Media release

31 Jul 2013

Call for expressions of interest for health practitioners to join the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's List of approved persons for panel appointments

Call for expressions of interest for panel appointment

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (the National Board) invites expressions of interest from experienced nurses and/or midwives interested in being included on an Approved persons list for panel appointment.

The National Board is seeking candidates who practice and reside in the following states and territories:

• ACT
• Northern Territory
• Tasmania, and
• Victoria.

Under the National Law¹, a National Board convenes health panels and performance and professional standards panels when required to hold hearings into specific health, performance or conduct matters for individual registered health professionals.

Such panels consist of members chosen from a National Board-approved list of persons.

Appointments to the Approved persons list are for up to three years, with eligibility for re-appointment, and are expected to commence in October 2013.

For more information on the:

• National Board, visit the Nursing and Midwifery Board website
• panel member role and the application process, please download the application guide and application forms from the Panel member recruitment page on the AHPRA website, or for general enquiries please contact boardappoint@ahpra.gov.au.

If you have applied for a board, committee or panel member vacancy within the past 12 months and want to be considered for this vacancy please email boardappoint@ahpra.gov.au to

• express your interest in this vacancy, and
• authorise use of the application and supporting documentation that you have previously lodged.

Expressions of interest close by 5.00pm AEST on Monday 19 August 2013.

Download a PDF of this Media release - 29 July 2013 (131 KB,PDF).

¹The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each state and territory (the National Law)