Experience

Brisbane South PHN

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

• Non Executive Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Director Integrated Care

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Notable achievements: Co-designed and piloted Queensland’s ‘GPs in Schools’ model, an integrated care initiative between health, education and NGO partners, which led to the Department of Education expanding the model to 50 schools in areas of need statewide. Established the first child and youth Project ECHO Hub in Australia, developing communities of practice addressing issues including mental health, child development, refugee health, adolescent wellbeing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Established the first Project ECHO Superhub in the Asia Pacific, which has since trained PHNs, Universities, HHSs, NGOs in the ECHO model. Developed and implemented the first Integrated Care Strategy for a Queensland HHS, defining integrated care for children and young people, articulating underlying principles, delivering training, and sourcing funding for enabler projects. Short-term secondment to the Department of Health as a Delegate of the Chief Health Officer during the COVID pandemic. Show less



Mabel Park State High School

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Practitioner

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2022

  Provision of collaborative, team-based primary care, on school campus, for a large and diverse cohort of secondary students. Provision of collaborative, team-based primary care, on school campus, for a large and diverse cohort of secondary students.



Mater Refugee Complex Care Clinic

• Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• General Practitioner

  • 2015 - 2018

  Team-based primary care for asylum seekers and refugees with complex medical and psychosocial needs. Team-based primary care for asylum seekers and refugees with complex medical and psychosocial needs.



Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Practice Liaison Officer

  • May 2013 - 2016

  Notable achievements: Member of the Steering Committee overseeing transition of the Royal Children’s, and Mater Children’s Hospitals to the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (now Queensland Children’s Hospital). Established the annual Paediatric Masterclass for General Practice, the largest paediatric conference for GPs in Qld. Led the Paediatric Optometry Alignment Program - structured shared care between optometrists and ophthalmologists. Championed timely, safe clinical handover between general practice, QCH, and community child health services, and developed resources to support this, including HealthPathways, referral guidelines, CPCs, templates, and discharge criteria. Show less



Metro North Health

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Practice Consultant - Paediatrics (GPLO)

  • May 2013 - Jun 2015

  Contributed to improving access to paediatric care, particularly in the disadvantaged regions of Caboolture and Redcliffe. Led improvement initiatives in clinical handover and referral triage processes, wrote Map of Medicine clinical pathways, and developed pre-referral and categorisation guidelines upon which future general paediatric Clinical Prioritisation Criteria were based. Facilitated GP education events. Contributed to improving access to paediatric care, particularly in the disadvantaged regions of Caboolture and Redcliffe. Led improvement initiatives in clinical handover and referral triage processes, wrote Map of Medicine clinical pathways, and developed pre-referral and categorisation guidelines upon which future general paediatric Clinical Prioritisation Criteria were based. Facilitated GP education events.



Brisbane North PHN

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

• GPLO program coordinator

  • 2013 - May 2014

  Led the planning, recruitment and implementation of the successful GPLO program in Metro North Hospital and Health Service. Led the planning, recruitment and implementation of the successful GPLO program in Metro North Hospital and Health Service.



SmartClinics

• Australia
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Director

  • Dec 2011 - May 2012

  Experience in collaborative care agreements with nurse practitioners. Experience in collaborative care agreements with nurse practitioners.



Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

• RBWH Brisbane and Child Development Program, Royal Children's Hospital

• GP Advisor

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

  Part-time advisory role with a focus on referrals management, shared care and clinical pathways. Part-time advisory role with a focus on referrals management, shared care and clinical pathways.



Red Hill Doctors Surgery

• Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• General Practitioner

  • Jan 2002 - Jan 2010

  Special interest in paediatrics, youth health, antenatal shared-care and women's health. Special interest in paediatrics, youth health, antenatal shared-care and women's health.