Frances Rice MACN

Senior Nursing and Midwifery Advisor to the Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer

Frances Rice is the Senior Nursing Advisor to the Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer in the Department of Health and Aged Care. As a registered nurse, Frances provides specialist and strategic policy advice to Ministers, the Executive and internal and external stakeholders on complex matters in nursing, the health system, health workforce, regulation and education. A passionate leader and manager, Frances has a clinical background as a surgical nurse in trauma and orthopaedics and fertility nursing and spent many years working at the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council in a number of roles before joining the Department.

Frances enjoys coaching and mentoring nurses and non-nurses on career progression, job applications and interview preparation.

Frances has a Bachelor of Nursing Science from James Cook University and a Master of Business Administration from the Australian National University. In her spare time Frances volunteers for Labrador Rescue where she is the ACT Coordinator and also fosters dogs.