Find out more about this SA Health Pro­gram. Region­al infor­ma­tion is avail­able but is gen­er­al in nature and there is no struc­tured tran­si­tion to rural/​remote.


Con­tin­u­ing Pro­fes­sion­al Development

Health Work­force Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram (HWSP) (through Rur­al Doc­tors Work­force SA)

If you are an eli­gi­ble health care pro­fes­sion­al work­ing in pri­ma­ry health care in rur­al or remote South Aus­tralia, you can apply for a grant of up to $10,000 per year for up to two years to increase clin­i­cal skills and scope of prac­tice through train­ing or study. Exam­ples of activ­i­ties that are sup­port­ed by this Pro­gram include post-grad­u­ate stud­ies such as a post-grad­u­ate cer­tifi­cate, post-grad­u­ate diplo­ma, Mas­ter or PhD, includ­ing on-line study and con­fer­ences, work­shops, webi­na­rs, and cours­es, includ­ing on-line activ­i­ties. Find out more.

Robyn Parkes Post­grad­u­ate Nurs­ing Grant (UniSA)

The grant will be offered to exter­nal post­grad­u­ate nurs­ing stu­dents (Mas­ter of Nurs­ing and Grad­u­ate Cer­tifi­cate in Nurs­ing) from rur­al or iso­lat­ed areas who are enrolled full-time or part-time. The grant will pro­vide finan­cial assis­tance for the costs asso­ci­at­ed with under­tak­ing post­grad­u­ate study. Find out more.

Oth­er opportunities

CRANAplus has not been informed of any oth­er path­way incen­tives or pro­grams that exist in South Aus­tralia. You may wish to browse path­way incen­tives in oth­er states or those on a nation­al lev­el as well.

If you are an organ­i­sa­tion run­ning a pro­gram or ini­tia­tive to sup­port those prac­tis­ing or study­ing remote nurs­ing and/​or mid­wifery, let us know by email­ing professionalservices@​crana.​org.​au.