Research output per year
Research output per year
Associate Professor, Doctor of Health Science, Doctor, Aspro
Research activity per year
As a clinician and more recently as an academic and researcher, Rachel’s work focuses on building registered nurse capacity for advanced nursing practice in a range of different contexts.
Her academic and research activities are informed by wide-ranging clinical experience across several decades, including work in primary health care in Madagascar and the Solomon Islands and clinical, teaching and research experience in public health, general practice and mental health settings in urban and rural areas of New South Wales, Australia. Rachel continues clinical practice as a credentialed mental health nurse and therapist at the Orange Aboriginal Medical Service.
While employed as an academic at the University of Newcastle, Rachel developed and implemented the curriculum for a Master of Mental Health Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) program and revised the Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) program. She then led these programs through the accreditation process required by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council for graduates to be eligible for endorsement to practice as Nurse Practitioners. She has extensive experience in subject and course development at several universities, including the University of Sharjah and now at Charles Sturt University.
Rachel’s research activities in Australia, Thailand, Egypt, East Africa and the United Arab Emirates include capacity building activities in cross-cultural settings, health promotion and early intervention, mindfulness-based interventions (MBSR and DBT), competency-based nursing curriculum, developing nursing capacity for advanced practice, clinical practice development, mental health literacy and mental health workforce development.
From mid-2017, Rachel led a team of nursing researchers in a multi-stage research project commissioned by Parkinson’s NSW. In collaboration with clinician researchers from the Mid-North Coast Local Health district, the project focused on evaluating the impact of specialist Parkinson’s nurses working in rural and regional NSW. This findings from this three phase project have been successfully used by Parkinson's NSW to advocate for improved access to specialist nursing services for people living in rural and regional NSW.
This initial research has resulted in further collaborative activities focused on developing and evaluating specialist Movement Disorder Nurse positions across Australia, including a project underway in Western New South Wales.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Tertiary Education, Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle
Award Date: 10 Dec 2012
Health Science, Doctor of Health Science, The University of Sydney
Award Date: 03 Apr 2009
Nursing, Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner), University of Newcastle
Award Date: 02 Sep 2003
Counselling, Master of Counselling, University of New England
Award Date: 15 Oct 2001
Counselling, Bachelor of Counselling, University of New England
Award Date: 02 Apr 1998
Nursing, Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing), Charles Sturt University
Award Date: 19 Apr 1996
Founding member, Health Promotion Research Group, University of Sharjah
2015 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution to conference › Abstract
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report (public)
Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only
Bramble, Marguerite (Recipient), Carroll, Vincent (Recipient), Wong, Alfred (Recipient), Schwebel, D. (Recipient) & Rossiter, Rachel (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Award
Rachel Rossiter (Consultant)
Activity: Other Engagement › Consultancy › Industry
Rachel Rossiter (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public event › Community
Rachel Rossiter (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Industry
Rachel Rossiter (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Community
Rachel Rossiter (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference/Symposium › Industry
04/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
08/06/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
25/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
15/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
09/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Rachel Rossiter (Creator), Marguerite Bramble (Creator), Vincent Carroll (Creator), Debbie Schwebel (Creator), Alfred Wong (Creator) & Annabel Matheson (Creator)
Impact: Quality of life Impact, Social Impact, Economic Impact
Rachel Rossiter (Participant), Marguerite Bramble (Participant), Vincent Carroll (Participant), Alfred Wong (Participant), Annabel Matheson (Participant) & Deborah Schwebel (Participant)
Impact: Quality of life Impact, Public policy Impact