ProCare created programmes and internships

Employment Plus service: This free/low-cost to serve HR and Recruitment services to general practices includes end-to-end permanent and locum recruitment for GPs, nurses and any general practice-based role. It also offers comprehensive HR consultancy (nearly all of which is provided free of charge) to ensure practices have well set up people policies and processes, are well-structured and operate optimally. ER, performance and disciplinary management and support services are also offered

GPEP workforce support programme: The GPEP workforce support programme sees ProCare act as the central, permanent employer of a range of GPEP2s and GPEP3s, providing them to practices of choice to progress their crucial training years. Throughout the programme ProCare provides a host of wraparound support both with dedicated clinical governance and education, including supervision from an experienced GP educator. In addition to increasing the pipeline to ProCare practices, the purpose of this is to ensure a good experience for the trainees and completion of their vocational training, so we have qualified GPs able to provide comprehensive services and practice at the top of their scope. We also provide support with broader business and employment training as needed, as well as a comprehensive benefits package for the GPEPs.

NZREX community placement programme: This programme will see highly skilled international doctors, with established careers working predominantly in general practice and who are only interested in working in general practice in Aotearoa, employed directly by ProCare and placed within suitable teaching practice environments. For the required 24-month period, the NZREX graduates could spend up to 18 or 20 months in general practice, with the balance of time undertaking hospital, mental health, or other community-based placements as suits Te Whatu Ora

Primary Care Nurse training programme: This programme takes experienced nurses from other facets of healthcare, who have an interest in getting into practice-based nursing and gives them fully paid training for a four-week period, in an established practice. This programme also sees these nurses receive the necessary extra training and certifications, in order to be a fully contributing member of the general practice team. This programme is run at no extra cost to the practices.

If you’re interested in finding out more about one of these programmes, please email careers@procare.co.nz

Psychology Intern Hub: ProCare Fresh Minds has been appointed, alongside Tāmaki Health, for Te Whatu Ora’s Psychologist Intern Hub Services for 2024 and 2025. The Intern Hub is based at Fresh Minds’ busy central Auckland clinics, and at one of Tāmaki Health’s sites, and sees the interns working in various clinical settings across Tāmaki Makaurau.

The internships are available for students in any University in Aotearoa who are undertaking their final year of post-graduate training in either Clinical Psychology or Health Psychology. We currently have students from the University of Auckland, AUT, and University of Wellington.

Fresh Minds is firmly committed to grow its team of psychologists, nurses, and other allied health professionals, with experience in third-wave talking therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy. Additionally, the organisation is passionate about delivering targeted talking therapies and is also flexible in meeting interns’ needs in their university programmes. There will also be opportunities for ongoing professional development relevant to the role of a psychologist working in our settings. For Psychology students currently enrolled in the post-graduate Clinical or Health Psychology programmes looking for internship opportunities for 2025, please contact Kay.McCabe@FreshMinds.co.nz or Amanda.Willetts@FreshMinds.co.nz

Scholarships

ProCare also sponsors scholarships in partnership with both Unitec and the University of Auckland, for the purpose of encouraging and supporting students who are aiming to start a career in healthcare. 

Unitec: ProCare Top Māori Nurse Scholarship 

This scholarship is awarded in partnership with Unitec to the top Māori nursing students who have excelled in their Bachelor of Nursing degree. 

The scholarship was created to increase student interest in primary care, as well as further support the nursing community.

University of Auckland: Top Māori and Pacific General Practice Scholarship Awards

These two scholarships are sponsored by ProCare in partnership with the University of Auckland. Worth $2000 each, they are given to the top-achieving Māori and Pacific student respectively in the General Practice attachment of the University's Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBchB). 

ProCare has sponsored this award for more than 10 years, with the aim to support the next generation of healthcare professionals and ensure that Māori and Pacific people are represented in the medical field.