Role of the Office of the Chief Nurse
The Office of the Chief Nurse has a principal function to provide advice to the Director General and Minister on all nursing and midwifery related issues. It plays a strategic role to maintain and develop the nursing/midwifery profession within the state of Queensland.
A focus of responsibility is to provide policy and strategies in key areas that affect nursing/midwifery:
- Increases workforce input into the profession – student numbers, overseas/inter-state migration (RNs, midwives, ENs)
- Aligns educational programs to service needs and evolving professional roles (QH competency based programs /VET/undergraduate/post graduate)
- Strengthens nursing and midwifery practice through innovative care models, advanced practice roles, performance reporting of nurse-sensitive indicators etc.
- Influences attrition/increase retention of current nursing and midwifery workforce (workplace review, work/life balance)
- Attracts back to the Queensland Health those nurses and midwives interested in resuming practice (refresher/re-entry programs)
