Experience

Western NSW Primary Health Network

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Portfolio Lead - Suicide Prevention and Psychosocial Supports

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Responsible for providing subject matter expertise and knowledge, to support procurement, contracting of commissioned mental health services. My role is also responsible to review performance of suicide prevention and psychosocial support services within Western NSW and Far Western NSW. I also manage and provide expert clinical and operational knowledge to new service providers with the aim of promoting innovate, safe and effective care within the regions and monitor KPIs of current commissioned PHN services.



NSW Health

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Director of Nursing (Mental Health Drug and Alcohol)

  • Oct 2019 - Jul 2022

  A knowledgeable, modern and compassionate leader with proven track record of motivating and improving quality of care for MHDA consumers. Embedding the Western NSW Health Mental Health plan and the NSW Strategic Framework and Workforce Plan for Mental Health Services. With an operational and strategic responsibility to ensure delivery of safe and optimal care for MHDA consumers, within budget while streamlining clinical management and processes for improved efficiency across the non-acute services. Designing and implementing procedures for improving care through quality improvement projects and empowering staff to be innovative, create and embed positive, sustainable change to ensure patient engagement, safety and quality care. Key Responsibilities: - To ensure safe and quality care is provided to MHDA consumers. - Manage and supervise nursing staff and clinical Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) nursing practice, through performance management and clinical supervision to ensure care provided is safe and appropriate and meets professional standards. - Develops, monitors and evaluates allocation and utilisation of MHDA nursing workforce, including, development of staffing profiles, rostering, and skills mix to support delivery of safe, high quality clinical services and ensure adherence to industrial requirements - Initiates development of, and evaluates, adjusts and upholds, policies and professional standards of practice to enable staff to deliver care which is safe and evidenced based best practice - Provides leadership to enable the delivery of high-quality clinical services through direction and support of staff, ongoing evaluation and management (including change management) of service needs in consultation with a multidisciplinary team, development of policies related to nursing and midwifery services - Implement Models of Care to improve patient care and align services with operational goals and state-wide initiatives.



Murrumbidgee Local Health District - MHDA Services

• Community Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Team Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Sep 2019

  Providing high level coordination and management within a rural, complex community mental health drug and alcohol team of registered nurses and allied health professionals. Ensuring quality and timely care is provided to all consumers, while leading staff development & performance reviews, compliant management and regular supervision and training. Key Achievements - Improving patient care and promoting safe and timely community care, with zero SAC 1 incidents during my time as manager -Management of a complex team which included complex personal dynamics, workplace culture and requires restructure to improve care. - Recruitment and Retention of staff. - Implementing strategical and sustainable systems to improve the care provided to mental health consumers within a rural health service. - Improving and developing professional relationships with external stakeholders, in particular the Emergency Department and Local General Practitioners.



Ministry of Health

• Ministry of Health - Australian Mental Health Care Classification Clinical Educator

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2018



NSLHD

• Psychatric Nurse

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2017