Contraceptive Implant (Implanon NXT) Train the Trainer Program

Becoming a trainer offers an opportunity to expand your expertise in sexual and reproductive health while developing advanced skills in education, clinical supervision, and professional mentoring.

This course is designed for South Australian health practitioners who:

• Have extensive experience in sexual and reproductive health

• Have at least 12 months of clinical experience inserting and/or removing Implanon NXT

• (Recommended) Have experience in training or education—though this is not essential.

Participants will gain the knowledge and practical skills required to train other health professionals in line with the Implanon NXT Training Recommendations for Health Care Professionals.

You will also gain practical skills in:

• Teaching and supervising health professionals

• Facilitating learning in clinical settings

• Providing feedback and assessment.

• Applying current evidence-based guidelines on insertion, removal, side-effect management, and complication care.

Note: Practitioners who perform insertions only may be eligible to train others in insertion alone.

Course Format

This blended program includes both online and face-to-face components:

• Online learning: 1.5 hours of self-paced content via SHINE SA’s online learning platform
• Face-to-face workshop: A 1.5-hour session with hands-on simulation, including:
  • Key trainer skills and responsibilities.
  • Training outcomes and expectations for Implanon NXT trainees.
  • A mock training session, with demonstration of insertion and removal techniques using simulation models.

For regional and remote participants (RRMA 3–7): A virtual workshop can be arranged with prior consultation. A $50 deposit is required to access the Implanon training kit.

Applications are encouraged from doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and midwives who are committed to ongoing training in Implanon NXT insertion and removal and who wish to build their skills as educators and clinical supervisors.

To be eligible for this training you must have: 

• current AHPRA registration as doctor, nurse practitioner, registered nurse or midwife
• minimum 12 months clinical experience with insertion and/or removal of Implanon NXT
• registered with the manufacturer as an Implanon NXT inserter
• hold current Implanon NXT theory and simulation training certificate
• clinical experience and up-to-date evidence-based knowledge in contraception (evidence in current practice and relevant professional development)
• demonstrate Implanon NXT insertion/removal technique as per manufacturer’s training guidelines/PI – to be directly observed by an experienced Implanon NXT trainer
• agree to teach the standard Implanon NXT insertion and removal technique and comply with national standards
• agree to provide evidence of training (e.g. Certificate of attendance) to trainees who attend/complete training

• This education is accredited RACGP
• This activity is accredited with ACRRM
• Certificate of Completion