2017 Voluntary Bonding Scheme Intake Health Professions, Hard-to-staff Communities and Specialties
The Ministry of Health can now confirm the eligible health professions and hard-to-staff communities and specialties for new graduate doctors, postgraduate general practice trainees, nurses, midwives, sonographers and dentists for the 2017 Voluntary Bonding Scheme intake. See below for details.
Full terms and conditions for each of the eligible health professions for the 2017 intake are now available under the Terms and conditions page of this website.
Registration of Interest period 2017 Intake
The Registration of Interest (ROI) period for the 2017 Voluntary Bonding Scheme for 2016 new graduate nurses, midwives, dentists and sonographers, and postgraduate doctors in General Practice has now closed. Queries can be forwarded to vbs@moh.govt.nz.
The 2017 Intake Registration of Interest period was open Monday 20th February 2017 at 8am to Monday 3rd April 2017 at midnight.
To be eligible, registrations must have been successfully submitted within the ROI period, and no registrations received after the ROI period has closed can be considered.
Doctors - New Graduate Entry Opportunity
Hard-to-staff communities:
- Northland DHB
- Thames Hospital
- Lakes DHB
- Whakatane Hospital
- Tairawhiti DHB
- Taranaki DHB
- Whanganui DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- Wairau Hospital
- West Coast DHB
- South Canterbury DHB
- Southland Region
Hard-to-staff specialties:
- Rural Hospital Medicine
- Pathology
- Psychiatry
- General Practice (in specific communities for General Practitioners, see below)
Doctors – Postgraduate General Practice Entry Opportunity (PGY3-6)
Hard-to-staff communities:
- Northland DHB (excluding Whangarei urban)
- Waikato DHB (excluding Hamilton and Cambridge)
- Bay of Plenty DHB (excluding Tauranga and Whakatane urban)
- Lakes DHB
- Tairawhiti DHB
- Hawke’s Bay DHB
- Taranaki DHB
- Whanganui DHB
- Midcentral DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- West Coast DHB
- Canterbury DHB (including Banks Peninsula, excluding Christchurch)
- South Canterbury DHB
- Southern DHB (excluding Dunedin, Mosgiel and Invercargill)
Nurses
Hard-to-staff communities:
- Wairoa District
- West Coast DHB
- South Canterbury DHB
Hard-to-staff specialties:
- Aged care (aged residential care and older persons’ health services)
- Mental health (hospital and community, including addiction services)
- Community care (including practice nurses, public health nurses, Well Child/Tamariki Ora nurses, district nurses, Māori and Pacific provider nurses)
Midwives - DHB Employed
Hard to-staff communities:
- Northland DHB
- Counties Manukau DHB
- Waikato Hospital
- MidCentral DHB
- Tairawhiti DHB
- Hawke’s Bay DHB
- Taranaki DHB
- Whanganui DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- Hutt Valley DHB
- West Coast DHB
- South Canterbury DHB
- Southern DHB
Midwives - Lead Maternity Carers
Hard to-staff communities:
Waikato:
- Taumaranui
- Tokoroa
- Huntly
- Thames
- Coromandel
MidCentral:
- Tararua Region
- Palmerston North
Taupo:
- Turangi
Canterbury:
- Ashburton
- Hurunui district
- Darfield
And:
- Northland DHB
- Counties Manukau DHB
- Tairawhiti DHB
- Hawke’s Bay DHB
- Taranaki DHB
- Whanganui DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- West Coast DHB
- South Canterbury DHB
- Southern DHB (excluding Dunedin/Mosgiel)
Sonographers
Hard to-staff communities:
- Publicly funded health facilities only
Dentists
Hard to-staff communities:
Any of the eight Maori Oral Health Providers listed below:
- Te Hiku Hauora - Kaitaia
- Ngāti Hine Health Trust - Kawakawa
- Raukura Hauora o Tainui - Hamilton
- Te Manu Toroa - Tauranga
- Tipu Ora - Rotorua
- Ngati Porou Hauora - Te Puia Springs
- Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga - Hastings
- Ora Toa PHO - Porirua
OR
- practices located in rural or remote areas (to be assessed on a case by case basis prior to your confirmation on the Scheme.