Lynette Pugh Email & Phone Number

Adelaide, SA, AU

580 Lower North Eastern Road Campbelltown

Board member, Chair of Aged Care Advisory Committee, Adverse Events and Clinical Governance Committee.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Office for Ageing Well

Adelaide, Australia

Wellbeing SA, Director Community Systems and Service Improvement

Responsible for the delivery of;statewide Equipment/assistive technology services for people with a disability and older people,allied health therapy services for adults living with a disability, Independent Living Centre information, advice and consultancy services

• Provision of leadership and direction for Domiciliary Care client services to ensure capacity to deliver high quality, efficient services for people over 65 years, with a workforce of approximately 500 FTEs.
• Achieving financial outcomes in line with DCSI objectives, whilst ensuring client services are maintained to the maximum level of effectiveness. Ensuring financial accountability and responsibility for an operating.
• Providing strategic advice and building constructive working arrangements with key partners in the aged care sector, enabling sustainable services and clear client service pathways.
• Accountable for the performance of key operational areas of Domiciliary Care including, client services; including intake services, brokered services, therapy solutions, palliative and rehabilitation and services for.

• Achieving financial results with line responsibility for Concessions and Anti Poverty Services with 38 FTE staff and Community Connect Branch 41.3 FTE. Community Connect Annual Budget; $15M. Concessions $2.7M. Specific.
• The successful administration of State funded community grants programs including: The Family and Community Development Program, Community Benefit SA, Dame Roma Mitchell Trust Fund, The Aboriginal Youth Development.
• The establishment and implementation of the Stronger Families, Safer Children initiative, ensuring the allocation of funding to NGOs and performance management of services for the delivery of targeted, intensive, early.
• Coordination and implementation of the Service Excellence Program, an internationally accredited quality management framework that assists NGOs to provide quality services for customers and the community.
• Central grants management and reporting on DFC Community Service Grants regarding non government and local government agencies. Performance management of NGO grants across DFC.
• Initiation of DFC NGO sector development initiatives in consultation with non government peak bodies. Convening the Human Services Peaks Forum, with DFC and the Department of Health and funded peak NGO services.

Managing staff team of 16 developing and implementing statewide community funding programs, focusing on families, neighbourhood centres, low income services, youth and Aboriginal youth services. Implementing policy reforms to streamline funding to address government priorities.

Managing processes of coordinated consultation and revision of a Departmental Inner City Services Strategy. A new inner city services action plan was published as a result of this work. This included liaison with non government agencies, Adelaide City Council, Departmental and State government public sector officers and the Social Inclusion Unit to develop.

• Managing and Leading the development of policies and plans in the following population areas: women’s health, men’s health, refugees, people with disabilities, and older people from culturally and linguistically.
• Managing reporting processes for within the DHS portfolio in the areas of multicultural, women’s health and disability. Managing whole of government processes in relation to multicultural and disability policy.
• Working in collaboration with stakeholders to manage policy change and ensure informed DHS decision making in regard to refugees. Examples include chairing the TPV Interagency Group, liaising with women’s health.
• Initiating and providing high-level advice regarding population and equity issues to the Senior Executives of the DHS, the Minister and forums. Developing responses that are consistent with the directions of the DHS.
• Responsibilities include: Ensuring the development of policies and strategic development of services for designated population groups. Working to promote strategic outcomes for Aboriginal people. Providing high level.

• Coordination of a policy development process for a DHS women’s health and wellbeing policy and planning framework
• Writing and developing a DHS consultation paper on women’s health and wellbeing.
• Coordination of the state-wide consultation process on this consultation paper
• Implementing a process for establishing women’s health research priorities across the women’s service sector
• Briefing and ministerial as required on population health issues.
• Public health review briefings and liaison re the review process and stakeholders

• Successful management of the National Women’s Health Program, Alternative Birthing Services Program and the Female Genital Mutilation Program funds for NSW
• Coordination of a consultative response to the NSW women’s health discussion paper and developing a draft NSW Women’s health strategy to maintain and further extend the development of women’s health priorities in NSW.
• Successful development of a Gender Equity Framework for NSW Health
• Preparation of briefings, ministerial, speeches and reports for the NSW Health Department on a range of women’s health issues.
• High level communication skills in women’s health project management, budget management and participation in women’s health committees and working groups.
• Responsibilities included: The management, development and monitoring of women’s health policy across NSW. Supervisions of 3 staff. Management of Commonwealth/State funded agreement. Providing policy advice on.

• Provision of 24 Hour interpreter services to 5 hospitals and community health services, across the Northern Sydney Area Health Service
• Establishment of a program to promote the service to health units within the Area Health Service
• Development and monitoring of the NSW Health Care Interpreter in-service training program
• Development and Implementation of a computerised booking and statistics system
• Responsibilities included: the coordination and administration of all aspects of service planning, development and delivery. Financial management of an annual budget of $580,000 and staff management of 12 permanent.

• Establishment, administration & development of this innovative service
• Development of a community outreach policy for Family Planning NSW
• Development of an affirmative action policy for Family Planning NSW
• Community consultations on sexual health issues impacting on women from non- English speaking backgrounds.
• Established the provision of women’s health services to factories and outworkers
• Completion of the nurse practitioner course

• Establishing the service within three local government areas
• Obtaining funding and employing a domestic violence worker
• Provision of women’s health wellness programs in community venues
• Responsibilities included: Establishment and development of the service. Coordination and implementation of community development and group work, women’s health programs. Conducting needs analysis, community.

• Establishing a domestic violence counselling and group work service
• Consultations with local residents on community issues
• Provision of group work programs on self esteem and stress management
• Responsibilities included: Providing a generalist social work service as part of a multidisciplinary team. Individual casework, group work, preventative health education and community development. Areas or work.

Responsibilities included: providing a preventative and treatment based health service to clients within the community. Home visits providing holistic, primary health care to elderly, palliative care patients and children.

Responsibilities included: medication administration and daily nursing management of a 32 bed nursing home. Supervisory responsibilities to team members.

Responsibilities included: General adult hospital nursing duties. Surgical, medical, outpatient and casualty experience and six months paediatric work.

Executive Excellence

Activities and Societies: Executive Excellence Program - SAES (2017)

Commerical Acumen

Activities and Societies: Commerical Acumen Training: Advanced Alignment (2017)

Master Of Management, Health Specialisation

Masters of Management (Health Specialisation)

Bachelor Of Social Work, Social Sciences

Bachelor of Social Work

General Nursing Certificate, Nursing

Registered Nurse Qualification