Jacinta Collins Email & Phone Number

As part of the project team and in collaboration with key stakeholders I assisted in improving access for the Syrian and Iraqi refugee communities to government funded vaccines. I developed program budgets, created and maintained client databases and identified continuous improvement opportunities by establishing and monitoring refugee specific.

Melbourne, Australia

• Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) is a commissioning organisation whose remit is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of medical services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes, and to.
• Commissioned a project to procure community-based services to provide influenza immunisation (flu shots) across the EMPHN catchment. This was done via a competitive tender process.
• Contract-managed the successful tender organisation to ensure all project deliverables are on track and services delivered as agreed.
• Selected to represent EMPHN on various reference groups and committees including: - Outer North Refugee Health Network - Eastern Region Refugee Health Network ­ - Refugee Health PHN Community of Practice - Shared.

Melbourne, Australia

• I led a project in Refugee Health.
• Managed a team to produce a comprehensive report to locate services in Hume and Whittlesea based on health needs. This also included the production of a service directory with geospatial maps and a quick reference guide.
• Contributed to the initial needs assessment by interviewing multiple primary care agencies.

Melbourne, Australia

• VACCHO is Victoria’s peak representative Aboriginal health body and is a centre of expertise, policy, advice training and leadership in Aboriginal health. I promoted the uptake of Specialist Telehealth services in the.
• Provided education to encourage best practice in the management of patient information, billing, patient records and procedures around Telehealth consultations.
• Established Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Communities of Practice using a strengths-based practice approach to work with and resolve problems experienced by participating ACCHOs.

Melbourne, Australia

• ASK is funded through the Department of Health to improve health, wellbeing and quality of life outcomes for Aboriginal people and their family who live with a chronic disease/complex needs. My primary focus was to.
• Consulted with the local Aboriginal Community, the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS), the Northern Division of General Practice (NDGP) and members of the Northern Aboriginal Health Promotion and Chronic Care.
• Managed the funding and service agreements including reporting, acquittal and liaison with the Department of Health and Ageing – Office Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
• Achieved a Low Risk Rating (153/154 risk levels assessed as low) by Cogent Business Solutions Pty Ltd on behalf of the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
• Recruited and retained appropriately qualified staff.
• Managed the program within Board-identified priorities and developed a three-year strategic plan.

Melbourne, Australia

• Plenty Valley Community Health is a Whittlesea based service that supports the primary care needs of the population in the outer north of Melbourne. In 2009 Plenty Valley Community Health won a tender to establish a GP.
• Developed an operational/policy and procedure manual for the new service.
• Employed staff and set up the project and practice. Retained appropriately qualified multidisciplinary clinicians.
• Marketed the project to GPs.
• Accessed Commonwealth Chronic Disease Management (previously EPC) funding.
• Provided much-needed primary care services outside usual business hours.

Melbourne, Australia

• The main aim of the Divisions of General Practice is to improve health outcomes for patients by encouraging GPs to work together and link with other health professionals to upgrade the quality of health service.
• Educated and supported practice staff to cleanse their medical software and implement the PEN tool so that the number of patients with diabetes could be counted effectively.
• Achieved significant improvements within the target patient cohort that was diabetes.

Melbourne, Australia

• The project aimed to deliver integrated and holistic diabetes multidisciplinary services. The target was people who repeatedly attended public healthcare emergency departments or had unplanned hospital admissions.
• Recruited committed multidisciplinary staff that shared a common vision. Performance targets were identified at orientation and regular evaluation was conducted and adjusted.
• Identified a suitable site to provide clinical services and negotiated the lease with a GP.
• Marketed the new service to all key stakeholders (Northern Health clinicians, administrators and patients, General practitioners, Primary care and local government agencies).
• Developed and sustained positive relationships with key stakeholders. Diabetes Direct engaged with 200+ GPs and realised 800+ referrals.
• Provided focused reports to the Department of Human Services within challenging timeframes.

Master Of Health Sciences, Graduate Diploma Of Health Administration

Bachelor Of Applied Science / Nursing (B.A.Sc.)

Certificate Iv In Mediation