Chief Nursing Officer

Nursing Officers

Angela McLernon

Areas of responsibility

Public health, Community nursing, Primary care, Safeguarding, Child Health and Nurse prescribing.

Policy Development

Review of District Nursing
Non Medical Prescribing
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
Communicable disease
Child Health

Departmental Groups

Regional Nursing and Midwifery Safeguarding Group
Membership - Representatives from all HSC Trusts, Education Providers and Staff representative organisations.
Non Medical Prescribing groups
Membership - Representatives from DHSSPS, General Practice, Education Providers, Pharmacy.
Regional District Nursing Group
Health for all Children (Hall 4) Regional Group

Anne Mills

Areas of responsibility

Acute Nursing/Acute Services, Cancer and Palliative Care, Health Care Associated Infections, Connected/eHealth, Long Term Conditions, Nutrition, Quality and Standards, Key Performance Clinical Indicators in Nursing, Patient/Client Experience, NICE, GAIN, Physical Disability, Service Frameworks.

Policy Development/Review

Patient/Client Experience
Qualities
Developing Better Services
Changing the Culture
Connected Health and Social Care
Physical Disability
Nutrition Strategy
Palliative and End of Life Care (Living Matters: Dying Matters)
Review of Infection, Prevention and Control Nursing
Review of Neurology

Departmental Groups

The National Cancer Institute/ All Ireland Cancer Consortium Nursing Working Group
Regional Cancer Steering Groups, Survivorship, Chemotherapy, Bowel Cancer Screening
Living Matters: Dying Matters Steering Group
HCAI Steering Group
Regional Acute Nursing Forum
Patient/Client Experience Steering Group
Promoting Good Nutrition Steering Group
Service Frameworks Professional Leads Group
Safety in Health and Social Care Governance Group

Maurice Devine

Areas of responsibility

Providing advice on all matters relating to mental health and learning disability nursing; professional input into the development, monitoring and review of policy with regards to mental health and learning disability; promoting the mental health and learning disability agenda in relation to policy, practice and education and liaising closely with colleagues in developing mental health and learning disability services.

Policy Development/Review

Bamford Action Plan
Mental Health and Capacity Legislation Steering group
DHSSPS Professional Framework for Mental Health Nursing
Service Frameworks for Mental Health and Learning Disability
UK Collaborative for Learning Disability Nursing

Departmental Groups

Mental Health and Learning Disability Fora
Membership - Representatives from Trusts, HSC Board and Educational Providers and Independent/Voluntary Sector
Multi-agency Steering Group: People with Learning Disabilities and Learning Difficulties in Prison
Think Child Think Family Project Board

Kathy Fodey

Areas of responsibility

Professional Regulation, Education, Workforce Planning and Development, Research and Development Activities.

Policy Development/Review

Nursing Workforce Review
International Recruitment
Education Commissioning Groups
Agenda for Change.

Departmental Groups

Professional Secretary to the Education Strategy Group (Sub-group of the Central Nursing Advisory Committee)
DHSSPS Workforce Development Unit International Recruitment Group.
DHSSPS Central Workforce Planners Group.
DHSSPS Nursing Workforce Advisors Group.
DHSSPS Education Commissioning Groups.
DHSSPS Agreement Monitoring Group – commissioned education programmes.
Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council.

Brenda Devine

Areas of responsibility

Providing advice on all matters relating to midwifery services; professional input into the development, monitoring and review of policy with regards to midwifery services; promoting the midwifery aganda in relation to policy, practice and education and liaising closely with colleagues in developing midwifery services.

Providing advice on all matters relating to children's services; professional input into the development, monitoring and review of policy with regards to children's services; promoting the agenda for children across Northern Ireland in relation to policy, practice and education and liaising closely with colleagues in developing children's services.

Policy Development/Review

Developing Better Services - stand alone midwifery units
Direct entry midwifery
Neonatal/Paediatric intra-hospital transfer
Maternity Review
Childrens Palliative Care Strategy
Children and Young Peoples Service Framework

Mary Maguire
Director Health Facility Planning / Principal Nurse Health Estates

Areas of Responsibility

Provision of Health Facility Planning / Nursing advice on all major Capital schemes in Northern Ireland, Business Case Analysis, Decontamination, HCAI in relation to the Estate, Clinical Waste Management, Management of Medical Devices, Monitoring and Investigation of Adverse Incidents reported to NIAIC, Emergency Planning and Chair GAIN Medical Devices Committee.

Policy Development/Review

Capital and Health Facility Planning
Business Cases
Clinical Waste
Decontamination HCAI in relation to the Estate and Environment
Laundry
NIAIC
Patient Safety in relation to Medical Devices