You're ready
FOR A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH
& ADDICTION NURSING
You're ready
to change
lives and
strengthen
communities
When you choose a career in Mental Health and Addiction Nursing, you gain specialist skills that can open up a diverse range of rewarding career options which help change lives and impact communities in many different ways.
Thinking about studying nursing?
Whatever your life experience, you're ready
No matter what your life experience, when you study Mental Health & Addiction Nursing, you’re joining a diverse team, from many different backgrounds, who use heart, skills and specialist training to make a real difference to people’s lives.
You're ready
FOR A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH
& ADDICTION NURSING
WANT A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION NURSING?
Click on a region to find a place to study
North Island
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Northland
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Auckland
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) The University of Auckland Unitec Institute of Technology
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Waikato
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Bay of Plenty
Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
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Taranaki
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Manawatu
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Hawkes Bay
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Wellington
Massey University Universal College of Learning Victoria University of Wellington Whitireia Institute of Technology
South Island
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Marlborough
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Canterbury
Ara Institute of Canterbury University of Canterbury University of Otago, Christchurch
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Otago
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Southland
You're ready
FOR A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH
& ADDICTION NURSING
If you’re studying nursing and you’re ready to specialise in Mental Health & Addiction nursing, there are two intake windows each year – mid year and end of year.
To apply for a funded New Entry to Specialist Practice (NESP) position, you need to apply via ACE (the Advanced Choice of Employment programme). ACE coordinates this process, on behalf of employers, for nursing jobs across New Zealand.
The New Entry to Specialist Practice (NESP) programme is for new graduate and experienced nurses wanting to start their career in mental health and addiction nursing. It combines theory, supported clinical experience, clinical preceptorship and supervision.
Nurses in the NESP programme develop their professional practice and specialist mental health and addiction nursing skills and receive a Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health and Addiction Nursing.
Interested in scholarships?
There are funding options available
With the importance of Mental Health & Addiction Nursing to well-being, our whānau and our communities, there are a wide range of scholarships available, including dedicated funding for Māori and Pacific students.
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