Rural CNC Advisory Group
Purpose
The Rural Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) Advisory Group was formed to provide a communication link between rural intensive care services and other Health agencies and promote safe and effective service delivery across rural Intensive Care Units in NSW.
Responsibilities
- To provide and promote representation from a rural intensive care perspective on NSW and federal committees
- To evaluate outcomes at a local level and contribute to understanding of clinical services across NSW from a rural perspective
- To initiate, coordinate and deliver projects to address issues that are common to rural and/or metropolitan local health districts through a shared understanding of the current work practice issues and gaps in relation to clinical and professional practice
- To provide feedback to local health districts around statewide intensive care projects, initiatives and evidence based practice
- Fostering collaboration between rural and metropolitan intensive care services
Chairperson
Sherri-Leigh Bayliss, CNC ICU Southern NSW LHD.
Projects
- ICU Transition to Practice evaluation
- Support of ICU Service Model Implementation in rural level 4 intensive care services
- Nursing Grand Rounds monthly education sessions
- Review of draft eMR iView critical care module
- Inaugural intensive care CNC forum November 2018
Membership 2018
Name | Position | LHD |
---|---|---|
Jenny Bonet | CNC Intensive Care | Central Coast LHD |
Kerry Ward | CNC Intensive Care | Hunter New England LHD |
Kylie Pleming | CNC Intensive Care | Murrumbidgee LHD |
Mark McLennan | CNC Intensive Care | Northern NSW LHD |
Nick Minns | CNC Critical Care | Far West NSW LHD |
Rand Butcher | CNC Intensive Care | Northern NSW LHD |
Sherri-Leigh Bayliss | CNC Intensive Care | Southern NSW LHD |
Zoe Bolus | CNC Critical Care | Western NSW LHD |