Dr Osanda Wijeratne
Non Executive Director/Board Member & Chair Clinical Governance Committee at CCNB- Claim this Profile
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CCNB
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Australia
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Non Executive Director/Board Member & Chair Clinical Governance Committee
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May 2022 - Present
Sitting on the Board of Directors as well as Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee. CCNB is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation. We provide impartial information, advice and guidance to support people to access health and community services. Our focus is to support people, their families and carers to navigate the health and social care systems to access the services they require, when they require them. Sitting on the Board of Directors as well as Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee. CCNB is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation. We provide impartial information, advice and guidance to support people to access health and community services. Our focus is to support people, their families and carers to navigate the health and social care systems to access the services they require, when they require them.
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ADNASO Ltd
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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Founder. Health service design & quality assurance implementation. Clinical governance consultancy
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Feb 2015 - Present
Consultancy on clinical governance, risk, health services design, setup & quality assurance implementation within Telehealth and multi-channel digital health and call centre based health services. Focus areas have been within digital, telemedicine, disabilities & aged care. More recently during the pandemic, public health, outbreak-centric urgent surge support for contact tracing and other 'war-room' public health efforts and operations. Clients over the past years include: ‘22 Medicore Diagnostics Australasia - tender response co-writing, editing and review. ‘20 Healthdirect Australia, Haymarket, NSW. ‘18/19 AMAC Australia Ltd, Granville, NSW. ‘14-18 Vivohealth, London, UK. Non-exec directorate advisor. ‘17-19 Clean & Care, NDIS provider, Central Coast, NSW. Show less
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Removery
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United States
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Consumer Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Regional Medical Director AU
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Feb 2022 - Present
Clinical governance and medical advisory role to clinics Australia-wide. Removery is working to normalize tattoo removal and reduce the stigma of laser tattoo removal and fading. We are constantly expanding, to give more people access to our services. Removery works directly with our laser manufacturers to remain at the forefront of new technologies. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/removery-welcomes-first-australian-clinical-advisory-board-de-moor Clinical governance and medical advisory role to clinics Australia-wide. Removery is working to normalize tattoo removal and reduce the stigma of laser tattoo removal and fading. We are constantly expanding, to give more people access to our services. Removery works directly with our laser manufacturers to remain at the forefront of new technologies. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/removery-welcomes-first-australian-clinical-advisory-board-de-moor
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Hunter New England Local Health District
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Rural Generalist in upper and lower Hunter NSW. Skin/Cosmetic Physician and AMDS GP in Sydney met
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Jan 2010 - Present
Rural General Practice intermittently over the years via 3GA in the upper and lower Hunter region, working at the Scone Medical Practice, Nelson Plaza Clinic during its Superclinic and Aboriginal Medical Service days and more recently at Stroud Clinic up until the pandemic hit and then I had to permanently retire from rural general practice. Now I am an ongoing part-time deputising urgent-care GP in Sydney metro and surrounding suburbs with special interests in dermatology, cosmetic medicine, RF & laser therapies. I am also the medical director and lead cosmetic physician at the LAB Skin Clinic in Neutral Bay. Show less
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Healthdirect Australia
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Deputy Chief Medical Officer & Clinical Director COVID-19 Services
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Apr 2020 - Jan 2022
Healthdirect is a government owned not-for-profit organisation with a long history of setting up and running services for the commonwealth and state governments. Initially drafted into joining the company as a contractor and then moving into a fixed-term substantive role as Clinical Director of The Australian Government’s National Coronavirus Helpline including the COVID Vaccines Helpline and other war-room public health efforts, including state based quality assurance augmentation of contact tracing surge support. Leadership of clinician and general call handler Decision Support Tool algorithm design, implementation and maintenance, aligned with the CDNA SoNG, Commonwealth and state specific guidelines.Leadership and clinical governance of pandemic services and their clinical teams, handling daily evolving needs and remits. Latterly in 2020 the role absorbed duties as Deputy to the Chief Medical Officer, clinical governance.This role also included supervisory duties for an accredited training post under the auspices of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Australian College of Physicians. Show less
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Acting Chief Medical Officer
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Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
During the transition period of the outgoing CMO’s departure and the hiring process of a new CMO, I took on duties and risk responsibility profile of the CMO including chairmanship of keystone programs’ service improvement & development committee meetings, reporting to the board and the Clinical Governance Advisory Group.
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Niche Education Group - RTO 51373
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Australia
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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AACDS Medical Aesthetician safety assessor & medical advisor
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Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
Cosmetic injectables clinical safety trainer, assessor and advisor for the Australian Academy of Cosmetic & Dermal Science/Niche Education. Cosmetic injectables clinical safety trainer, assessor and advisor for the Australian Academy of Cosmetic & Dermal Science/Niche Education.
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NSW Ambulance
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Lecturer
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Oct 2009 - Apr 2020
Senior lecturer for the 6 monthly Extended Care Paramedics program since its inception in 2008. Senior lecturer for the 6 monthly Extended Care Paramedics program since its inception in 2008.
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Medibank
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Australia
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Medical Advisor/Medical Director & 2IC to the National Medical Director, Telehealth.
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Apr 2017 - Sep 2019
A diverse role with direct customer relationship building (GO & NGO) and Telehealth clinical governance BAU workflow, working across many businesses under the broad umbrella of Medibank Health Solutions, including Nurse Triage and linked After-Hours GP Telehealth service. MHS is one of Australia’s largest white label Telehealth service providers. Initially as Senior Medical Advisor and then progressing to medical director of select novel programs.
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Garrison/ADF National health service lead clinical incident and complaints investigator & advisor
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Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Medibank Health Solutions also ran the Garrison contract, the largest government outsourcing in Australian history. I was a stand in, clinical incident and complaints investigator during 2018 for the Garrison health service.
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Syssmos Pty Ltd
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Australia
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Investment Management
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Chief Medical Officer
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Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
Chief Medical Officer for a start up in the NDIS space, care and home assistance services. Part-time role with executive duties and building corporate relationships within the industry. Risk and company governance/business continuity duties including media/social media monitoring and company risk & reputation management. Chief Medical Officer for a start up in the NDIS space, care and home assistance services. Part-time role with executive duties and building corporate relationships within the industry. Risk and company governance/business continuity duties including media/social media monitoring and company risk & reputation management.
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Ramsay Health Care
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Psychiatry CMO part time, planned and unplanned leave roster
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2008 - Sep 2018
Psychiatry CMO part time/job share to moderate turnover D & A rehabilitation units, mood disorders and high risk eating disorders units in Sydney. Wesley Mission and Ramsay Healthcare. In-service staff educator 2019/2020 Psychiatry CMO part time/job share to moderate turnover D & A rehabilitation units, mood disorders and high risk eating disorders units in Sydney. Wesley Mission and Ramsay Healthcare. In-service staff educator 2019/2020
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Healthscope
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Clinical lead GP geriatrician
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Jan 2014 - Mar 2017
General Practice and visiting GP geriatrician at Retirement villages and nursing home facilities in Sydney's Hills District. Leading a team of nurses and healthcare workers in optimising patient care, as well as chronic disease management and monitoring, which included setting up and review of clinical governance tools for implementation of CDM. I helped develop a paperless intranet based CDM compliance and alerts system. General Practice and visiting GP geriatrician at Retirement villages and nursing home facilities in Sydney's Hills District. Leading a team of nurses and healthcare workers in optimising patient care, as well as chronic disease management and monitoring, which included setting up and review of clinical governance tools for implementation of CDM. I helped develop a paperless intranet based CDM compliance and alerts system.
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Vivohealth
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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Corporate & Aged Care Advisor
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May 2015 - Apr 2016
Pioneers in health design, innovation and service provision reform in the UK health service’s aged care private sector. Pioneers in health design, innovation and service provision reform in the UK health service’s aged care private sector.
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NHS England
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United Kingdom
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Emergency Medicine Doctor
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Feb 2015 - Apr 2016
A&E middle grade permanent part time roster for the busiest, trauma through to minors accepting, A&E department in the British Isles. Servicing a very cosmopolitan demographic with a huge variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and a complimentarily vast variety of clinical presentations. A&E middle grade permanent part time roster for the busiest, trauma through to minors accepting, A&E department in the British Isles. Servicing a very cosmopolitan demographic with a huge variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and a complimentarily vast variety of clinical presentations.
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Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD)
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Australia
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Hospitals and Health Care
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500 - 600 Employee
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Intensive Care to Anaesthetics
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Jan 2009 - Jul 2010
Intensive Care SRMO graduating to registrar level at Australia's leading infection control ICU department. My last six months was spent within the Anaesthetics department as an ICU affiliate registrar which was later accredited as part of my Rural GP VMO training under the auspices of GPET/RACGP.
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Internship and long term Psychiatry + D&A rehab’ medicine residency & training
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Dec 2006 - Jan 2009
General medicine and surgery rotations during my successfully completed internship followed by 12months long term residency within a psychiatry registrar vacancy followed by drug and alcohol rehabilitation ward residency.
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Mercedes-Benz Australia
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Australia
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Automotive
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400 - 500 Employee
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Mercedes Benz mechanic Barry Green MB
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Oct 2001 - Dec 2006
Mercedes Benz classic centre mechanic specialising in restoration and engine reconditioning, model years 1953 through to 1992 Mercedes and air-cooled Porsche (pre-CANBUS ecu era). A part time apprenticeship that was a means to a crust and an indulgence of my inner grease monkey rolled into one during my medical school years. In present day this still serves me well as a hobby, where I indulge my honed instinct for restoration and market speculation of classic, vintage and thoroughbred post war offerings from Stuttgart. Show less
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Education
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Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators
Fellowship, Medical Administration -
Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators
AFRACMA, Health and Medical Administration -
Australasian College of Legal Medicine
AMACLM, Medical ethics and law -
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.), Medicine, Surgery -
The Mill Hill School Foundation
High school