Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) Programme
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The Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) process has been successfully operating since 2003, and is the national electronic matching process for recruiting graduate doctors and nurses entering into positions within the 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in New Zealand.
The ACE process was initially developed as a system for placing medical graduates within DHBs, and was subsequently adapted in 2012 for the recruitment of new graduate nurses.
The ACE process is intended to simplify the application process and to streamline the recruitment of graduates. Use of the ACE process also aims to address historical challenges such as:
- A lack of national consistency with different opening and closing dates for applications
- Different recruitment criteria amongst employers, such as résumé formats and reference checks
- Multiple job offers to the same graduates.
TAS manages ACE on behalf of the 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in New Zealand, and we contract the Northern Regional Alliance (NRA) as providers of the ACE services.
For further enquiries or information on the ACE Programme, please email workforce@tas.health.nz
ACE Nursing Reports
We manage the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) Nursing process and produce related reports, on behalf of the 20 DHBs.
Nursing ACE is the national electronic matching process for recruiting graduate Registered Nurses into supported entry to practice programmes - ie the Nurse Entry to Practice (NETP) and Nurse Entry to Specialist Practice (NESP) programmes in New Zealand.
We contract the Northern Regional Alliance (NRA) to deliver ACE Nursing services.
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ACE Nursing for New Zealand Graduate Nurses October 2018 |
ACE Intake Reporting Cycle
We generate and release ACE Nursing intake reports on behalf of the 20 DHBs, using data extracted from the ACE system.
There are two ACE Nursing intakes that occur in each year – a mid year intake and an end of year intake. We produce two reports for each of the two annual ACE Nursing intakes, as a result of changes introduced in late 2017.
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| Algorithmic Match Report | Approximately two weeks after the electronic match is conducted for an intake |
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| Intake Summary Report | Approximately four weeks after the National Talent Pool for an intake closes |
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ACE Nursing Reports
2020 Reports
End of Year Intake
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Algorithmic Match Report [548kb] January 2021 |
Mid-Year Intake
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Algorithmic Match Report [930kb] August 2020 |
2019 Reports
End of Year Intake
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July 2020 |
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July 2020 |
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Algorithmic Match Report [551kb] January 2020 |
Mid-Year Intake
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December 2019 |
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December 2019 |
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Algorithmic Match Report [517kb] September 2019 |
2018 Reports
End of Year Intake
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September 2019 |
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September 2019 |
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Algorithmic Match Report [707kb] January 2019 |
Mid-Year Intake
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November 2018 |
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November 2018 |
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Algorithmic Match Report [673kb] September 2018 |
2017 Reports
End of Year Intake
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July 2018 |
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July 2018 |
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Algorithmic Match Report [700kb] December 2017 |
Mid-Year Intake
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November 2017 |
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November 2017 |
2016 Reports
End of Year Intake
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October 2017 |
Mid-Year Intake
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October 2016 |
2015 Reports
End of Year Intake
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October 2017 |
Mid-Year Intake
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Comprehensive Statistical Analysis Report [1.7Mb] October 2016 |
2014 Reports
End of Year Intake
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Comprehensive Statistical Analysis Report [1.1Mb] December 2015 |
Mid-Year Intake
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July 2014 |
2013 Reports
End of Year Intake
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December 2017 |
Mid-Year Intake
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Comprehensive Statistical Analysis Report [347kb] December 2017 |
ACE RMO Reports
We manage the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE) RMO process on behalf of the 20 DHBs nationwide.
ACE RMO is the national recruitment process for final year medical students, applying for first year pre-vocational medical training (House Officer) positions within the 20 DHBs in New Zealand. ACE RMO uses a centralised match process that simultaneously considers applicants’ employer (DHB) preferences and the DHBs’ ranking of applicants.
The match process results in applicants being matched to one House Officer position in one DHB, in accordance with their expressed DHB preferences.
Pre-vocational Medical Training
Pre-vocational medical training is undertaken by all graduates of New Zealand and Australian accredited medical schools, and doctors who have sat and passed the New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX Clinical).
Pre-vocational medical training spans the two years following graduation from medical school and includes both postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) and postgraduate year 2 (PGY2). DHBs are required to provide sufficient positions for graduates from a New Zealand medical school who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand or Australia.
We contract the Northern Regional Alliance (NRA) to deliver ACE RMO services.
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ACE RMO is for NZ and Australian medical graduates October 2018 |
ACE RMO Reports
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ACE RMO End of Year report 2020 [698kb] July 2021 |
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ACE RMO End of Year report 2019 [708kb] October 2019 |
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ACE RMO End of Year report 2018 [676kb] October 2018 |