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Membership
- Chair - Ms Angela Brannelly
- Practitioner Member - Mr Steve Cooper
- Practitioner Member - Ms Angela Bull
- Practitioner Member - Mr Phil Harnas
- Practitioner Member - Ms Francis Pagdin
- Public Member- Ms Heather Sjoberg
- Public Member - Ms Kim Ball
Role
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of the Northern Territory is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the public is protected through the regulation of nurses and midwives registered in the Northern Territory.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board carries out this mandate by:
- Ensuring that all nurses and midwives have received educational preparation to an agreed national standard;
- Dealing with issues of conduct and taking any disciplinary action as required;
- Administering the framework under which impaired nurses and midwives can be rehabilitated without necessarily losing their license to practice;
- Assisting to improve nurses and midwives practitioners performance should it be found to be below accepted professional standards, and
- Ensuring that all nurses and midwives either currently registered or intending to be registered are competent and fit to practise.
The Health Professions Licensing Authority (HPLA) provides a bureau service to the Nursing and Midwifery Board and carries out administrative duties as directed by it.
The objectives of the Health Practitioners Act 2004 (the Act) requires the Nursing and Midwifery Board to:
- Protect and promote the health and safety of the people of the Territory;
- Promote the highest standard of professional health care practice in the Territory;
- Determine the standards for Registration and enrolment of health practitioners and for professional health care practice in the Territory, and
- Facilitate the continuing competence of health practitioners in the Territory.
Nursing and Midwifery Code
The Nursing and Midwifery Board Code is comprised of the General and Nursing and Midwifery Board specific policies listed below.
General Policies
Nursing and Midwifery Board Specific Policies
Note: Policies remain current until a review has been completed and the revised version available on the website
- Additional endorsed policies of the Australian and Midwifery Council
- Additional endorsed policies of the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated
The following policies have been endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board and can be accessed via the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council website
- ANMC Position Statement Inclusion of indigenous health issues in undergraduate curricula.
- ANMC National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse and the Enrolled Nurse
- ANMC Principles for the Assessment of National Competency Standards for Registered and Enrolled Nurse 2002
- ANMC Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia 2000
- ANMC Cross Border Nursing Practice:Waiver of Fees
- ANMC The Role of the ANMC in National Nursing Workforce planning and Development
- ANMC Guidelines on Telenursing
- ANMC Guidelines on Delegation and Supervision for Nurses
- ANMC Code of professional Conduct for Nurses in Australia 2002
- ANMC Principles for Dealing with Professional Conduct Issues
- AMNC Competency Standards for Nurse Practitioners
- ANMC Standard for Education & Accreditation of Nurse Practitioner Programs
The following policies have been endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board and can be accessed via the Australian College of Midwives Incorporated website on acmi.org.au - LINK
- ACMI Competency Standards for Midwives 2002
- ACMI Code of Ethics 2001
- ACMI Definition of a Midwife
Nursing and Midwifery Register
The register identifies registrants as having either full registration/enrolment or conditional registration/enrolment.
Conditional registration/enrolment means that there are some restrictions on the person's practice. Such restrictions are diverse in nature and further information about the conditions applying to a particular registrant can be obtained by contacting us.
Please note that the registers available on this website are only updated monthly. For current information on registration status please contact us.
Download: Nursing and Midwifery Register (Adobe PDF document - 487KB)
Nursing and Midwifery Forms
Please refer to the Entitlement to Registration Policy before completing an application for registration.
| Form | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
image: "." | Nurses/Midwives who hold current Registration in another State or Territory of Australia or New Zealand can apply for Registration in the Northern Territory under the Mutual Recognition Act or Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act. | Feb 2008 |
| Midwives who are not currently registered in a State or Territory of Australia or New Zealand can apply for Registration in the Northern Territory under the Health Practitioners Act. | Feb 2008 | |
Application Form Nurse Aust or NZ.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 51KB) | Nurses and Midwives who are not currently registered in a State or Territory of Australia or New Zealand can apply for Registration in the Northern Territory under the Health Practitioners Act. | Feb 2008 |
Application Form Nurse Authorised to Practice Midwifery.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 51KB) | Nurses and Midwives who are not currently registered in a State or Territory of Australia or New Zealand can apply for Registration in the Northern Territory under the Health Practitioners Act. | Feb 2008 |
Application Form add Authorisation to Practice Midwifery.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 50KB) | If you are currently registered in the Northern Territory and have recently completed midwifery training in the Northern Territory please use this form to update your registration. | Feb 2008 |
| Application form add authorisation to practice in a restricted practice area - nurse practitioner (Adobe PDF document - 82KB) | Nurses currently registered in the Northern Territory and applying for authorisation to practise in a restricted area of practice - Nurse Practitioner. Please use this form to apply. | June 2009 |
Application Form New Graduate Nurse.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 50KB) | If you have just completed your nursing training at Charles Darwin University, please apply for Registration using this form. You must apply for Registration in the jurisdiction that you graduated before applying for Registration elsewhere. | Feb 2008 |
Application for Conditional Re-entry Nurse (Adobe PDF document - 49KB) | If you have not practised in the last five years, please refer to the Information about Returning to Nursing Policy, before completing the following form. | Feb 2008 |
Application Form Nurse Overseas.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 53KB) | All Nurses and Midwives who are educated in a country other than Australia or New Zealand may not be immediately eligible for Registration in the Northern Territory. Please read the Information Guide Overseas Educated Nurses or Information Sheet Overseas Educated Midwives and then either contact HPLA for clarification or select from the following forms. | Feb 2008 |
Application for Cond Reg Overseas Nurse.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 53KB) | All Nurses and Midwives who are educated in a country other than Australia or New Zealand may not be immediately eligible for Registration in the Northern Territory. Please read the Information Guide Overseas Educated Nurses or Information Sheet Overseas Educated Midwives and then either contact HPLA for clarification or select from the following forms. | Feb 2009 |
| Application Form for New Graduate Nurses Completing Bridging Program at Charles Darwin University (Adobe PDF document - 86KB) | All Nurses and Midwives who are educated in a country other than Australia or New Zealand may not be immediately eligible for Registration in the Northern Territory. Please read the Information Guide Overseas Educated Nurses or Information Sheet Overseas Educated Midwives and then either contact HPLA for clarification or select from the following forms. | Feb 2009 |
Application Form Midwife Overseas.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 51KB) | All Nurses and Midwives who are educated in a country other than Australia or New Zealand may not be immediately eligible for Registration in the Northern Territory. Please read the Information Guide Overseas Educated Nurses or Information Sheet Overseas Educated Midwives and then either contact HPLA for clarification or select from the following forms. | Feb 2008 |
| All Nurses and Midwives who are utilising the services of a Recruitment Agency or Migration Agent please read the Recruitment Agent/Migration Agent Policy and complete the attached form in addition to their initial Registration form. | May 2008 |