The NSW Health Director of Nursing and Midwifery Leader Success Profile defines the leadership elements required to be an outstanding Director of Nursing and Midwifery (DoNM) in the Health Service, and is used to inform better decisions across the career and talent development lifecycle.
DoNMs are collaborative and inclusive leaders who elevate and innovate the ways in which care is delivered. They inspire and energise a level of nursing and midwifery excellence within their workforce, as well as plan and strategise on an executive level.
This vision is underpinned by three key concepts:
DoNMs are collaborative and inclusive leaders.
This vision can be best embodied through influencing and negotiating on an executive level.
These challenges may be overcome through experience setting the direction, development and growth of the workforce.
These experiences develop key people capabilities such as to inspire direction and purpose and commit to customer service.
These capabilities are best brought to life through the following styles: resilient, relatable, curious, insight seeking, goal-driven, consultative and conscientious.
Working to these styles can be put at risk if a DoNM is sceptical, cautious, leisurely, diligent and mischievous.
Leaders facing these derailers can source inspiration from their sense of altruistic, tradition, science and aesthetics.
The DoNM Leader Success Profile informs decision-making across the employee lifecycle, including: