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Welcome to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Limited (ANMC)

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council is the independent accrediting authority for nursing and midwifery under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. It sets standards for accreditation and accredits nursing and midwifery courses and providers.

The ANMC is also an authorised assessing authority for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) and undertakes skills assessments of internationally qualified nurses and midwives seeking permanent migration in Australia.

 

Current Issues                           

 

  • ANMC appointed as independent Accreditation body

    The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council is currently restructuring the organisation following the decision of the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council (AHWMC) to appoint the ANMC as the professions' independent accrediting body under the new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) for Health Professionals, commencing 1 July 2010.
     
    Considerable progress has been made in this process. The incumbent ANMC Board met on the 18 May 2010 and adopted a new constitution for the restructured organisation. ANMC has now changed its status from an Incorporated Organisation to a Company Limited by Guarantee.

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  • Professional Practice Framework

    The Professional Practice Framework is the suite of standards that guide and determine professional practice for nurses and midwives in Australia.

    The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia who are the regulatory authority for nursing and midwifery now own the Professional Practice Framework. It was officially transferred to them at the recent event to celebrate the reconstituted ANMC becoming the accrediting body for mursing and midwifery under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.

    For further information regarding the Professional Practice Framework and to view the suite of standards go to the National Nursing and Midwifery Board website http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/en/Codes-and-Guidelines.aspx

     

  • ANMC Media Release - April 27, 2010

    The ANMC welcomes the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council decision to endorse a newly constituted ANMC as the independent accrediting body for nursing and midwifery

    ANMC Media Release - April 27, 2010 (PDF 36.4KB)

 

  • Migration Skills Assessment Information

    The ANMC skills assessment is for migration purposes only. To register as a nurse in Australia please contact the Nursing and Mdwifery Board of Australia on 1300 088 590
    or visit their website     www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au.

    On shore applicants concerned about obtaining a skills assessment in sufficient time to lodge a GSM visa before their student visa expires have the option of lodging an applications for a Subclass 485 on the basis of having applied for a suitable skills assessment. Matters relating to immigration and visa applications are available from www.immi.gov.au/skilled 

 

Whats New

  • Project to Develop Standards and Criteria for Accreditation of Courses for Re-Enry to the Register for Nurses and Midwives

The ANMC has now completed the project to develop standards and criteria for accreditation of courses for re-entry to the register for nurses and midwives.  These standards add to the work already completed in the development of the  national standards and criteria for the accreditation of nursing and midwifery courses leading to registration, enrolment, endorsement and authorisation in Australia. 
The re-entry to the register accreditation standards were endorsed by the ANMC Board at their May 2010 meeting and have been submitted to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia for their consideration.

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