Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing

Tracey Osmond is currently the Director, Clinical Governance and Quality, Scalabrini Village, Prior to her current role, Tracey has held a number of positions within the Aged Care sector over the last five years. Tracey has been a Registered Nurse for over 30 years with broad experience in clinical practice, education, management, and senior executive roles across the Health and Aged Care sectors in Australia. Most recently Tracey has held a number of roles in the Aged care sector as outlined above. Prior to these roles she was the CEO of The College of Nursing (2007-2012) where she was instrumental in the successful merger of TCON and RCNA to create the Australian College of Nursing. Tracey’s educational and aged care roles have coalesced to recognise the need for a structured capability framework for registered nurses practising in contemporary aged care environments. This recognition led to the creation of the Nursing in Aged Care Collaborative with like-minded colleagues working in large faith-based, not-for-profit Aged Care organisations which led to the commissioning and co-funding of the Aged Care Nursing Competency Development Project – an e-Delphi study.