Applications are open for admission to a two-year, full-time, welfare-oriented enrolled nurse training programme.

The Social Welfare Department and Hospital Authority will run the programme, which starts November 6. Application deadline is May 23.

The programme will provide 110 training places, including 80 for Enrolled Nurses (General) and 30 for Enrolled Nurses (Psychiatric).

The programme will make graduates competent, caring and professional nurses through strong clinical and practical emphasis on providing healthcare for clients in the welfare sector. Applicants must be 18 by the time the training starts in November, and must have completed Form 5 education in Hong Kong or equivalent.

The department will subsidise each trainee with tuition fees of $50,000. Selected candidates must sign an undertaking to indicate their readiness to serve as enrolled nurses in the welfare sector for a continuous period of no less than two years after the training. A trainee who breaches this agreement must repay the tuition fees in full or in part.

For course details and application forms click here. For enquiries call 2110 1495.