Gary Forrest Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Overall strategic and operational responsibility for the health service's mental health, alcohol and other drugs service including youth, adults and older persons in the inpatient and community settings.

New South Wales, Australia

• Through the Board, led, directed, and provided strategic direction for governance and management to deliver and monitor effective, high quality health care services to customers (budget = $250M, FTE =.
• Saved an estimated $8.1M by decreasing severe disease and an estimated $10.125M by preventing infection by leading the overall COVID-19 health response with key stakeholders.
• Negotiated for increased funding of $10M from NSW Health through a complex business case in response to the increasing customer population by almost 50% over the past 5 years.
• Increased efficiencies by 2% of $250M by gaining the approval of NSW Health and the Board to restructure the organisation within the existing budget.
• Saved $10M in 2019 by introducing safety and quality customers service delivery improving efficiencies by 5%.
• Reduced severe staff injuries by 100% and decreased vacancies (40% to 13%) in a high secure hospital through transformational leadership.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Managed the physical, human and financial resources of organisational healthcare operations (budget $180M, FTE = 900).Achievements:
• Eliminated 100% of smoking in prisons and eliminated 100% of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke by co-chairing the Steering Committee in collaboration with customers and stakeholders.
• Delivered 100% harm-free care to customers admitted to the CBD Sobering Up Centre and achieved 95% of sobered customers returning home by leading the health care requirements with stakeholders.
• Achieved 100% of customers who were diverted with a treatment plan to bail by Magistrates and did not return within a 2-year period by leading the Aboriginal Court Diversion Program with stakeholders.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Strategic, financial, operational and human resources management for the 85 bed prison hospital (budget = $10M, FTE = 100). Achievements:
• Saved the organisation over $1M per annum by submitting a business case for in-house haemodialysis services for customers with key stakeholders.
• Delivered at $0 cost, through internal efficiencies, an ambulatory aged care facility with stakeholders within existing budget.

Various Sites And Roles Across The NSW Custodial, Youth Justice And Forensic Mental Health Settings

Kings Cross, Sydney, NSW

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Master'S Degree, Master Of Applied Management (Health), With Distinction

The subjects were half MBA (Accounting and Financial Management, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Foundations of Marketing Theory.

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Science (Nursing)

Certificate, Critical Care

Certificate, General Nursing Training