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Nurse Professional Development Forum

Governance is provided to the programme by CMDHB’s Nurse Professional Development Forum (NPDF). The aim of the forum is to provide a round-table where users of the programme can participate in the process of review and development of the pathways & associated operational components.

Terms of Reference

May 2007

The purpose of the forum is to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to participate in the process of review and development of the Professional Development & Recognition Programme (PDRP) and the Post Graduate Education (PGE) programme.

The Terms of Reference and the membership of the Forum will be reviewed at a minimum annually or as required. 

1. Actively support both programmes.
2. To monitor the implementation of PDRP and PGE programmes, making recommendations to improve programmes as necessary.
3. Disseminate information relating to the PDRP & PGE programmes and to promote and facilitate a consultative culture.
4. Review Terms of reference annually and/or as deemed appropriate.

The meetings will be held initially monthly.  This is to be regularly reviewed by forum.

The quorum for meetings is six members.

Nurse Co-ordinators, PDRP & Post Graduate Education
Nurse Leader, Education & Professional Development
CCP Co-ordinator, Midwifery
CND
Nurse Co-ordinator NETP
Primary Health Care Nurse
Tangata Whenua
Union organisers NZNO/PSA (Professional Nursing Advisor)
Tertiary Education providers representatives
NE
Enrolled Nurse/Nurse Assistant
Registered Nurse
Registered Mental Health Nurse
Registered Nurses Primary Health Care
Senior Nurse

 Deputies can be appointed as required.

• As deemed appropriate by individual committee members, external advice may be sought

• Where an issue remains unresolved, the Director of Nursing will make the final recommendation

• As required, the DON may refer matters to an appropriate forum, for example, CMDHB Executive Management group or Clinical Board 

Consultation does not replace accountability for decision making.  After considering issues and information raised by the consultative process through the NPDF, the co-ordinators (PDRP/PGE) make recommendations to the DON who makes the final decisions (MoOD).  

Minutes will be taken at each meeting and distributed to all the Forum members before the next meeting.

A copy of minutes will be held by the Chair and Secretary and will be available on the PDRP website.

The agenda will be sent out one week prior to the meetings. 

Management of Organisational Development (MoOD), CMDHB, NZNO, PSA (No date).