Professional Development Review (PDR)

PDR principles

The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards requires health service organisations to have a valid and reliable Performance Review Process in place to ensure all nurses and midwives regularly take part in a review of their performance. Performance review and development supports safety and quality by developing skills, knowledge and identifying needs for training and development. The Performance Review Process should be led by the individual nurse or midwife and undertaken in a positive, collaborative, confidential and non-threatening manner which is free of bullying. The performance review process is never to be used for the management of substandard performance.

• A nurse or midwife at their discretion may request a meeting for their performance review but a meeting is not mandatory. Similarly, a manager may request a meeting to discuss a performance review but attendance is not mandatory.
• Declining the option of a meeting will not impact on career opportunities.
• A performance review is never to be used for the management of substandard performance.

PDR and WNHS mandatory training education checklist

WNHS nurses and midwives are required to provide a copy of the PDR documentation on an annual basis

• PDR meeting notification (front page), competency review (if applicable)
• Mandatory training checklist

PDR templates

• PDR template document (Word)
• Mandatory training checklist (Word)

New staff

• Mandatory training checklist - new staff (Word)

The PDR process

• Staff are encouraged to complete the PDR and mandatory training checklist electronically
• Staff should send the documents electronically to their unit staff development within 2 weeks following attendance at their compulsory in-service session.

Participant process

1. Schedule compulsory in-service attendance.
2. Complete mandatory training eLearning requirements.
3. Prepare PDR documentation and mandatory training checklist – specify if meeting requested and ensure all completion dates (if appropriate) are included.
4. Attend compulsory in-service.
5. Send PDR and checklist to staff development within 2 weeks following attendance at compulsory in-service.

Staff development process

1. Receive compulsory in-service attendance list.
2. Receive PDR and mandatory training documents electronically from staff within 2 weeks of their attendance at compulsory in-service.

3. Follow up PDR and mandatory training checklist completion. Forward copy to manager.

4. Notify manager if PDR meeting requested/declined.

Managers process

1. PDR notification and documents received from staff development.
2. If meeting requested schedule meeting. Once meeting and PDR documents completed record in MyHr.
3. If meeting declined and PDR documentation and checklist completed record in MyHr.

PDR recording for Managers/Supervisors

All details of the PDR whether a meeting has occurred or not is entered into MyHR.

Instructions for MyHr PDR recording (PDF)