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Perth, Western Australia, AU

UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Poland, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Türkiye, Brazil, Mexico, The US, Middle East, Ireland, Saudi Arabia And India., GB

• Bupa is an international healthcare company with health insurance accounting for the major part of its business.In this role, I am responsible for Clinical Assurance across Australia and New Zealand and ensuring Bupa.
• Developed a COVID-19 Outbreak Management Plan, the first COVID-19 response plan for Bupa Aged Care and a simulation training model across Bupa Aged Care Australia to ensure all homes were prepared for COVID-19.
• Drove organisational change across Bupa Aged Care Australia by working with Senior Executives, Care Home Leaders and an Administrator appointed by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to ensure 15 sanctioned.
• Formed Clinical Risk Profile and Controls across Bupa ANZ with reporting of insights to Board and Market Unit.
• Restructured Aged Care Models of Care, Leadership and Governance.
• Formed and led the Bupa ANZ Clinical Assurance Plan, reporting to the Bupa Board and Bupa Global.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Australian Unity provides insurance, banking, dental centres and independent and assisted living to members, customers and the Australian community.As the General Manager, I was responsible for leadership across all.
• Developing and implementing strategies for the achievement of business priorities.
• Ensuring the organisational structure supports strategies and objectives.Additional Achievements
• Led Walmsley Aged Care closure, overseeing Finance, HR, the Communication Strategy and Operational Governance.
• Gained accreditation for Walmsley Aged Care before closure of the existing site.
• Closed the site four weeks ahead of schedule resulting in significant financial savings.

Parkville, Vic, AU

• The Parkville Familial Cancer Centre is a comprehensive cancer genetics centre offering a range of services including cancer risk assessment, genetic counselling and psychological support to individuals and family.
• Negotiating various facets of change management.
• Forming a leadership team and reviewing national benchmarking.Additional Achievements
• Consolidated commercial contracts and expenditures to align with the budget build and development of a five-year plan following planning sessions with the two health services.
• Ensured complete integration within four weeks.
• Increased productivity by 10 per cent within the first eight months.

Sydney, AU

Warringal Private Hospital is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global healthcare company established in Sydney.In this role, I led a project review on the admission pathways across Ramsay Healthcare – Warringal Private Hospital. By conducting process mapping of the current pathways I identified existing blocks and barriers; recommended immediate actions.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne is Victoria’s leading dental teaching facility, working in partnership with the University of Melbourne, RMIT University and La Trobe University in the education of dental and.
• Prepared a business case for a capital upgrade of CSSD washers and anaesthetic machines, then led and chaired its implementation resulting in over three FTE labour reductions, a decrease of 95 per cent manual labour.
• Led and Chaired National Standards of Quality in Health Services (NSQHS) for Dental Health Service Victoria (DHSV) resulting in DHSV moving from community-based accreditation into the NSQHS and chaired standards 4, 6.
• Redesigned RDHM pharmacy services, including the operating model which proved instrumental in moving RDHM to Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) accreditation.
• Improved patient experience survey results from 66 per cent to 98 per cent, a level sustained for two years.
• Restructured post-operative care for Oral Maxillofacial surgery patients resulting in over 50 hours saved labour per month and the reduction of consumable and environmental waste.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

• Northern Health is a major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute and specialist services in Melbourne’s rapidly growing outer north.As the Director, Health Independence Programmes, I oversaw a budget of $38 million.
• Liaised with representatives from multiple organisations, agencies and units including the Victorian Police Station Four and Five Sergeant; IT and Data teams; the Western and Northern Mental Health Director; OHS; HR.
• Led the formulation and integration of an emergency response to treat mental healthcare issues preventing 550 emergency presentations per year.
• Functioned as an Executive Member of an organisational-level Access and Flow Improvement team aimed at managing the end-to-end requirements of patients.
• Played an instrumental role in developing national weighted activity unit price evaluations within SAC, PAC and HARP services, spearheading several negotiations and discussions.

Brisbane, Queensland, AU

Quality planning and design of Metro North District CEO Health Service Operational and Financial Strategies. Metro North consists of acute and sub-acute community and mental health services including the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.I also project managed and designed a Statewide Cost Centre Manager training programme for 6,000 staff across.

Brisbane, Queensland, AU

Brisbane, Queensland, AU

• Key responsibilities
• Analysed, assessed and interpreted data to determine correct care and provided a high standard of holistic care to clients.
• Assessed and managed risks, focussing on client safety and the provision of ongoing support.
• Coordinated the theatre team ensuring safe and efficient patient flow.
• Worked effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supervised, mentored and trained junior doctors, nurses, graduate and post graduate students.

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