Area of work	What the work involves	NIPEC SPO
Midwifery Career Pathway	Develop a Career Pathway for Midwifery to support workforce development and strengthen career opportunities. The Pathway will reflect the full continuum of midwifery careers from support worker roles through to advanced	Clare Hughes (NIPEC Associate)
Lead Perioperative Career Pathway	A career pathway for perioperative nursing, comprising eight key core roles, will be developed for consideration in all Health and Social Care Trust perioperative settings across Northern Ireland. This will maximise the potential of the nursing workforce, including support staff, by ensuring stability and providing meaningful career progression opportunities.	Eunice Robinson
Lead Cancer Nursing Career Pathway	NIPEC will develop a cancer nursing career pathway to support the development of registered nursing staff and clinical support staff, who care for people living with cancer from a range of care settings, including: Acute Medicine, Acute Surgery, Primary and Community Care, cancer centres, cancer units and the Independent Sector. It will also include, all nurses caring for people across the life span: children, teenagers, young adults as well as adults.	Geraldine McKendry
Promote access to education and leadership opportunities for Ethnically Diverse (global majority) workforces	NIPEC will monitor and review progress by HSC Trusts and Higher Educational Institutions,  promoting access to education and leadership opportunities for the ethnically diverse workforces of nursing, midwifery and related support staff. In addition, host an annual Regional Ethnic Diversity Workshop.	Cathy McCusker
Review model for Mental Health Nursing to inform new model going forward	NIPEC will support a partnership approach with a wide range of stakeholders to develop a new person, family, community and population centred model for mental health nursing practice in NI.	Geraldine McKendry
Develop a Career Framework for Registered Nurses	NIPEC will develop a regionally proposed Framework for Registered Nurses outlining competencies and educational requirements enabling high standards of care. This Framework aims to provide consistency, structure, guidance and direction in relation to career progression.	Eunice Robinson
Development of a Learning & Improvement Hub	An online Learning and Improvement Hub will be developed which will host resources to strengthen learning in respect of Quality Improvement. This will include information regarding access to QI Clinics.	Brenda Carson