Nursing and midwifery in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory (NT) Nursing and Midwifery represents the nursing and midwifery profession across the NT, including urban, rural and remote areas.

The key focus is maintaining professional standards of practice, providing professional development, training and ongoing support to nurses and midwives as well as recruiting and retaining passionate health professionals to the Territory's nursing and midwifery community.

NT Nursing and Midwifery’s programs and initiatives help to build and maintain a highly-skilled and sustainable NT workforce - one that is committed to providing person-centred care in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.

Our values

Safe. Responsive. Kind.

Our vision

To empower an agile nursing and midwifery workforce to provide care at the right place and time.

Our commitment

Working together with community for health and wellbeing to implement person-centred care.

Mission

Nurses and midwives will lead contemporary compassionate, safe, evidence based person centred care across diverse geographical and cultural contexts.

This will be done in collaboration with individuals, families, communities and our health professional colleagues.

Nursing and Midwifery plan 2023 to 2028

The Northern Territory Nursing and Midwifery plan 2023 to 2028 sets out the values, vision and commitment of NT Nursing and Midwifery.

Aligning with the NT Health strategic plan, the Nursing and Midwifery plan sets out the key objectives and outcomes for nursing and midwifery for the 2023 to 2028 period.

View the Nursing and Midwifery plan 2023 to 2028.

Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer

The Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO) provides professional leadership to nurses and midwives across the NT as well as holding the following roles:

• represents NT nurses and midwives as a profession at a national and international level
• provides advice and leadership on professional issues relating to nursing and midwifery for both government and non-government organisations in the NT
• holds an operational role within the Department of Health as a system manager. This includes a number of direct responsibilities for nursing and midwifery practice and other professional areas for government services.

The CNMO is supported by the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer.

Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer

The Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (OCNMO) draws on best practice and evidence-based nursing and midwifery standards to support professional and career development for NT nurses and midwives, outlined by the strategic vision for NT Nursing and Midwifery.

The office works at an operational level with industry stakeholders to improve service delivery across the areas of:

• acute care
• mental health
• primary health care (including community health, remote health services, prisoner health and outreach services)
• other government divisions and Department of Health services.

With the Department of Health executive leadership team and the NT Government, the OCNMO is responsible for identifying strategic workforce initiatives that will develop and support NT nurses and midwives and collaborate with the services that employ them.

Education

The OCNMO provides a pivotal link between NT Health, the largest employer of NT nurses and midwives, and NT-based education providers including:

• Charles Darwin University
• Centre for Remote Health (Flinders University)
• Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
• Fox Education and Consultancy
• Menzies School of Health Research.

Contact