Chief Nursing Officer

public health, community nursing, primary care, child protection.

Nurse Prescribing, Investing for Health, Building the Way Forward in Primary Care, Co-operating to Safeguard Children, policy and strategy development on public health issues eg smoking cessation, breastfeeding, communicable disease.

Departmental Groups

Regional Community Nurse Managers Group. Membership Community nurse managers from all Trusts, nurse commissioners from each HSS Board and education providers.

Regional Nurse Child Protection Group. Membership - representatives from all HSS Trusts, HSS Boards, education providers and staff representative organisations.

Regional Strategic Group on Planning for Community and Public Health Nursing. Membership – representatives from community & acute trusts, HSS Boards and education providers.

Steering Group of the All Ireland Nursing and Public Health Project. Membership/ representatives from community nursing, acute sector nursing, education and policy from the North and South of Ireland.

Nurse prescribing groups, membership/representatives from DHSSPS, general practice, education providers, pharmacy.

Areas of responsibility

acute and children’s services, cancer and palliative care, quality and standards.

Policy Development

“Developing Better Services” the review of acute services and of HPSS structures, Clinical and Social Care Governance in Northern Ireland arising from the consultation document "Best Practice Best Care" and Implementation of Partnerships In Caring.

The National Cancer Institute/ All Ireland Cancer Nursing Working Group promotes exchange opportunities for education and research development.

Member of the Steering Group for the Medicines Governance (Risk Management) Project.

The administrative group for the HPSS Quality Awards and the Cash Grant Charter Scheme.

Best Practice Best Care implementation steering group.

mental health, elderly care, learning disability and physical disability.

Policy Development/Review

Bamford Review, Best Practice Best Care.

Departmental Groups

Professional Secretary to the Central Nursing Advisory Committee.

Regional Expert Steering Committee for Mental Health Review.

Mental Health and Learning Disability Forum, membership / representatives from Trusts, HPSS Boards and educational providers.

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.

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.

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.

Developing Better Services - stand alone midwifery units, Direct entry midwifery, antenatal screening for infection.

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.

Neonatal/Paediatric intra-hospital transfer, Regional Children's Child Protection, participating in the working group convened by the Social Services Inspectorate on the Development of Standards for the Child Protection Inspection, consent guidelines-related to children.

Provision of Health Facility Planning / Nursing advice on all major capital/PFI 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, Chair GAIN Medical Devices Committee and Emergency planning

Capital and Health Facility Planning, Business Cases, Clinical Waste , Decontamination , Environmental Cleanliness in Hospitals, HCAI, NIAIC Patient Safety Medical Devices.