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Our vision

Excellence in nursing and midwifery leadership.

Our mission

Strengthening nursing and midwifery leadership through building capability and capacity.

Our strategic intentions

Articulate capabilities

Describe, articulate and cultivate “What excellent leadership looks like” for nursing and midwifery.

Key drivers

  • Conceptual Framework for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Development
  • Leader Success Profiles for N/MUMs, Facility DoNMs and LHD/SN DoNMs
  • How-to-Use the Leader Success Profiles
  • Leadership curriculum alignment to leadership capabilities
  • Success stories and examples of nurse and midwifery leaders

Build talent

Shape a culture that promotes a consistent approach to nursing and midwifery leadership development.

Key drivers

  • Nursing and midwifery pipeline and pathways.
  • Mental Health Pathways in Practice Program.
  • Mentoring in Midwifery Program.
  • Networking groups, such as DoNM Networking Program, State Midwifery Leaders and Managers Network, Mental Health Directors of Nursing Leadership group.
  • Leadership development by the MHPiP Coordinators.

Sustain capacity

Build a Nursing and Midwifery Leadership and talent pipeline that delivers fit for purpose leadership capacity across the system.

Key drivers

  • Leadership program for emerging leaders through to LHD/SN DoNM.
  • Leadership programs and mentoring in midwifery program to build capability and capacity of mentors.
  • Pathways in practice including mental health and rural nursing.
  • Continuous engagement and partnership with nursing and midwifery leaders across NSW focusing on NaMO strategic directions.

Overarching frameworks

Our goal

Support and develop “Fit for Purpose” nursing and midwifery leaders to grow a compassionate, safe, high quality care person-centered workforce.


Current as at: Monday 19 December 2022
Contact page owner: Nursing and Midwifery