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About ANMC

Core Activity

The ANMC's core activities are to:

  • Identify matters, which impact on, or are relevant to statutory nursing and midwifery regulation.
  • Establish, review and promote a national standards framework for nursing and midwifery practice in Australia.
  • Undertake assessments of internationally qualified nurses and midwives consistent with the registration and/or enrolment requirements of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities.
  • Initiate and participate in relevant projects on regulation that aid the future growth and development of the nursing and midwifery professions.
  • Ensure nursing and midwifery standards reflect the contemporary needs of the Australian community.
  • Develop and be guided by a strategic view of statutory nursing and midwifery regulation in the national and international contexts.
  • Foster cooperation, consult with and provide advice to government bodies, professional and other organisations, and International Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities.

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ANMC Members

Each of the Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory Authorities in the States and Territories of Australia, namely:

Each of the Members appoints a representative to attend all meetings of the Council and to act on its behalf. The representatives are called Directors.

Each Member also nominates a Deputy for the representative.

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Directors

The Directors for 2010 are:

Chairperson
Adjunct Associate Professor Moira Laverty (elected 31 August 2009)
Chief Executive Officer
Nursing Board of Tasmania

(Professor Mary Chiarella has been appointed to the inaugural Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and has stood down as chair of the ANMC Board)

Deputy Chairperson (elected 31 August 2009)
Ms Alyson Smith
Chief Executive Officer/Registrar
Nursing and Midwifery Board of South Australia

Adjunct Professsor Debra Thoms
Member
Nurses & Midwives Board of NSW
NSW Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer

Mr Ross MacDonald
Executive Officer
Queensland Nursing Council

Adjunct Associate Professor Robyn Collins
Chief Executive Officer
Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia

Ms Angela Brannelly
Chairperson
Nursing & Midwifery Board of the Northern Territory

Ms Robyn Staniforth
President and elected member
ACT Nursing and Midwifery Board

The Council includes two Community Directors selected by the Representatives. The current Community Directors are:

Mr Gregory Sam
Ms Anita Phillips

The ANMC Constitution

ANMC Consitution December 2006 (PDF 79.5KB)

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About the ANMC Chairperson

Adjunct Associate Professor Moira Laverty

Moira is a registered nurse with postgraduate studies in mental health. Moira has held a variety of senior clinical and management positions in both the public and private sectors. A recipient of a Victorian Health Department Scholarship, Moira completed a Ba Appl’d Sci (Adv Nursing) followed by a Graduate Diploma in Health Services Management and Master of Business from RMIT in Melbourne. A recent Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Moira has also been appointed as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Tasmania.

Moira was Chairperson of the Nursing Board of Tasmania from 1996 to 1999 and subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Board in 2000, and is the Tasmanian representative on the ANMC.

Moira is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, a Fellow of the College of Nursing, an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives, and a Graduate Member of the Institute of Company Directors.

Moira’s specific interests lie in standards development, evidence based practice and alternative ways in which to manage professional conduct matters

 

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About the ANMC Deputy Chairperson

Ms Alyson Smith

Alyson is the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of South Australia (nmbSA). Since her appointment to this position in April 2006, Alyson has been the nmbSA representative on the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Board of Directors and from 2007, the Chairperson of the ANMC’s Registration Standards Committee.

Alyson is a Registered Nurse with more than 30 years of clinical, education and management experience within the private and public sectors’ acute and aged care services. She has worked in both South Australia and the United Kingdom. Alyson’s educational leadership was recognized in 2005 when she became the winner of the Nursing Education category of the South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.

Alyson holds a Masters of Health Service Management, a Bachelor of Education in Professional Development, a Diploma of Nurse Education and a Certificate in Critical Care nursing. She is a member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.

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