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Core Activities

The ANMC's core activities are to:

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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 2009 are:

Chairperson
Prof. Mary Chiarella (elected 28 November 2007)
Member
Nurses & Midwives Board of NSW

Deputy Chairperson (elected 30 June 2008)
Adjunct Associate Professor Moira Laverty
 Chief Executive Officer
Nursing Board of Tasmania

Mr Ross MacDonald
Executive Officer
Queensland Nursing Council

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

Ms Alyson Smith
Chief Executive Officer/Registrar
Nurses Board of South Australia

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

Ms Jenny McLoughlin
Member
ACT Nursing and Midwifery Board

Mr Nigel Fidgeon
Chief Executive Officer
Nurses Board of Victoria

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

Professor Mary Chiarella

Mary’s career spans over 30 years both in the United Kingdom and Australia across a variety of nursing services.

Mary is the Professor of Nursing at the University of Sydney. In 2003/04 she was the Chief Nursing Officer, NSW Health Department and prior to that was the Foundation Professor of Nursing in Corrections Health, with the University of Technology, Sydney.

Mary has provided her professional expertise to health services, organisations and governments over the years. Examples include a review of professional practice and boundary issues for Justice Health, membership of the NSW Law Reform Commission Division Working Group on minor’s consent to medical treatment. She was a founding member of the Australian Bioethics Association and the Australian Institute for Health, Law and Ethics and is currently Co-Chair of the Clinical Council of the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission, Chair of the Advance Care Planning Steering Group, NSW Health and Chair of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, the peak regulatory body for nursing and midwifery in Australia.

Mary’s particular research interests focus on legal, policy and ethical issues in nursing and health care delivery. Examples of her research include an international review of nursing regulation, an examination of the legal and professional status of nurses, reviews and analyses of disciplinary decisions of professional Tribunals, and an international review of policy in end-of-life care. She has recently completed a state-wide review of advanced practice roles for the Nursing and Midwifery Office of the NSW Health Department, a second review of the disciplinary decisions of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Board and a review of the implementation of nurse practitioners in South Australia. In 2008 she has also undertaken a global review of nurse-led models of primary health care for the Chief Scientific Officer, Nursing and Midwifery of the World Health Organisation.

 

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About the ANMC Deputy Chairperson

Adjunct Associate Professor Moira Laverty

Moira is a registered nurse with postgraduate studies in psychiatry. 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 and current Deputy Chair on the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (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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