The program matches nurses in their first five years of caring for patients living with a mental health condition with experienced mental health nurses or nurse practitioner mentors.

This program run by APNA and funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care and backed by Monash and the Universities of Newcastle, Tasmania, and South Australia. 

The benefits of the program include: 

• Free professional development program allowing you to build your professional network and open doors to new career opportunities.
• Flexibility to suit your schedule - meet with your mentor online at a time and frequency that works for you.
• Tailored support from early on in your career - gain valuable insights from mental health nurses who have already been in your shoes and faced similar challenges. You'll receive personalised advice and support, helping you navigate challenges more effectively.
• Develop your key professional and interpersonal skills through feedback and coaching.
• Build your confidence in your abilities and decisions.
• Mentors can help you identify career goals, improve job performance, and accelerate professional growth to advance your career.
• The mentoring relationship encourages self-reflection and will help you develop a clearer sense of your strengths and areas for future improvement.
• Contributes towards your continuing professional development (CPD) hours.

You can be a mentee if you're a nurse in your first five years of caring for people living with a mental health condition and would like the opportunity to have a mentor.

• Phone: 1300 303 184
• Email: transitiontopractice@apna.asn.au