Strategy map

Our vision and purpose

Vision

A world-class proficient, productive and sustainable Nursing and Midwifery practice-based transformative research program that improves patient, carer and staff experiences and outcomes.

Purpose

Provide leadership and support to grow and advance transdisciplinary practice-based research led by Nurses and Midwives that responds to and delivers workable and sustainable solutions for real-world clinical problems encountered by patients, carers and health care professionals.

Our focus

• Promote an environment of critical enquiry related to clinical practice.
• Build and strengthen systems and supports to assist clinician nurses and midwives to do research.
• Provide opportunities to facilitate research skill development for clinician nurses and midwives.
• Promote excellence through priority-driven research that makes a difference to patients, staff and communities.
• Partner with Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), UoN, UNE and HMRI to increase research translation activity and outputs in HNELHD.
• Lead transdisciplinary, translational research that transforms and informs contemporary health service delivery.
• Support research that seeks to enhance the cultural relevance and safety of care delivery.
• Reduce low-value and unwarranted clinical variation in care.
• Supports research to improve experiences of care for people, families and communities.
• Supports research that seeks to improve staff experience and satisfaction.

Our values and principles

Values

• Collaboration
• Openness
• Respect
• Empowerment

Principles

• We are enablers, capacity-builders, facilitators and mentors
• We promote and support transdisciplinary and translational research
• We value diversity and support pluralistic approaches to understand issues and co-create solutions
• We seek to improved patient, carer and staff experiences and outcomes
• We strive for excellence and impact

Our 5 strategic priorities

Strengthen research capacity, capability and support for Nurses and Midwives across the Local Health District

• Develop and embed enabling models for research skill development.
• Support practice-based research led by nurses and midwives.
• Build the next generation of clinician researchers.

Improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians health through culturally appropriate research

• Promote and support research to 'close the gap' with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
• Build skills and embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research approaches.
• Strengthen partnerships with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups and services.

Increase community engagement with and contribution to research

• Empower patients, families, carers and communities to partner in research.
• Co-design research with consumers to develop workable solutions.
• Promote person-centred research.

Increase and promote the utilisation and application of data-driven research

• Increase awareness and use of clinical data to inform research.
• Develop education initiatives to support integration of clinical information in research.
• Collaborate to share resources.

Strengthen existing and extend external partnerships

• Continue to be collaborative with existing partners.
• Identify opportunities to extend research partnerships.
• Advance partnership models.