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Nursing Workforce Issues Working Group

Council’s strong interest in workforce innovation has been demonstrated through its partnering with central and service agencies on various projects and initiatives. In its commitment to accelerating progress in this area, Council formed a subcommittee designed to focus on Nursing Issues.

The Nursing Issues Working Group's first task is to develop strategies to implement the Division 1 / Division 2 workforce percentages achieved with the recent EBA. The success of this work will build a platform for other nursing workforce improvements. Models articulated by the Working Group will be appropriate to local needs and cognisant of gaining both quality and efficiency gains.

The Group is chaired by Debra Cerasa, Council Member and Director of Clinical Services/Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer at Latrobe Regional Hospital, and has a wide-ranging membership including representatives from:

  • DHS
  • Rural and Metropolitan DONs
  • Division 2 nurses
  • Royal College of Nursing Australia
  • Nursing Board of Victoria
  • Council of Deans of Nursing Victoria

The Working Group’s first meeting was on 11 April 2008 and focused on refining the Terms of Reference and defining a framework to map the way forward. The Group will continue to meet on a bi-monthly basis.

You can access the presentations given at the first meeting below:

Issues at the grass roots level - Debra Cerasa - 11 April 2008 (pdf, 20kb)

An IR Perspective - Deborah Sykes (pdf, 75kb)

Division 2 Strategy - Adjunct Professor Belinda Moyes (pdf, 71kb)

Nurses Board of Victoria - Louise Milne-Roch (pdf, 38kb)

Last updated: 17 June, 2008

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