Become an accreditation assessor

What does an ANMAC assessor do?

Assessors review entry to practice nursing or midwifery programs to determine if they meet relevant ANMAC accreditation standards. An ANMAC assessment team usually consists of:

an ANMAC Associate Director
two assessors with academics and/or educational expertise
one assessor with relevant clinical practice expertise.

The assessor role

An assessor undertakes the following tasks across the program assessment timeframe, which usually takes 9 to 12 months. Time spent assessing documents and participating in meetings, counts toward continuous professional development hours and is remunerated by ANMAC.

ASSESSOR TASKS – the Assessor:	TIME SPENT	TIMEFRAMES
Preliminary review – completes an independent assessment of the education provider’s (EP’s) submission	Approximately 16 hours, depending on quantity and quality of evidence	Up to 10 working days to complete
Collated review meeting – attends a virtual meeting to share your findings with assessment team (AT) members. Discuss travel needs for forthcoming site visits	Approximately 3 hours
Collated Review Report – reviews and comments on feedback to be sent to the EP	Approximately 1 hour	Up to 5 working days to complete
Pre-site visit evidence assessment – assesses the EP’s submitted evidence	Approximately 2 hours, depending on quantity and quality of evidence	Up to 5 working days to complete
Site visit meeting – travels to the EP, meets the AT and EP staff, participates in meetings and reviews program resources	Usually more than 1 day, depending on travel needs and number of campuses
Site Visit Report – reviews and comments on feedback to be sent to the EP	Approximately 1 hour	Up to 5 working days to complete
Post-site visit evidence assessment – This may include a few evidence cycles requiring your assessment and feedback	Approximately 1 hour per cycle, depending on quantity and quality of evidence	Up to 5 working days to complete
Outcome of Accreditation Assessment Report – reviews and comments on recommended assessment outcomes to be sent to the EP and Accreditation Committee	Less than 1 hour	Up to 3 working days to complete
Accreditation Committee meeting – attended by AT Chair and Associate Director	Less than 1 hour, depending on program complexity
AT self-evaluation survey – completed to support quality improvements	Less than 1 hour	Sent after final NMBA decision

Does ANMAC provide assessor training?

New assessors will be required to complete online training, which is currently in development. This training can count toward continuous professional development. For more information, please contact accreditation@anmac.org.au

How to apply to become an ANMAC assessor?

Step 1 – Learn more about the assessor role

Information about assessor responsibilities is available via our Assessor Handbook (356 KB)

Step 2 – Check assessor qualification and experience requirements

ANMAC assessors must hold tertiary qualifications in nursing and/or midwifery and current registration as a registered nurse and/or midwife without conditions relating to conduct. We require academics and clinicians who have experience in curriculum development, evaluation of education programs or academic/clinical supervision of nursing or midwifery students. We will consider Expressions of Interests (EOI) from:

nurse or midwife academics and teachers in the higher and vocational education sectors with the required experience
senior nurse or midwife clinicians with the required experience.

Step 3 – Contact ANMAC

Complete the online Expression of Interest form and attach your resume.

Step 4 – Respond as directed to ANMAC emails

ANMAC will contact you to confirm receipt of your EOI and to notify you of our assessment outcome. If accepted:

your name and details will be added to our register of assessors
you will be offered positions on our assessment teams depending on:
- the skill set required for the education program applying for accreditation
- your availability across the assessment period, particularly for assessment team meeting and site visit dates
- the experience levels of other team members in accreditation assessment
- your ability to confirm that you have no perceived or real conflict of interest that may interfere with the assessment process or outcome
you must sign a confidentiality and conflict of interest declaration for each program.

Review date:

Friday, 17 December 2021

Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council

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Step 4 – Respond as directed to ANMAC emails

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