Terms and Conditions - 2011 Intake
The information below supplements the 'Voluntary Bonding Scheme Terms and Conditions - 2011' by briefly summarising some key sections related to the 2011 intake.
It is recommended that you read the full Terms and Conditions as well as the information below.
Doctors
Doctors must work in one of the hard-to-staff communities for Doctors for up to two years then be accepted on, and be completing, a vocational training programme for one of the hard-to-staff specialties for Doctors for the remainder of the three to five year bonding period.
The hard-to-staff communities for Doctors are:
- Northland DHB
- Lakes DHB
- Tairawhiti DHB
- Whanganui DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- West Coast DHB
- South Canterbury DHB
- Southland
- Taranaki DHB
- Wairau Hospital
- Whakatane Hospital
- Thames Hospital
The hard-to-staff specialties for Doctors (in any community) are:
- General Practitioner
- General Surgeon
- Internal Medicine Physician (Adult)
- Psychiatry
- Pathology
- Rural Hospital Medicine
Midwives
Midwives must work in one of the hard-to-staff communities for Midwives for three to five years. The hard-to-staff communities for Midwives are:
- Northland DHB
- Counties Manukau DHB
- Waitemata DHB
- Hawke's Bay DHB
- Taupo
- Taranaki DHB
- Whanganui DHB
- Hutt Valley DHB
- Wairarapa DHB
- South Canterbury DHB
- Southland
- West Coast DHB
Nurses
Nurses must work in one of the hard-to-staff specialties for Nurses for three to five years. The hard-to-staff specialties for Nurses are:
- Aged Care
- Mental Health
- Theatre
- Intensive Care (ICU)
- Cardiothoracic
- Surgical
Payments
You are responsible for initiating the first claim for payment after three full years (36 months) have been completed on the Scheme in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
You will only be eligible for payments if:
- you have been employed in a hard-to-staff community and/or specialty (refer to the Terms and Conditions) for three full years (36 months) in accordance with these terms and conditions
- you meet minimum full time equivalent (FTE) employment requirements OR the required number of births for Lead Maternity Carer Midwives (see the Terms and Conditions)
- you have complied with the rules governing pauses and absences from the Scheme (refer to the Terms and Conditions).
If you have any further questions please email bonding@moh.govt.nz.
