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About the Women’s and Children’s Health Network

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) is South Australia’s leading provider of specialty care and health services for women, babies, children and young people, and their families.

Find out more about the Women’s and Children’s Health Network.

Program information

  • Rotation structure (four three-month rotations)
  • orientation days
  • supernumerary days
  • structured professional development days (TPPP education framework)
  • Transition Support Team
  • networking and debriefing opportunities
  • full time/part time opportunities
  • career progression
  • annual leave – program scheduled
  • participants that identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander will have access to Aboriginal forum days.

Key benefits

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network offers a well-supported and diverse RN TPPP, with placement opportunities in the acute paediatric and/or neonatal setting and/or community.

Nursing transition support pathways at the Women’s and Children’s Health Network will facilitate a learning environment which empowers newly qualified Registered Nurses to transition to:

  • their professional role
  • the WCHN organisation
  • the workplace/unit.

During your TPPP Program you will be supported to:

  • Understand and function confidently and competently within the role as a registered nurse
  • develop the knowledge and skills related to the delivery of evidence informed, quality and person and family centred care
  • enable the development of clinical skills and professional ability and competence
  • critically analyse and reflect on your developing practice
  • actively engage in continuing development opportunities
  • develop a network of collegial support.

How we support you

To achieve this, the WCHN Transition Support Pathways utilise/recognise:

  • Stages of Transition/Transition Shock ©
  • learning activities which incorporate critical thinking, evidence-based practice, reflection and simulation
  • individual learning styles, personality types and character strengths.

WCHN Transition Support Program provides

The WCHN Transition Support Program will provide:

  • Comprehensive orientation and induction
  • Sunrise/EMR (patient electronic medical record system) training
  • clinical ward support from dedicated educators
  • regular clinical feedback (each placement)
  • online and face to face Introduction to Paediatric Modules
  • fortnightly debriefs and transition support emails
  • simulated learning activities
  • 1:1 transition support coaching
  • self-care support
  • career pathway planning
  • workshops.

Site locations and specialty rotations

Paeditric Medicine

  • Adolescent Ward
  • Medical Short Stay Ward
  • Cassia Ward
  • Michael Rice Centre
  • Rose Ward
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Paediatric Emergency Department
  • Medical Day Unit

Surgical Services

  • Newland Ward
  • Kate Hill Ward
  • Surgical Short Stay Unit
  • Paediatric Outpatients Department
  • Perioperative – Rogerson Theatres/ Queen Victoria Operating Suite
    • Scrub/ Scout
    • Recovery and Anaesthetics

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

  • Mallee Ward

Paediatric Community Placements

  • Child and Family Health Services
  • 3D Health

Women’s and Babies Division - Neonatal Services

  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Special Care Babies Unit

Intake dates

  • Late January 2025
  • February 2025

Further information

For any further information about undertaking a TPPP at WCHN please contact the Centre for Education and Training, TPPP Coordinators, by emailing Health.CYWHSEducationCentre@sa.gov.au or calling (08) 8161 7980.