Speaker Details

Mr Michael Cooney

Michael has worked with people affected by cancer, as a clinician, educator, manager and leader for more than 35 years, with experience spanning inpatient and outpatient settings in both public and private health care systems. An endorsed Cancer Nurse Practitioner; he holds a Masters qualification in Cancer Nursing and an additional Masters qualification in Business Leadership.

Michael’s current role as the Oncology/Haematology Nurse Practitioner at The Northern Hospital in Epping, Victoria, officially and unofficially includes providing direct advanced clinical nursing care, care coordination, patient advocacy, treatment monitoring, patient education and coaching, counselling, medical education and training and input into strategic service development of Cancer Services. Michael has won numerous Quality Improvement Project grants and used these to establish programs such as the Symptom Urgent Review Clinic (SURC) and a new dedicated support service for patients of oral monotherapies, TOAST (Treatment with Oral Anticancer Systemic Therapies).

He has a long history of association with the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia as one of the founding committee members, past Regional Group Chair and now a committee member of the CNSA-Cancer Nurse Practitioners Specialist Practice Network.